How to grow Persimmons from seed
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- čas přidán 28. 08. 2012
- 2 easy and fun ways to grow Fuyu persimmons from seed. I will share with you what I have learnt about growing them from seed, so you can get some tips to have better success. Hope you enjoy and don't forget to drop by and say hi on facebook - / thekiwigrower =)
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I planted those persimmon seed 13 years ago and forgot about it completely. Last summer I found that that strange tree outside of my window was a persimmon tree with fully ripe persimmons on it! They are much smaller than store bought persimmons, but still, it's pretty cool. Unfortunately, they are up an embankment and I can never get to the fruit, so that's the sad part. But just so people know you can literally plant a seed and forget about it and grow a persimmon tree. I have clay soil and the tree is quite literally growing on a rock with soul atop, which is the hill in my backyard. The conditions really aren't great for a tree to grow but this thing did just fine. So sometimes I think people should just experimenting just go plant some seeds and forget about it and if something grows then that's just bonus. I also have wild muscadines which tastes far better than the ones that you can get at the store.
What a cool story! Thanks heaps for the comment that’s awesome. I agree. Some people shut the idea down of growing seeds that you don’t know if they’ll end up good or not, but what do you have to loose right, and for me it’s more about the enjoyment of growing something than the eventual result :)
@@TheKiwiGrower I'm going to buy one of those fruit pickers for high hanging fruit and then I can get to both my persimmons and my muscadines this summer! Yep, sometimes you just get lucky, and it's always worth a shot! 🍀
Try at least an 8" deep pot and plant in worm castings, works for me. 6 years and average 37 to 60 fruit from 4 trees I planted in full sun on my place in East Texas.
Can you show to us sir? Thanks
Were would you get the seeds to plant to grow . in East Texas
How long before fruit bearing?
The trees in my neighborhood are yielding hundreds of persimmons
Live in central texas and they all ways die, but i finally got some to germinate and not die
glad to watch this video, I love persimmon fruit, a few weeks before I try plant from seed and today i'm so happy my plant growing, hope our weather suits with the plant.
My persimmon didn't have any seeds, so I will have to keep an eye out somewhere else. They look like they make really nice plants, can't wait for updates. Looks like spring has started over there :)
For the germination process, I really just put some soil in a little platic bowl, planted the seed, put a little amont of water and close the bowl with a lid. I put the bowl in front of a window so it can get plenty of sun and warmt from it. It took really no time at all before it started to sprout. I find this method is the best most of the time and you don't have to worry as much for breaking the roots that are tingled in the paper towel.
Michiko Hime i use this method all the time only i use a fish bowl with saran wrap on top.
Love your cat. Also can hear all the birds in your yard. I checked out your website because the persimmon is new to me. It is many raw recipes and I have a feeling I am going to like it. I live in Florida and found it tough to find them especially ripened, which is how I need them to be!!!! I bought around seven and need them in a few days. Some of them are soft. I am supposed to use them when they are gooey!! Thanks for showing how to grow them!!
I just planted the only one seed I found among the Fuyu persimmons I harvested directly into the ground, few weeks later I have a new persimmon plant 😁 what a surprise ...
Thanks for the tip.I got my persimmons from the neighbor.And put six seed in a baggy like you mentioned on your video.Two weeks later I found five seeds germinates.Today I put it in the pot.Thank you again.
Thank you, I love persimmons, I am going to plant one tree un my backyard.In my country the old people say it's good for thyroid. Thank you 🙏🙋♀️
Very nice that you have persimmons growing! You are right, I didn't have much luck finding a viable seed in the ones I bought. But I'm going to keep trying and hopefully I find some that has seeds. The fruit is good tasting anyway so it's not a waste. :) Thanks for sharing, Kalem!
So cute! Thank you
Such a nice cute video and the environment seems so peaceful
Thank you for the info 👌🏻👌🏻🙋 Becky said hello and lovely chirping of birds in your video ❤️❤️❤️
Hi
How are your perseemon trees now ?
great vid man like how you highlight that its better to start with a fairly sized pot as they develop roots fast.
