weekender21
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USC, what county are you planting in?
USC, what county are you planting in?
I would treat these like I do my apple trees. I want vertical growth first! This is to get the branches out of the reach of the deer browse. This is also why I use smaller diameter cages than most - the deer trim those lower limbs off and thus the tree puts it's growth effort into reaching upwards. Obviously you have to retain enough leaves for the tree to remain healthy so it's a balance. I would treat your persimmons just like I would any other fruit tree until it's out of the reach of the deer, or mature enough to handle some browsing. Just my opinion on the matter.Ok, so I bought a bunch of these 3 gallon persimmon from Wally World. I will be planting them in the next few days. My question is should I prune some of the lower limbs off now or just let them be. Some of these limbs have probably a foot of growth on them already but the limbs are probably not even a foot off the ground. Would that entice the central leader to want to grow straight up and give it all its energy this growing season? I have never owned a persimmon so I'm not sure what kind of shape they take. But I usually have the lower limbs on all me trees in my yard start about 4 feet up so I can mow around them once a year. Thanks for the suggestions!
I realize you just watered those in the pic, but make sure you mound up some soil on those trees - I had one drown and die because it held water. That was the only one I had die so far out of the 6 I have bought over the past 2 years. I like getting them on sale as we near summer as well.....who wants to pay full price? I have watered mine once a week with 5 gallons of water thru the summer, they have done fine with that and have had no need for additional watering since. Good luck with your new trees!
The beauty of living close to your Walmart! Trees already in the ground!
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They were originally priced at $29.95 and were marked down to $18.95. There were 10 plus left.Three closest stores to me haven't got them in yet. Called the 4th closest and tbey got them in last night. Made the 1.5 hour drive down there and they were all gone. Somebody had stopped in and bought all 32 trees they had.
You guys buying them at marked down prices are spoiled.