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[Elizabeth Hilborn <ehilborn@mebtel.net>]

Thank you Lawrence. I was trying to find a method to ID sex before they 
first flowered at year 6 or so...

Thank you also for the search info.

Betsy

On 5/1/2015 8:24 PM, Lawrence London wrote:
> I found this with a Google search on sexing seedling persimmons:
>
> A good pdf on growing persimmons
> http://www.wildlifegrowers.com/persimmons_with_David_Osborn.pdf
> PDF]Persimmons - Purdue
> Universityhttp://www.hort.purdue.edu/ext/HO-108.pdfPropagating
> persimmons: Germinating seeds, grafting, and transplanting
> http://www.waldeneffect.org/blog/Propagating_persimmons:_Germinating_seeds__44___grafting__44___and_transplanting/
>
>
> Sex Among the Persimmons
> http://www.qdma.com/articles/sex-among-the-persimmons
>
> How to Tell the Sex of a Persimmon Tree by Athena Hessong, Demand Media
> http://homeguides.sfgate.com/tell-sex-persimmon-tree-61597.html
>
> Look at 1-year-old growth on the persimmon tree in March, and find its
> inconspicuous flowers.
>
> Find groups of three flowers together to identify male blossoms, which have
> a pink tinge. A persimmon tree with a large percentage of male flowers is
> male.
>
> Identify female flowers as those that grow alone and have an off-white or
> cream color. A majority of these kinds of flowers on the tree mean the tree
> is female.
>
> Spot rare, perfect flowers on the persimmon tree by finding flowers that
> each has a large ovary at its base and more than eight stamen in the
> flower's center. Perfect flowers blend aspects of male and female flowers.
> These types of flowers can occur on either male or female trees.
>
> Repeat identifying the tree's sex the following year to learn whether or
> not the tree changes the sex of flowers it bears.
>
>
> On Fri, May 1, 2015 at 5:50 PM, Elizabeth Hilborn <ehilborn@mebtel.net>
> wrote:
>
> > Hi folks,
> >   I just planted many of the  seeds collected from my Yates persimmon last
> > fall.  Is there anyway to ID females before I have to set them out in their
> > permanent site?
> >
> > I tried to search my NAFEX posts as I seem to remember someone (was it
> > Jerry?) mentioning that males are the more vigorous seedlings. Is that
> > actionable knowledge, or has it been disproven?
> >
> > Betsy Hilborn
> > 7a NC
> > __________________