This was very helpful, I've managed to get 3 decent seeds and am at week 2 of paper towel method.
I'm growing persimmon seeds as well, I Definetly thought I was doing somethin wrong because of the way of root but now I have reassurance that I am growing them right. Thanks for your help! Ps your accent is sexy.
They look great, I've had a persimon before but never tried to grow one :)
Hardest thing in cultivation of persimmon is to reach the seeds. I can freely say that on average you have to eat 5 kg of fruit to get one seed. The two most common varieties of persimmon in my stores are Fuyu and Hachiya. Seeds of these two varieties are drastically different. After removing the seeds from the fruit I wash them and leave submerged in water for 48 hours. Then move them into a zip-lock and keep in the fridge until mid-February. Seeds treated in this manner germinates within a week
+Stevan Miletic I've come across a couple of seeds in one fruit a few months back and kept them. Sadly, they were not stratified, I didn't know that was necessary for growing persimmon from a seed. They're also dry now, so I wonder if is it not to late to try and stratify them in a fridge. What do you think? I would appreciate an advice :)
+Milena
Hi Milena. If you have enough seed you can divide them into two groups. Soak one group in warm water for two days and plant immediately. You can put another group on two months stratification after immersion.
I kept seeds in dry conditions in refrigerator up to 3 years and it has germinated in a reasonable percentage. In any case, soaking is necessary.
Carol T. Where can I purchase the persimmon seeds
Thanks for the information.
i lucked out then! first persimmon i've bought in ages had three nice seeds. they were in the pot before i finished eating the fruit, haha.
Thanks for posting this - it's great and really interesting.
Love the cat....and thank you persimmons are very sentimental to me I watched from my FEMA trailer after Katrina/Rita...
In the depths of winter two persimmon trees..so beautiful feed the birds for weeks...such a beautiful sight from a dismal FEMA camp...I just ordered some seeds...
Thanks for the comment :). Good luck with the seeds!
Thank you so much for your video. I've started to grow many thing from their seed and my persimmon was weird with it's roots curving and all. So I tried to plant the seed numerous time and it was always kinda resurfacing. Now I understand why!
As for myself, it's true that most of the persimmons I bought were seedless but once in a while, I stumble upon some and save them. I was more lucky with fruits and vegetables little store that are not affiliated to big grocery chain.
The reason no seed from stores is it was picked early because the fruit is too soft to ship. These days you can buy good seed online rather reasonably from Virginia
or Wisconsin.
@@albrown1388 Persimmon is different.
Well done mate, ive grown a few like you have too and will be planting out these soon,
Hi from France, I got a couple of Fuyu Persimmons from my local organic shop, they were over-ripe and they gave them to me for my chickens but they looked so good we ate them! They have very large seeds inside so I am going to have a go with your two methods and see what comes up. Just a tip, organic shops sell non-hybrid - old variety fruit so if you want seeds that's also an option. Best Wishes and thanks for the information, Pavlovafowl aka Sue
Chickens are mad at u🤦♀️
@@tinawindham6958they'll get over it
Wow, aren't they looks gorgeous, great video and full of useful tips 👏👏🌱🍃🌴🌿
Thanks KG. Looking forward to successfully propagating my fuyu seeds.
You are so awesome for this! THANKS KIWI!!
I was surprised to get a seed from supermarket persimmons, so put it at once into 1 thin pepper tower and keep it wet as much as possible then over a week saw a tiny spout. Had put it in a pot with soil a few days ago. I hope it will make it out!
Awesome! Great work :)
Hi I really like your clips I have wated to grow a coconut here in s cal
I enjoy your videos thanks for your tips,
This is an awesome video...thanks for sharing your knowledge :) I have some of the seeds that I would like to grow as well...I'll keep you posted once I have some success on it - regards! May
Have you ever tried American persimmon (Diospyros virginiana)? They are plum sized, with thicker more fragrant pulp. There are also some hybrids between D. virginiana and D. kaki.
