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["S & E Hills" <ehills7408@wowway.com>]

Bass, I’ve got Ichi Ke Kei Jiro unprotected here in Michigan.  Its growth has been less than I would like (this year is its third and it will be fertilized unlike the past two years).  I have not yet had blooms, so no fruit either. 

 

I know Burnt Ridge claims Matsumoto Wase Fuyu can take zone 5, but I’m skeptical (not out of any experience or anything, just because BR’s claim is the only one I’ve seen regarding that variety’s exceptional hardiness). 

 

Either way, were I you I would want to get the varieties on an american persimmon rootstock (rather than the kaki or lotus) as I have ready reports that the other two rootstocks are less hardy. 

 

I have just found out that I have a racoon living in a nearby silver maple (a hollow in an old branch) that will need to be dealt with ASAP.  ( not that it has anything to do with the persimmon, but I worry that the coon might mess with my garden )

 

 

Scott Hills

Zone 6b Michigan

 

 

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From: nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Bassem Samaan
Sent: Saturday, May 03, 2008 6:07 PM
To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: [NAFEX] Fuyu and other oriental persimmon in the Northeast

 

I'm wondering if I can grow these not so hardy persimmon in Pennsylvania.

Matsumoto wase fuyu

Chocolate

Hachiya

Did anyone try growing these successfully in zone 6?

I live in eastern part of PA, I'm in zone 6/7. I'm currently growing Hana Fuyu, Great wall with no winter damage.

 

 

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