Growing Hybrid Persimmons with Darren Bender-Beauregard (#93)
Once you had to choose: Either grow American persimmons that are hardy, but not great for fresh eating - or grow the sweet and tasty Asian persimmons that thrived in warmer climates. Well, now you can enjoy the best of both by sourcing a hybrid persimmon. So in this episode, Susan Poizner of the fruit tree care education website OrchardPeople.com chats with Darren Bender-Beauregard of Brambleberrypermaculture.com about growing hybrid persimmons in this episode.
Photographs shared with permission from Buzz Ferver, Cliff England and Darren Bender-Beauregard
Contacts:
Darren Bender Beauregard
www.brambleberrypermaculture....
Cliff England
www.nuttrees.net/
Buzz Ferver
www.perfectcircle.farm/
Susan Poizner at OrchardPeople.com
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Susan's online fruit tree care training workshops on grafting, pruning and more
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CHAPTERS:
00:00 Introduction
01:48 What are American Persimmons?
04:17 When to harvest American persimmons
06:01 Growing persimmons in cold climates
08:17 When and how to graft persimmon trees
09:59 What are Asian persimmons and how are they different than North American persimmons?
12:52 What are hybrid persimmons?
16:47 Espalier persimmon trees in hardiness zone 5
19:26 Growing persimmon trees in large pots
25:35 Growing persimmons in pots indoors
26:24 Cliff England's work with persimmons in the US
29:29 Persimmon diversity in flavors and colors
31:35 Persimmons for wildlife and where to get persimmon cultivars
34:33 The best type of grafting for persimmons
35:51 Using persimmon suckers as rootstock
39:08 How long does it take for persimmon seedlings to produce fruit?
41:43 Learning fruit tree grafting
42:40 How to eat persimmons
43:58 How to identify male and female persimmon blossoms
44:47 Persimmon flavors
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Beautiful!
@Orchardpeople
6 ай бұрын
Thank you! Cheers!
thanks!
@Orchardpeople
6 ай бұрын
No problem!
A superb presentation packed with valuable info. Thanks for sharing!
@Orchardpeople
11 ай бұрын
So glad it was helpful!
A good source of cold hardy hybrid persimmons in the US would be England's Orchard and Nursery. He grows American, and many hybrids from Ukraine and Russia. While he no longer does mail order, he propagates and sells many. His many acre persimmon orchard with dozens of varieties is certainly worth the trip to eastern Kentucky.
@Orchardpeople
Ай бұрын
Absolutely! He is a legend!
Hello! I'm from Ukraine and I would like to correct Darren a little what he said. According to the experience of many Ukrainian gardeners, the hybrid persimmon variety "Rossiyanka" can withstand frost of no more than -24 degrees Celsius and is not the most frost-resistant of the hybrid varieties. The most frost-resistant Ukrainian hybrids are the hybrids of the Sosnivska and Dar Sofiivky varieties. They can withstand up to -26 degrees Celsius.
@Orchardpeople
7 ай бұрын
Thanks so much for sharing that update! It’s very helpful for those of us in colder climates ☃️
Interesting about the rosseyanka grafted tree suddenly dying. I have had three out of five trees that were healthy suddenly die. Out of the 40 grafted persimmons I’ve planted…rosseyanka has given me the most fits.
@Orchardpeople
Жыл бұрын
That’s so sad! Will you try different cultivars?
@_DRWC_Official
Жыл бұрын
@@Orchardpeople Yes I have roughly 42 trees as of now that are either hybrid or American cultivars
@Orchardpeople
Жыл бұрын
@@_DRWC_Official Fantastic! I guess it will take a while to figure out which ones are the most resilient in your location.
@_DRWC_Official
Жыл бұрын
@@Orchardpeople The ones I have should be suitable for my zone and have been grown by several popular persimmon growers/breeders. If they die it’s either likely a graft issue, disease, drought, or somehow my fault in planting them.
@Orchardpeople
Жыл бұрын
@@_DRWC_Official or soil. Have you had your soil tested?
Shake that little tree and the ripe fruits fall on your nice clean tarp. Ripe in December in NYC.
@Orchardpeople
Ай бұрын
Sounds like a good system and lovely to have fruit at that time of year :-)
Does anyone know where to find Dar Sofiyivky or other newly released Ukrainian cultivars shipped with phytosanitary certificate?
@Orchardpeople
Жыл бұрын
Let me ask Darren and get back to you!
@Orchardpeople
Жыл бұрын
Here is a response from Darren. I hope it helps: I'm not aware of anyone importing these Ukrainian hybrids via proper phytosanitary protocol, but I have heard through the grapevine that they are here and being propagated, and from multiple sources. I think it's safe to say they will begin to be available from nurseries in a year or two, possibly earlier for scionwood sales. If you are specifically seeking phytosanitary approved material, I suggest contacting USDA GRIN or university breeding programs that focus on persimmon, to see if they have procured these cultivars.
@janj5786
Жыл бұрын
@@Orchardpeople Thanks so much!
@user-dg4qk1rj4z
7 ай бұрын
I think I watched a video about this cultivar by a man in the USA..so it has been imported. But it's a new cultivar (from 2016). A nursery here offered it for the first time this fall and from what I know the scionwood came from the Czech Republic. I've imported scionwood from Ukraine, but it is difficult and uncertain, especially after the war broke out. The cultivar Sophie's gift has great characteristics, especially if you are looking for a more dependable, cold hardy and self-fertile tree. The fruit are larger than Rosseyanka's and need no pollinator I believe. Is the certificate necessary for the home orchard or only if you import them into the country?
@janj5786
7 ай бұрын
@@user-dg4qk1rj4z phytosanitary certificate is required for importing into Canada, I have however recently found a source. Thanks!
You lost me when you said " Let them fall onto the ground " Are there no animals where you live?" We have to get them before the possums, raccoons and birds do.
@Orchardpeople
7 ай бұрын
Good point! Maybe he means to wait until the first ones fall to signify ripeness. Then it’s a race to get the rest of the bounty from the tree before the critters move in!