I have some experience with the orchard scale cultivation of persimmon here
in India. I feel that this tree virtually does not require any pruning,
especially in home orchards. Only dead wood or branches very oddly placed
may be removed.
I have seen this in Japan too. The Japanese home gardeners just the trees
grow undisturbed.
One of the basic principles of home scale gardening is to adopt the simplest
technology.
----- Original Message -----
From: boyd manges <bmanges@yahoo.com>
To: <nafex@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2001 10:56 PM
Subject: Re: [nafex] Pruning Persimmon and Pawpaw??
> Reich in "uncommon fruits..." says persimmons should
> be pruned to an open center or leader system because
> the wood is brittle and breaks easily. He also
> recommends bearing age trees be pruned to shorten
> branches (my trees also seem to be somewhat branchy
> and thin). PawPaws can also be pruned, but my 8 year
> old trees look great unpruned (except for crossed
> branches) the branches are stout and don't even bend
> with a big cluster of fruit. They have a natural
> pyramidal shape I'ld hate to mess with. I did prune
> some seedlings to fit in a grow tunnel, though.
>
> boyd manges n. Michigan Z5
> --- nottke <nottke@ols.net> wrote:
> > Can any one point me to a reference, or tell me,
> > about whether or how to
> > prune American persimmons and pawpaws?
> > I have several seedlings of each and I am interested
> > in optimizing fruit
> > production from them.
> > In the case of each type of tree, the tallest are
> > about 12 feet and the
> > shortest are about 2 feet.
> > Thanks.
> >
> > James E. Nottke
> > Pfafftown, NC
> > Hardiness Zone 7A
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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