Persimmon
Diospyros kaki
MediumSecondary
Production
A rewarding fruit tree that crops heavily and glows orange in autumn, often self-fertile and easy to grow. Its brittle branches snap under heavy fruit load, so thin them.
Tolerances & traits
- Strata
- Medium
- Lifecycle
- Secondary
- Soil preference
- Loam, Sandy
- Soil pH range
- 6 – 7.5
- Min. temperature
- -15°C
- Min. rainfall
- 700 mm/year
- Wind tolerance
- Low
- Frost tolerance
- Medium
- Growth rate
- Medium
- Irrigation needed
- Medium
How to manage it
Fairly hardy fruit tree that crops heavily; many cultivars are self-fertile. Thin fruit and stake young branches to prevent snapping.
Watch out for
Astringent cultivars (most) must be fully soft/bletted before eating or they're unpleasantly puckering. Branches are brittle and can snap under heavy fruit load - thin or support them.
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