These grow like weeds. Just jam a fruit into some potting soil in a container & you'll get several seedlings from each fruit. Little to no effort required to start them. Then plant at the border / edge of your woods or forest canopy so they get sun most of day & some shade. Deer LOVE these...
Mine keeps on developing mold and dying. Method I use was the wet paper towel inside zip lock.
kia ora stevan, great video and thanks for sharing. there's a guy who's been selling fuyu persimmons on the side of the road for the past month and some - $5 bags for like 2kilograms worth. he said today that he has about three weeks of picking left. anyway, i bought a couple of bags and he gave me his seeds that he had from his samples he shares with his customers. i'm going try a few planting direct into soil and i will stratify the others. i am determined to have my own fruits in a few years time. will let you know how i get on. btw, i live in auckland.
PolyNZian wow it's cheap $5 in a bag. Could u please send me some seeds...
Very nice! Awesome to see Daffodils blooming in your Spring ;-)
Would love to have an update on the persimmon plants, have you got fruits from them?
Was wondering the same!
well done!! I've been looking for perssimon seeds with no luck!
I will sell you some if you want me to....
thank you :) Did you do a stratification Like!
Another exotic plant, thanks for the video
Great video once again Kalem, I have never seen this fruit where I live and I was thinking of buying my seeds from online, what do you think? Thanks for that and they look very sturdy plants and lovely leaves, amazing!
Hey huw! Wow, 7 year old comment. Did you ever get your persimmon trees? I will say, wild American persimmons pack much more flavor than the Japanese varieties. Think figs mixed with dates. I have enjoyed watching your videos btw!
Thanks mate! This is top vid and you explain stuff so good and yeah those lorikeets are nuts aye! 💖💖
I need tried this...I love persimmons!
Wow. Disregard my question now that I see the size of the tree. I will, however, start planting anyway and transfer it to my mother's yard once it gets big enough.
This is very informative and useful. Thank you
Hi, what type of fruit will those trees you grew from seed bear, are there going to be true fuyus or some other variant?
nice looking plants and root system, wonders if you'll get blooms in it's first year ? :) thanks for sharing. Another fruit I've yet to try.
Hi! Question for you. I have two seeds that I extracted from the fruit. I let them dry as stated in an article that I read on the internet. They now look very dry. Can I still use the wet towel, zip bag method to see if they will germinate? Thanks!
Great demo, thanks.
Good work there Kalem. I reckon that plant will be going into a bigger pot pretty soon. How long do these take to produce fruit?
Very nice video. Please continue sharing.
i did this already :)
what are your plans with them, do they need to be grafted?
I lucked out. Bought a pack of persimmons, and there was a seed. I am going to grow it.
did it work? I also found 2 seeds from store persimmons, and I'm curious if it can work.
@@Desimere I forget, sorry.
@@dolph9913 thanks for the reply though :) I appreciate it.
@@Desimere It can work because I shoved one seed in the ground 13 years ago and now have a fully grown persimmon tree. I gave the seed no care.
@@lockergr Mine also worked. But now I have also tried growing tamarillos and I ended up with about 100 small saplings in my apartment. I don't have enough friends to find them all homes.
Hey Sparki and owner! Great Video. What is the appropriate climate for persimmon to grow and where can I purchase the seeds that will germinate?
Sparky is gorgeous and you're not so bad yourself. Hopefully you managed to avoid the big quake down your way and are safe.
I'm curious as to whether you've heard of Kratky gardening and whether that would work for the Fuyu.
Can you mention where you are growing these. It makes a big difference what your climate is. Persimmons are ripe and available where I live now, but it is the beginning of winter. I doubt I could get it to grow at this time of year outside. Can I put it in the plastic bag and wait till spring to try and germinate them?
I bought a few fruits at the grocery store and they had seeds inside here in Auckland first time I've ever seen seeds inside persimmon will see if they grow.
Hi,
I brought some persimmon seeds from Japan as a souvenir and now I want to grow them. I like your video! But what kind of soil do you use?
Thanks for this video. Very informative. I want to know if it is possible to grow these in an apartment as opposed to a lovely free environment like yours?
Nice work, mate.
wonderful video, thank you.
