Sooo... who's hunting....

[HICKMAN]

PERSIMMONS!!!

 

[planedriver]

I always thought you had to wait until after the first frost or they would be like eating a box of alum.

 

[phylodog]

I wouldn't know a persimmon tree if I fell out of one, lol. I love to hunt, fish and generally just be outdoors but there is a lot I don't know.

 

[winchester]

my trees are not even close to being ready.

 

[HICKMAN]

the rule is, if the tree drops them, they are ready.

That hold true for about 95% of the ones we picked up... and they were delicious.

Generally, we don't see them drop until the first frost, but many in our groves are dropping them.

 

[BigBoxaJunk]

I've got one persimmon tree that I planted in the side yard 13 years ago and it just started producing last year.

The fruit doesn't appear ready quite yet. My only problem is that it's inside the fenced area for our dog and she loves them. Took me awhile to realize that I couldn't wait until they fell 'cause she gets every one. I have to check them out and pick them as they get ripe.

Btw: That pudding looks good.

 

[dak109]

My Uncle had to prop up the limbs on his. Branches were breaking off. I didn't see any on the ground yet.

 

[HICKMAN]

If they are mushy and fell from the tree, they should be ready to process.

If there hasn't been a good frost yet and they are dropping, many will put in the fridge overnight to chill and bring out the flavor.

That's what we did and they came out great, just make sure they are mushy and not hard.

 

[GodFearinGunTotin]

The trees on my property all drop very late. I started noticing trees along my drive home dropping a week or so already. But mine drop slow and late.

 

[JeremiahJohnson]

WOW that's some early persimmons! Mine are still green.

LOVE ME SOME PERSIMMON PUDDIN!

 

[GodFearinGunTotin]

I wouldn't know a persimmon tree if I fell out of one, lol. I love to hunt, fish and generally just be outdoors but there is a lot I don't know.

The bark is fairly alligatored and the canopy of the tree is kind of pyrimidal to roundish. Here's some photos:

This one's much larger than any on my property but they're generally shaped like this:

Then when the fruit starts to ripen and it's been a good year, the tree will be covered in orangey persimmons:

 

[HICKMAN]

great pics!

 

[bwframe]

The bark is fairly alligatored and the canopy of the tree is kind of pyrimidal to roundish. Here's some photos:

This one's much larger than any on my property but they're generally shaped like this:

Then when the fruit starts to ripen and it's been a good year, the tree will be covered in orangey persimmons:

Thank you for the detailed pics!

 

[Zoub]

I always thought you had to wait until after the first frost or they would be like eating a box of alum.

The best way to test this is to get one half to three quarters drunk first, then eat a few off the tree. Yup, that's how you do it.

I miss my old trees.

 

[GodFearinGunTotin]

Another way to tell if you're close to a persimmon tree...if you're going down the road and you notice a bunch of orangey-brown spots on the ground, maybe with a few unsmushed orangey, roundish objects, look up. You're under a persimmon tree.

 

[Leadeye]

Still green around my house, mine all go into wine if I can stay ahead of the forest critters.

 

[bdybdall]

Anybody getting any pawpaws? I'm not sure when they ripen.

 

[Leadeye]

Early October on pawpaws here, I'm keeping an eye on those as well.

 

[CountryBoy19]

My biggest thing with persimmons is that I don't have a clue how to process them... If you wait til they drop and are mushy the skins falls apart. Which means any mechanical means of processing you get bits of skin with them. So you're left to peel by hand before mechanical processing. Is there a better way?

 

[dak109]

My biggest thing with persimmons is that I don't have a clue how to process them... If you wait til they drop and are mushy the skins falls apart. Which means any mechanical means of processing you get bits of skin with them. So you're left to peel by hand before mechanical processing. Is there a better way?

We just clean ours really good then run them through a strainer thingy. Yeah, that is a technical term. The food processing thing that looks like a pan with a crank handle on top and strainer in the bottom.