Princess 👑 Persimmon no. 1

[badatusernames]

My advice was for shogun's specific weak tree, to not touch it all this year until it is back on its feet. If your tree is humming along do whatever you want.

In general, you can prune anytime you want and these trees are very good at back budding everywhere. Flower buds start forming in September on previous year's growth, so if you are trying to show a tree you can wait and prune later in the year and you can actually tell if there is a flower bud or a leaf bud. Usually the flowers are out on the ends of branches. If you are building a tree then just ignore the fruit factor.

The sand is from previous owner not me. I have mine in 100% pumice. If it is in a bonsai pot then I have it in 50/50 akadama pumice. I don't think the soil is a huge factor.


The best analogy for princess persimmons is they are like a train on rails. If you are on the rails then it will grow like crazy and you can treat them however you want. But if you fall off the rails it is a real train wreck and takes 2-3 years to get it back on the rails. Careful weaning and protection etc.

Thank you! Good to know.

 

[Shogun610]

Buds popping

 

[Shogun610]

Bouncing back

 

[Hartinez]

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Bouncing back

Man. What a soap opera this tree has been James! Glad it’s bouncing back brother!

 

[Shogun610]

Better backdrop

 

[vp999]

I feel that my persimmon don't really take off in grow until August...they all just started popping out growth the last couple weeks, before that not so much

 

[PerryB]

My 2 year olds have been going gang busters all year. I followed Julian Adams' advice and repotted them 10 days ago. They didn’t seem to notice!

 

[leatherback]

I feel that my persimmon don't really take off in grow until August...they all just started popping out growth the last couple weeks, before that not so much

Good to know! I have one, which has pushed well in spring but stayed quiet since. I thought I saw buds swelling again this weekend but archived it under "wishfull thinking".

 

[Shogun610]

Good to know! I have one, which has pushed well in spring but stayed quiet since. I thought I saw buds swelling again this weekend but archived it under "wishfull thinking".

Ok but what do you think of my persimmon

 

[Shogun610]

My 2 year olds have been going gang busters all year. I followed Julian Adams' advice and repotted them 10 days ago. They didn’t seem to notice!

I won’t be touching this for a few years

 

[PerryB]

I won’t be touching this for a few years

Mine were pot bound and had never had their roots sorted. Now they can grow.