Persimmons (Diospyros kaki)

The delicious sweet persimmons growing on a hardy tree, so also in the Netherlands can grow your own persimmons. The fruits ripen in autumn and are soft, orange-colored, even a frost on the fruit accelerates the ripening. The riper the fruit, the sweeter. As a rule, we will reap the benefits in late October, early November. The seedless fruits contain an average of 16% sugar, 43% glucose as a fast-acting energy source. They can peel and all are eaten and tastes delicious sweet.

Originally, the khaki of the Himalayas where it is already cultivated for centuries. After khaki trees atomic disaster had survived in Hiroshima, khaki by Chinese medicine is also used as a medicine against radioactive damage and disease. In nature up to 15 meters high tree can be pruned well, making it suitable for every garden.

Seed description:
Seeds which roughen with sandpaper and 24 hour soak in lukewarm water. Then sow seed and cutting soil, keep soil constantly moist, cover with plastic wrap or glass and germinate in warm place in the house.

price 3:30