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Q. I just bought a new house with big yard at Summerlin.
I am Asian and there are three trees I want to plant most but I don’t have any
experience; Jujube, Hachiya persimmon and white saucer peach. I read some of
your articles and decide to ask your advice before I take the action.
A. Jujube, or Chinese date, grows extremely well in our
climate and you will have a lot of success growing it here.
The biggest problem is its
invasiveness. Jujube suckers from its roots in new locations wherever there is
water. These can be distances of 5 to 20 feet away from the mother plant. Over
time, you could have a forest of jujube from a single plant. Just keep the
suckers eliminated when you see them.
Sadly, Hachiya persimmon does
not perform as well here as Fuyu and other persimmons. We have trouble getting
good fruit retention (fruit staying on the tree) after the fruit has set.
Plenty of blossoms but the fruit drops when it gets about ½ inch in diameter
and the tree produces only a few fruit. I would suggest trying different varieties
of persimmons such as Fuyu, Giant Fuyu, Coffeecake, and others).
The white, flat peaches perform
very well here with a very high sugar content and excellent flavor. I would
suggest donut peaches such as “Stark Saturn” or “Sweet Bagel” varieties. These
peaches may also be called saucer or peento peach.
If you keep your trees healthy
by planting with plenty of compost mixed in the soil at planting time and
covering the soil surface with wood mulch you will have fewer problems. You can
always email me with specific questions.
"Sweet Bagel" is an excellent suggestion but it is not a white peach. It does indeed have "real" peach flavor.
ReplyDeleteStark Saturn is a sweet white peach.
Both are flat peaches as you have described.
Sorry to hear Hachiya persimmon aborts. Is that true for other astringent persimmons in Las Vegas? Any guess as to the cause?
Sorry for this late reply. Of the persimmons we tested over 15 years, Hachiya is the only persimmon that had very poor fruit set. I suspect it is a low humidity problem.
DeleteWhich other astringent persimmons (similar to Hachiya) will do well in the desert. I am looking selection on this website https://raintreenursery.com/fruit-trees/fruit-trees-persimmons
ReplyDeleteThank you!
The Chocolate, Coffeecake, Jiro (which is Fuyu) and Izu all did well. Coffeecake requires a pollinator. I think the only astringent one on that list is Chocolate.
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