Planting guide

When to plant persimmon

Glowing orange autumn fruit on a tough, handsome tree; non-astringent types eat firm. In Melbourne it goes in Jun–Aug.

Start as: Potted plant or Bare-root plant
Ready in: 3+ years to the first crop
Spacing: 500 cm
Depth: 0 cm
Sun: Full sun (6+ hours)
Water: Regular
Effort: Some care
Frost-tender: No

When it goes in

● means persimmon can go in that month, ○ means wait. Worked out from each town's climate zone and season, the way planting guides do it. Pick your town for the full list for that month.

Australian towns and cities
Town	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
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Darwin	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○
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Mandurah	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	○	○	○	○
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Launceston	○	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	○	○	○
Mackay	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	○	○	○	○
Rockhampton	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	○	○	○	○
Coffs Harbour	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	○	○	○	○
Blue Mountains	○	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	○	○	○
Bunbury	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	○	○	○	○
Bundaberg	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	○	○	○	○
Alice Springs	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	○	○	○	○
Mildura	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	○	○	○	○
Port Macquarie	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	○	○	○	○

Around the world
Town	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Auckland	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	○	○	○	○
Wellington	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	○	○	○	○
Christchurch	○	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	○	○	○
London	●	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○
Manchester	●	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○
Edinburgh	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○
Dublin	●	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○
New York City	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○
Los Angeles	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	●
Chicago	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○
Seattle	●	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○
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Vancouver	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○
Cape Town	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	○	○	○	○
Johannesburg	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	○	○	○	○
Singapore	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○
Mumbai	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○
Paris	●	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○
Berlin	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○

How to plant persimmon

Plant in sun with deep soil.
Water young trees well.
Thin fruit if crop is heavy.
Pick non-astringent types firm, astringent ones soft.

Persimmon varieties

Classic varieties are the reliable, widely grown ones. Adventurous ones are heirlooms, odd colours and rarities.

Fuyu Classicsweet · 26–34 wksNon-astringent; eat firm
Jiro Classicsweet · 26–34 wksNon-astringent, flat and sweet
Hachiya Adventurousgiant · sweet · 26–34 wksAstringent until very soft; rich and jammy
American Persimmon Adventurouscold-hardy · 26–34 wksSmall-fruited, cold-hardy species
Ichikikei Jiro Classic26–34 wks
Kaki Classic26–34 wks

Where to buy seedlings

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Good companions

Garlic, Chive, Comfrey

Persimmon by month

Jan · Feb · Mar · Apr · May · Jun · Jul · Aug · Sep · Oct · Nov · Dec

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