Can persimmons be grown in a container?

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Tplant Pembroke Pines, FL(Zone 10a) Sep 12, 2006

I would love to have a persimmons tree but know very little about them. I don't have anymore room on my property but can grow one on my deck in a wine barrel. Can this be done? Is there a dwarf size that produces fruit? I have a mango, fig and star fruit tree.

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bettydee La Grange, TX(Zone 8b) Sep 13, 2006

How many chill hours do you get a year? Some Japanese persimmons are self-fruitful. My favorite is Fuyu (requires 200 chill hours). It is non-astringent. Izu is also non-astringent, self-fertile and only requires 100 chill hours. Both are relatively small trees.

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Tplant Pembroke Pines, FL(Zone 10a) Sep 13, 2006

bettydee --- In my zone the temperature rarely goes below freezing and if it does it will only be for a few hours if at all. When the sun rises it pops up to the 60's or 70's. Does this mean I can not grow a persimmon??? I am a few miles north of Miami.

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CoreHHI Bluffton, SC(Zone 9a) Sep 13, 2006

Tplant I think you might be to warm. 100 chill hours is very low though.

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Tplant Pembroke Pines, FL(Zone 10a) Sep 13, 2006

All this time I thought persimmons were a tropical plant or tree? So I can't grow one here??

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Lucky_P Hopkinsville, KY(Zone 6b) Sep 13, 2006

There are at least a couple of the D.kaki (Asian) persimmons that would fruit in zone 10, but I can't say how well, if at all, they'd fare in a container - even if it were a 15 or 30 gallon one. Some of the Asian persimmons are not much more than a big, sprawling bush, and might work, though others do become a fairly good-sized tree.
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bettydee La Grange, TX(Zone 8b) Sep 13, 2006

Figuring the number of chill hours in an area where the winter temperatures bounce all over the place can get complicated. Basically, the number of hours the temperature stays between 32ºF and 45ºF are counted as chill hours. The best thing to do is to contact your local county extension agent and ask. You would be getting an average. So if you want fruit every year, you need to stick to fruit that require less than that average.

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