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Post by lawrencecountyhunter on May 13, 2020 8:27:57 GMT -5
So I've found several persimmon trees scattered around my new property. They have all been in pretty thick/early successional growth areas. They're mostly shaded out, most 4-6" diameter and few limbs until you get up to the top.
Most of the surrounding growth is flowering dogwood, young tulip poplar, box elder, young sugar maple, and some cedar.
I wonder if clearing out a small radius around each persimmon tree will help with fruit production? I've had some great hunts at my parents' place over their one mature persimmon tree.
I may wait until later in the year so I can at least try to identify the male vs. female trees.
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Post by greghopper on May 13, 2020 9:07:31 GMT -5
So I've found several persimmon trees scattered around my new property. They have all been in pretty thick/early successional growth areas. They're mostly shaded out, most 4-6" diameter and few limbs until you get up to the top. Most of the surrounding growth is flowering dogwood, young tulip poplar, box elder, young sugar maple, and some cedar. I wonder if clearing out a small radius around each persimmon tree will help with fruit production? I've had some great hunts at my parents' place over their one mature persimmon tree. I may wait until later in the year so I can at least try to identify the male vs. female trees. Spread fertilizer around the tree the distance the limbs go out that will help ..... some do it with nut trees also. |
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Post by steiny on May 13, 2020 17:26:43 GMT -5
Seems like that would work, give it a try.
All you'll have in it is a little time and effort.
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Post by gumbootbill on May 13, 2020 19:22:12 GMT -5
So I've found several persimmon trees scattered around my new property. They have all been in pretty thick/early successional growth areas. They're mostly shaded out, most 4-6" diameter and few limbs until you get up to the top. Most of the surrounding growth is flowering dogwood, young tulip poplar, box elder, young sugar maple, and some cedar. I wonder if clearing out a small radius around each persimmon tree will help with fruit production? I've had some great hunts at my parents' place over their one mature persimmon tree. I may wait until later in the year so I can at least try to identify the male vs. female trees. google how to fertilize persimmon trees it's a good read. |
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Post by lawrencecountyhunter on May 13, 2020 19:36:14 GMT -5
I hadn't thought about the fertilizer. I think they're mostly starved of sunlight, but I'm sure the fertilizer can't hurt either.
Any specific fertilizer recommendations?
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Post by esshup on May 14, 2020 0:33:21 GMT -5
I took a master gardening class many moons ago. The teacher said don't bother buying the expensive tree spikes, just take a auger like you'd use for planting bulbs and drill holes around the drip line of the tree. Use 12-12-12 and evenly place 1# for every 1" of trunk diameter 3'-4' off of the ground. i.e. if the tree is 6" in diameter (DBH), divvy up 6@ of fertilizer between all the holes.
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Post by lawrencecountyhunter on May 14, 2020 11:01:04 GMT -5
Any ideas on best time to fertilize? I read something that said July, but that wasn't specific to persimmon trees.
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Post by esshup on May 17, 2020 12:36:21 GMT -5
Any ideas on best time to fertilize? I read something that said July, but that wasn't specific to persimmon trees. If there is a time I don't remember it. I would say in the Spring though. |
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Post by jbird on May 19, 2020 10:19:16 GMT -5
Keep in mind persimmons tend to be male or female and only the female will grow fruit. Sometimes you can find a tree that has both sexes on it, but if you have male trees your out of luck. Don't ask me how to tell...I am told it has something to do with a feature on the flower....(both sexes will flower).
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Post by lawrencecountyhunter on May 19, 2020 10:27:18 GMT -5
I went through and counted, I have at least 40 trees from 4-10 inch diameter. Surely a few will be female. I do think I'll wait until I can identify the flowering trees prior to taking any significant action.
There are also a lot of mature cedars in the area, I may remove a few of those to allow a bit more sunlight in.
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Post by Deleted on May 19, 2020 13:01:11 GMT -5
I went through and counted, I have at least 40 trees from 4-10 inch diameter. Surely a few will be female. I do think I'll wait until I can identify the flowering trees prior to taking any significant action. There are also a lot of mature cedars in the area, I may remove a few of those to allow a bit more sunlight in. Remember that deer like large cedar patches and eat cedar when going gets tough. Late season muzzleloader and archery. |
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Post by whitetaildave24 on May 19, 2020 21:21:29 GMT -5
I went through and counted, I have at least 40 trees from 4-10 inch diameter. Surely a few will be female. I do think I'll wait until I can identify the flowering trees prior to taking any significant action. There are also a lot of mature cedars in the area, I may remove a few of those to allow a bit more sunlight in. Remember that deer like large cedar patches and eat cedar when going gets tough. Late season muzzleloader and archery. Cedars are only good for blocking out a lot of sunlight, allowing nothing else to grow. Makes the landscape within the cedar patches look like a desert beneath them. Lots of other valuable browse can grow if those cedars are taken out A lot of land managers will say to cut most, if not all, of them down. |
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Post by huntsemall on May 22, 2020 12:43:33 GMT -5
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Post by duff on May 29, 2020 20:40:26 GMT -5
I cleared around some persimmon trees with good luck. No need to fertilize but I am cheap.
If you have big cedar logs I know a guy who needs a few. Guy may even help.
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