In this video, I share my first harvest from my Giombo persimmon tree. This astringent persimmon tree has been in ground for 3 seasons, and it produced its first ripe fruit. What followed left me almost at a loss for words. This Asian persimmon may be the best fruit I’ve ever tasted in my life. You have to see the results firsthand!
Every backyard needs a persimmon tree, because you can’t buy them easily in grocery stores, and because persimmon trees are one of the easiest fruit trees to grow. Some persimmon species are native to the United States, so they are well adapted to the climate and are mostly free of pests and diseases. The tree featured in this video is an Asian persimmon grafted onto American persimmon rootstock, and while this persimmon variety is one of the later varieties to bear mature fruit, it’s worth every minute of the wait because the ripe fruit is absolutely incredible!
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
0:00 Introduction To Persimmon Trees
1:16 About The Giombo Persimmon Tree
2:35 How To Harvest A Persimmon
5:04 Giombo Persimmon Taste Test
6:55 Giombo Persimmon Flavor Profile
10:18 Adventures With Dale
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0:00 Introduction To Persimmon Trees
1:16 About The Giombo Persimmon Tree
2:35 How To Harvest A Persimmon
5:04 Giombo Persimmon Taste Test
6:55 Giombo Persimmon Flavor Profile
10:18 Adventures With Dale
Your Persimmon trees look flawless compared to mine do you treat them? Mine get ravaged by the psyllid in the early part of the growing season and really sets them back.
Awesome! I have the giant fuyu on order from Willis Orchard, and I can't wait!
I am such a picky eater I can't spend 3 years of space and effort for something I might not like. I'm going to have to spend serious effort finding some locally so I can taste test. I'm glad you enjoyed yours! The joy in your eyes was heartwarming. PS hi Dale!
OMG!!!! I thought you were going to shed a tear when you took that first bite 😂😂😂 …. Just made my mouth water.
I agree with you that this is the connoisseur's persimmon… I'm in zone 7 and had troubles growing them. BTW I love your videos for many reasons, but especially for how intelligent you are.
I have a mature Hachiya persimmon. The first few years that it fruited, the fruits were still astringent even when mushy soft. The ones that ripest latest in the season seemed to lose astringency but were really boring. The next year I tried Hoshigaki with them, and I like them a lot better that way. They aren't the most incredible, but certainly worth keeping and is a fruit that is available at a time of year when not a lot of other fruits are available.
I've got a self-fertile american persimmon that I planted last year that I can't wait to taste.
wow i love the shape!❤ mine are super round nothing like this
right on!
Will this grow in Queensland?
A little trick to accelerate maturity of astringent persimmon: Store the fruits once they turn orange but still hard in a gastight container with a few mililitres per fruit of strong alcool (rhum, vodka,…), and wait for 3 to 4 days at room temperature. The low concentration of ethanol in the closed atmosphere will be absorbed and will catalyse the enzymatic reaction of hydrolysis of tannin subtances into sugars.
Just imagine a persimmon pie with those! That would be amazing ! I will gladly stay up nights and guard your persimmons just let me know!!😀
Howdy MG! I knew it was good when you went speechless.😄
I'm still taking in all your knowledge before choosing a persimmon tree for our edible landscape. The one our neighbor had was at least 20 feet tall and had the shape of the fruit on the tree you showed us.
What a great gardening buddy Dale is. He's just so cute…adorable!😃🐕💕
The feeling of finally harvesting fruit from a tree you've put years of work into is so special. I finally got my first crop of fruit from my figs I started in 2021 and it is incredible how much better they taste than grocery store figs. Congratulations on the giombo!
Your videos are joyful! Every year my first tomato of the season is the best I’ve ever had. Gardens are a bit of heaven on earth.
I've even had metal mesh bags torn down, ripped open and the fruit (Fuyu persimmons) removed by critters. Now these were low-hanging fruit and I'm thinking either a fox or raccoon. But yeah, I'd be out there sitting in a rocking chair with a shotgun. Mesh bags are fairly helpful for birds and insects though.
Success! Congrats!
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I am so happy for you! 😋Great Video! 🥰
I love persimmons and every year I wait for my favorite Asian grocery store to sell them. I finally planted a persimmon this year. Zone five, tho. Will see. I also planted Methley plum trees. Am hoping for a great backyard orchard.
No you don't eat the skin. I am going to grow a few this coming spring. Thanks for sharing your experience. Your videos are the best, authentic and educational.
japan also have this fruit if i'm correct Sir
Get an Eley lead free hose for your garden and let Dale drink with abandon! Awesome company and lead free top notch hoses. I have your Orbit hose but I prefer Dramm for high gentle output. Check it out if you have never tried them. I don’t think you will water again with the one you have been using as it saves you a lot of time and is more gentle on the soil. I save the orbit for cleaning tasks and use quick connects from Eley. Expensive but the best. Thanks for your content. I love your stuff. I am a fig pig and persimmon enthusiast like you.
I don't have a persimmon tree but I do buy these at the farmer's market out here in central California and make cookies out of them in the beginning of December. I hand the cookies out as gifts.
Hello from Portugal, I have a persimmon tree similar to yours, perhaps another variety, it is a large tree that is 20 years old. I've never seen a fruit with seeds, but I don't know what happened, that this year some fruits have up to 6 seeds. I started harvesting fruits at the beginning of September and immediately sowed the first ones, which germinated after a month and are now small plants. This tree, when I let it grow, gives me hundreds of fruits.
Goodbye and thanks for the videos
Mangoes beat persimmons….. 🤣
Would you grow persimmons in a container? I don't have the room for one in the ground. If you had to choose one, would you grow figs or persimmons?