Hey,thanks for a great video and your cat is charming:) I already found you on Facebook;)
So..I just found a big surprise - a seed in a persimmon that i bought from a supermarket. I didn't even known that persimmons do have seeds! I'm keep eating more of them but don't find any seeds.
I found an advice that before seeding persimmons you must to refrigerate seeds for 3-4 months, because Germination of persimmon tree seeds requires a period of consistent cold. Do you refrigerate your seeds?
Hi there... love your channel :). I was wondering what type of soil you use...? Is it from your garden or do you purchase soil for your seedlings? I've had really poor experiences with purchased soil. The soil tends to be "dead" and really dry in a way that almost repels water. I've added worm castings in the past and more recently I purchased humus soil... much nicer texture and absorption. Any advice would be appreciated, thanks!
wanted to know that too so did a bit of search: it tolerates any soil type but for best results, neutral pH 6.5-7.5 in a sunny and well draining spot, a good distance from buildings so it can grow roots without limitations... has a long taproot. Good luck growing the persimmons!
At last, 2 of my persimmon seeds sprouts!! >_
Congrats.
one question I could leave them out side only in warm weather thanks in advance
Thank you for the video!
Hello from Atlanta USA and thanks a lot for your video. i just got 5 large seeds from some organic persimmons can you tell me please when is it a good time of the year to plant it in the ground ? and what type of weather do these persimmons trees like?
Very cool.
Just a little education from someone who has been into horticulture since I could hold a shovel.
Native varietals of persimmon are either male or female trees. The modern varieties, from nurseries, are most likely all female. They will grow persimmons, but they are a 'sterile' or seedless fruit. In order to get seeds in your fruit you must have at least 1 male in the area in order to make the fruit 'fertile' or seeded. I hope I settled your curiosity about the persimmon.
Is the paper towel wet or dry when with the seed it's inserted in the ziplock bag...
Thank you Plantsman!
Keep it up with the good content.
Hello, I have a question as I am a novice gardener. When using the paper towel/bag method, after the roots have sprouted, do you completely bury the entire seed and root, or do you just plant the root and leave the seed exposed?
My next project...thanks mate
So is the transplation with the same soil do work ? I had too a tiny one.. Do i wait for the leaf to pop open or go now ?
Today I kept the seeds in the damp paper towel . Will update. My friend has presimmon tree . That’s how I got the seeds from the fruits.
Hi, would it work out the same for Hachiyas? I managed in the Fuyus I got from the Asian market to get 4 seeds, but I was cutting into my hachiyas and hit one. I gotta admit hitting a persimmon seed feels like you've won a prize in a video game or something.
Also cool cat.
Do I plant the seed with the sprout down in the soil
Im a zillion miles across the other side of the world, lurve persimmons lol, Im not sure they will grow in the UK even though I have seen one supplier selling the plants - Perhaps for a greenhouse :( Good to see a young man and his cat interested in growing stuff.
I just love this fruit very much
It will grow in Go?
Hi Kalem,
Just to be sure....is the paper towel moist and did you put the bag with the seeds in the fridge or on a warm location (or does that depend on what variety)? Thank's and greetings from Spain ;-))
Hi, I grew a persimmon from seeds like you did, can you let me know if your persimmon's stem started browning and drying out a month after the leaves sprouted? There is 4 leaves to the tree and it looks very green and healthy only thing that worried me is the stem started browning and drying.
Very few persimmons have seeds so if you get one off of a tree and you find a seat in it be grateful because they're few and far between. Never bought persimmons in a store always got them from a farmer but the seeds are very very rare
Have you compared when it is done scarification?
once planted and growing do this seed need some kind of food or fertilizer or something?
thanks
Did you put water on the paper towels before putting them in the plastic bag? Ty!
I think the reason why the persimmons another box on the grocery stores don't have any seed is because they are picked before they arrive. And then they ripen on the store shelf. Fully ripe perceptions have a very short shelf-life from what I understand and they wrote very quickly, so if you're a grocery store and do you want people to actually have time to buy the Persimmons you have to pick up early and have them wiping off the line so that they can be ready for the customer to eat
Hi, just wondering if you know whether trees grown from seed will fruit very well?
