Hardwood11
It is going to be a good fall!
Anyone planting persimmons in southern IA?
Pictures?? Advice?
I'd like to plant some on my new farm.
Pictures?? Advice?
I'd like to plant some on my new farm.
Persimmons
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Hardwood11
It is going to be a good fall!
Anybody tried them, success??
Hardwood11
It is going to be a good fall!
Yeah I kind of forgot I asked about persimmon in that thread, since it directed more to Apple.
Fishbonker
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I planted 11 persimmons in 2006. Had great growth the first couple of years. I was concerned though that they continued to grow well into October which may not allow the new growth to harden off before it got cold enough to kill it. Sure enough, one winter they killed way back. The following winter was colder and they all died but suckers rooted from the base. I let that go for a couple of years and picked the best looking "trunk" and cut the rest off. I kept doing that for a few years and finally had some trees that were 15 feet tall but they never bloomed. Then the winter that it was so cold for so long killed most of them again. Last summer I got tired of looking at them and cut them all off at ground level. Now they are just mower blade benders.
The trees were bare root and I babied them like they were my children. They were not disease resistant. They got what I think were leaf chancres and spots of various colors shapes and sizes. The leaves would roll up on the edges. Sometimes the roll was caused by aphids and sometimes there weren't any bugs. I sprayed them a few times every year.
I bought them from a nursery somewhere in the Southeast. They were supposed to be hearty in this zone but not so much. There is a nursery here in Iowa (Louisa County maybe?) that has/had persimmons that might be hearty in your area of Iowa. I believe they were actually found in Iowa and they propagated them.
The trees were bare root and I babied them like they were my children. They were not disease resistant. They got what I think were leaf chancres and spots of various colors shapes and sizes. The leaves would roll up on the edges. Sometimes the roll was caused by aphids and sometimes there weren't any bugs. I sprayed them a few times every year.
I bought them from a nursery somewhere in the Southeast. They were supposed to be hearty in this zone but not so much. There is a nursery here in Iowa (Louisa County maybe?) that has/had persimmons that might be hearty in your area of Iowa. I believe they were actually found in Iowa and they propagated them.
Hardwood11
It is going to be a good fall!
Might just stick with crabapple and Apple.
Matthewfox_45
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Try some wild pears. The deer love them. My brother in law and I collected some a couple years ago, sprouted them at home, and transplanted them. I have more in the fridge this year that I am hoping to sprout.
Hardwood11
It is going to be a good fall!
Thanks guys--yeah any varieties of Pear or Apple you have had good luck with in Southern IA.
Let me know. I've got some good varieties growing in MN, but fresh start in IA.
Let me know. I've got some good varieties growing in MN, but fresh start in IA.
BigfootWillow.com
Tree Climber
Persimmons seem more finicky transplant and get going than apples and pears, but nice to diversify for wildlife and should do good if you get hardy stock. The one persimmon that did start to produce for me, died down in a bad winter.
I have been having same problems getting pawpaws going, I may try pawpaws some more, but on southside of a hill for a microclimate.
I guess the positive is both of the fruits sucker a lot.
I have been having same problems getting pawpaws going, I may try pawpaws some more, but on southside of a hill for a microclimate.
I guess the positive is both of the fruits sucker a lot.
JayEC
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I bought some from Red Fern Farm outside Wapello and planted them in July. Not the optimal time but they were doing well at the end of fall? I guess we'll see this Spring....