hey guys i am just wondering when you pick Persimmon ours are green and never seem to go orange or the birds get them if they do?

veg gardener said:

hey guys i am just wondering when you pick Persimmon ours are green and never seem to go orange or the birds get them if they do?

they need to go orange on the tree I think, and then depending on the type you leave them to go mushy inside (although newer varieties you can eat crunchy.) You will probably need to net them to keep the birds away.

bluegreen said:

veg gardener said:

hey guys i am just wondering when you pick Persimmon ours are green and never seem to go orange or the birds get them if they do?

they need to go orange on the tree I think, and then depending on the type you leave them to go mushy inside (although newer varieties you can eat crunchy.) You will probably need to net them to keep the birds away.

depending upon the variety, Most persimmons need to wait until the leaves have fallen and the fruit is like orange globes on bare sticks .. almost.
pick them when they go darker orange and take them inside to ripen if you don’t want to share them with the birds.
The skin needs to start going transparent before many of the more astringent varieties can be eaten. When you can see through the skin they are like nectar of the gods.. and are good enough to eat with a spoon or drizzle on ice cream.

I also tend to allow the birds because it gives me a chance to view all the birds that will winter over here. Also allows me the chance to knock off the starling and blackbird pairs before they nest. Even butcherbirds eat persimmons..

There are also non astringent varieties that can be eaten like apples.

roughbarked said:

bluegreen said:

veg gardener said:

hey guys i am just wondering when you pick Persimmon ours are green and never seem to go orange or the birds get them if they do?

they need to go orange on the tree I think, and then depending on the type you leave them to go mushy inside (although newer varieties you can eat crunchy.) You will probably need to net them to keep the birds away.

depending upon the variety, Most persimmons need to wait until the leaves have fallen and the fruit is like orange globes on bare sticks .. almost.
pick them when they go darker orange and take them inside to ripen if you don’t want to share them with the birds.
The skin needs to start going transparent before many of the more astringent varieties can be eaten. When you can see through the skin they are like nectar of the gods.. and are good enough to eat with a spoon or drizzle on ice cream.

I also tend to allow the birds because it gives me a chance to view all the birds that will winter over here. Also allows me the chance to knock off the starling and blackbird pairs before they nest. Even butcherbirds eat persimmons..

There are also non astringent varieties that can be eaten like apples.

ill net it our tree is about 15 years old.

veg gardener said:

roughbarked said:

bluegreen said:

veg gardener said:

hey guys i am just wondering when you pick Persimmon ours are green and never seem to go orange or the birds get them if they do?

they need to go orange on the tree I think, and then depending on the type you leave them to go mushy inside (although newer varieties you can eat crunchy.) You will probably need to net them to keep the birds away.

depending upon the variety, Most persimmons need to wait until the leaves have fallen and the fruit is like orange globes on bare sticks .. almost.
pick them when they go darker orange and take them inside to ripen if you don’t want to share them with the birds.
The skin needs to start going transparent before many of the more astringent varieties can be eaten. When you can see through the skin they are like nectar of the gods.. and are good enough to eat with a spoon or drizzle on ice cream.

I also tend to allow the birds because it gives me a chance to view all the birds that will winter over here. Also allows me the chance to knock off the starling and blackbird pairs before they nest. Even butcherbirds eat persimmons..

There are also non astringent varieties that can be eaten like apples.

ill net it our tree is about 15 years old.

15 years and you are just getting persimmons? Then surely it is a seedling. No wonder you aren’t seeing edible fruit.

its had fruit on it very summer but not many.

seedling persimmons can have loads of fruit but very small or in some cases very little fruit at all.