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The site: search feature bore fruit when searching for posts on persimmon
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The question was asked:  Is there any way to tell which sex persimmon trees
are before they have grown large enough to flower?   I have one that
has been in the ground for 2 summers now and I still have not seen any
flowers, at least none large enough that I have noticed them yet.   I hope
to take most of the other trees I have out to the country where I have 5
acres, but it would be nice to plant 1 more tree at home and get fruit
there as well.

The answer is no, the sex of an American persimmon tree cannot be determined
until it flowers.

Typically many males flower by their 5th year, some as early as three years.
The females typically take an additional 2 years. But it is not unusual for
female trees to bear fruit in it's fourth leaf from seed. Especially if in 
very
fertile soil with full sun. Transplanting larger trees doesn't speed the
process up very much as it is my experience it usually takes them two years to
reestablish their root system.

Persimmon are as easy to graft as apples. Plant the seed where you want them
and graft in place.

There is great genetic diversity in persimmon and grafting to known cultivars
is highly recommended.

Jerry Lehman



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