Did you plant seed down or root down and did you cover the whole plant?
I’ve got persimmons coming up all over my 3 acres and need to dig them up bf I cut. They’re about a foot tall. Not sure which kind but my trees are loaded. Are all the seeds that big?
Great job....
I might be an exception to the norm. I very easily germinated a persimmon seed from a store bought fruit. I was surprised to even find seed and accidentally cut one of them. It is now 4" tall. It is a Fuyu type and unfortunately I don't think it will survive in my zone here in Canada. Do you think I can successfully grow it doing a indoor\outdoor scenario? I am a horticulturalist but am not familiar with persimmon enough to know. Any input would be appreciated.
I haven't looked too deeply into container growing them, but I plan to do something similar for black sapote which are related and more cold sensitive. Persimmons handle frost where I live fine, so maybe if you protect yours inside, even if it gets a bit cold in there it should be fine. They do have a long deep tap root, so will definitely need a large deep pot. Worth a go I reckon. Would be keen to find out how it goes! :)
Hey! Did these survive 'til big and flower? 💕
Plz Can you do a video about this tree now?
Thank you for sharing
Is Persimmona tropical plant?
I have a bunch of seeds from last year and I planted some in the sandy soil of Las Vegas. I also threw some avocado seeds into my compost pile and I have about 6 trees coming up. One I transplanted to another location in my yard and it seems to be thriving. My only question is the one I transplanted an avocado or a Fuyu Persimmon. The leaves look more like the persimmon trees I've seen ...very bright lime green and large. Its about 10" high right now. The leaves on the other trees are slimmer and start out sort of dark brown and get greener as they develop. If anyone could help me identify whether or not this little tree is a Fuyu Persimmon tree, I'd be oh so grateful! Now that we're coming in to the Winter months I'm wondering if I need to surround it with sweaters or something appropriate to keep it from dying?
Do you know how long it takes for the leaves to break through the persimmon seed? My seeds grew an impressive tap root, but have been looking like your other seedlings for about two weeks now.
A few of mine didn’t open on their own even though the root looked strong. Left alone, they fail because the leaves stay trapped in the seed shell and it basically suffocates itself. When I realized they weren’t going to open on their own, I carefully cracked the hull. If you want too long, the leaves stay damaged until the next ones come, which is delayed and struggled due to the initial damage that interferes with the plant’s process. Sometimes they still fail after you help it. The seeds that thrive give better leaves and i think not all seeds are meant to thrive. It’s natural to weed out the weaker seedlings. Since I am growing for fun more than food, I’m okay with helping the runts continue even though they are less viable.
When or at what size can I start pruming my persimmon tree. Planted it from seed and is about 10 to 12 cm long.
THANK SO MUCH FOR YOUR VIDOE
They don't have seeds because the commercial growers most likely clone their plants & are growing a variety that doesn't produce seeds
Every once in awhile you can get lucky and find a seed in a commercial persimmons
I've found two so far this year, just planted them...Hope they grow!
Am in the UK. (East Midlands, zone 8). I found one seed in a persimmon. I planted it, put it on my kitchen windowsill and forgot about it. It's now 3" high and its first cotyledon leaves are a nice deep green colour, and there's the tiniest hint of a new pair of true leaves developing. Just coming into our late winter/early spring period here. By the time Spring is well and truly here, it will be well on its way... So. Now what? Keep it in a pot? Outside for the warmer weather? What about next winter? And when do I get to pick the fruit?!? (J/K...!)
You missed several, and the most important part, what to use and what to put in the soil for healthy growth, disease/pest resistance, micro/macro nutrients, how moist persimmons need to stay etc.
When should you start putting the seeds in the ziplock. Late winter or spring?
I had the same question. I can see fully blooming daffodils in the garden in the background but I think growing inside during winter would be acceptable.
We rent our house and was wondering if you think persimmons could thrive as a potted tree? so that if and when we move it could come with us :)