Persimmon:how much is too much (forum)

Hillel starts with ...
my lovely nonastrigent persimmon tree, now 3 years old has about 150 buds on it. Surely most will fall off, but I'm wondering how many I can keep. Notice the size of the trunk - not too big! And I'd hate for any branches to crack or break. Actually had two lovely persimmons growing during first and second year, so I didn't expect anything like this deluge of buds. Any advice from your experience will be appreciated.
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Time: 28th October 2015 5:38pm

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Daleys Fruit Tree Nursery says...
Hi Hillel, you are right in thinking you tree will drop most of these flowers, possibly even all of them. If this was my tree I would be inclined to remove all the fruit for another year. Give it a deep drink and top dress with some fertilizer to give it another years growth before leaving it to fruit. I think my grafted astringent tree took 4-5 years to start fruiting, it dropped all its buds before this time. It is now 10 years old and spectacular, it is a big spreading tree that can carry loads of fruit - well worth the wait.

Time: 1st November 2015 10:29am

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allybanana says...
For young trees I pinch off the buds early so the tree does not invest energy into starting fruit that will not be kept. Excellent advice above, but I sometimes leave a few fruit to inspire me to keep looking after the tree well. I also use thick mulch over the top dressed fertiliser it helps keep in the moisture and brings the worms and other soil life up to the fertiliser.

Time: 2nd November 2015 5:15am

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Hillel says...
Thanks for sharing your ideas with me. I'll try not to be too impatient. As I said, I had two lovely "kaki" (Japanese persimmon) each of the tree's first two years, so I'm hopeful for a few this year too.

Time: 2nd November 2015 11:44pm

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