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1. Find a locally-grown persimmon. (A locally-grown persimmon is necessary because it will reflect local conditions!) Wait to pick the fruit or cut into the fruit until after it gets a bit soft- almost mushy. 2. Open the fruit and cut open a persimmon seed. Credit: bushlopping.bar 4. Look at.

Jun 30, Cut open the fruit to release the seed. Open the persimmon seed and look at the shape displayed inside. The shape of the kernel inside could be fork-shaped to mean there will be mild winter with high powdery snow, or spoon-shaped, meaning plenty of snow is on the way, or a knife-shaped, meaning frigid winds will be blowing cutting like a blade. Persimmon tree keep dropping fruit! Hi all, I currently have a 7 year old persimmon tree and for the past couple of years have successfully had fruit with only a few fruit falling from the tree before maturity.

This year however, it's a different story. I have about 10 fruit falling from the tree. Look for bell-shaped, bright yellow flowers in the springtime, fruit that looks like a green cherry in late summer and ripe, deep-orange persimmons in late fall to mid-winter. Step 5 Cut open the fruit of a tree removal mississauga rules you suspect to be a wild persimmon.

The seeds of the wild persimmon are flat, brown and grow up to. Aug 30, Older persimmon trees that are not performing well can be pruned more severely to rejuvenate the tree and stimulate new fruiting branch growth. When rejuvenation pruning, you'll be removing about 1/3 of the oldest branches in the canopy of the tree.

Dec 05, If you cut it open a seed may be another clue to winter weather. According to old-timers, persimmon seeds can be used to predict the severity of winter weather. When cut into two pieces, the persimmon seed will display on of three symbols.

A knife shape will indicate a cold icy winter (where wind will cut through you like a knife).