Persimmon Tasting | Seedlings, Prok, Celebrity, Rosseyanka & MORE

[@GardenAndgrow]

Hi Ross, I found this year that putting the wild persimmon fruit seeds skin and all in a vertical slow juicer quickly made a fantastic persimmon processed pulp that tasted like the best baby food puree ever. I ate it up with a spoon.

[@shanemillard608]

Thanks for working through that. I'm looking to buy some american persimmons soon. It seems like the selected cultivars have value.

[@blueskies6475]

Lol, you went crazy! Make some jam, fruit leather and freeze them! 🍹

[@666Necropsy]

i still have Rosseyanka hanging on my tree. 6a 1 zone up. im thinking about placing a footsock on them. dont want birds or ants getting them. the leaves are almost gone. we have rain coming. looking forward to trying these soft. will be my first year.

[@verderandy9161]

Ross, I agree the native persimmons can be good. Many are mediocre being just too small or unexceptional in flavor. Was lucky enough to stumble upon a tree that was really good. Size was larger than average, long ripening season starting in August going for weeks, and the flavor is amazing. Having a distinctly CARAMEL flavor that is unique and delicious. Congrats on your find! Randy/GA

[@thegooch7206]

🤣🤣🤣 You didn’t go a little crazy, you went full psych ward.

[@jokkijr007]

Atleast he's safe this winter. 😆

[@eljefe8149]

I need a prok so bad. I've never tried an American persimmon before. Hoping to get one this spring.

[@IHWKR]

What are your reccomendations for a 5B zone? And where do you reccommend i get a tree? Prefer a young tree (4-5ft.) rather than a graft or a seedling. Do you have any reccomendations on where to shop online for what im looking for? P.s. were you in the USAF? i was a maintainer on F-15Es

[@RossRaddi]

Get a prok! You could try just fruits and exotics.

[@jamesfrederick.]

What’s you’re opinion on the chocolate “or darker” persimmons

[@Glaudge]

from what i understand the "chocolate" asian persimmon is always seedy because it has both male and female flowers on the same tree

[@RossRaddi]

I had some really nice darker persimmons in Israel. They're an upgrade usually, but the flavor of an astringent cannot be matched. Go for Saijo, Honan Red or Prok.

[@jamesfrederick.]

@@RossRaddi yeah I gotta get prok for sure

[@dougzuckerman]

Do you know if persimmon trees can handle being pruned back hard to like maybe 1 or 2 feet off the ground? Will it recover or is that likely to kill it? I have several trees, with one that I really want to keep super short, but it's branching too high, so I'd like to just top it completely and start over, but I'm concerned it could kill the tree altogether. Thoughts? Thanks.

[@bluegrassdiggers9030]

Why??

[@RossRaddi]

Douglass, Persimmon varieties with American genetics are really difficult to keep short. What variety are we talking about?>

[@tj21bem]

If you do that, the native persimmon rootstock will sucker like crazy! Maybe choose a couple of suckers, graft it w/ your chosen variety & chop the old tree down.

[@jmaiatrader2925]

I'm looking for seeds or plants of this Prok persimmon if anyone knows where I can get some!

[@AM-lz2jr]

Saijo or american ?

[@tj21bem]

Have you tried a Giombo persimmon?

[@AM-lz2jr]

What do u think about giombo?

[@disc4tw]

Prok is a full American persimmon

[@ananf4653]

Thats a lot of food dude, more importantly its free . . .

[@Glaudge]

you say cleaning supplies i say booze-y fruitcake... or nail polish remover (but that one may fall under the realm of cleaning supplies)

[@idahofishgamer3560]

Turn up volune

[@oh_k8]

Wildlife eats them...😐