Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Free Online Christian Books available
I started a new page yesterday on good old hard to get Christian Books that are available for free online. If anyone knows of any that they would like me to link to or hunt down, please let me know by commenting. Thanks!
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Great Wall Asian Persimmon
This month me and Dad added 2 more cold hardy persimmon trees to our collection. We ordered and planted 2 Great Wall Persimmon trees from Womack Nursery in Texas at a good price. The Great Wall Asian Persimmon is a sweet, flattened, orange fruit. One of the most cold hardy, probably to minus 15F. An abundant producer. Ripens early.
We are in zone 6 in Kansas and can have -10F cold.
All of my persimmon trees are in a partly protected area south of a big metal building to protect them from north winds, and have a cedar tree row to the south and west to protect them from south and west wind, and the trees to the south also block the majority of the south winter sun from about October to March, helping the trees stay dormant in sunny warm spells in Feb. and early March, hopefully stopping early budding.
Wile they are young I have made a wind block of plywood about 3 to 4 feet tall around them to help block the coldest wind with negative wind chills. This may help wile they are small, and hopefully they will be fine when their limbs get 3/4 inch diameter.
We also planted a Rosseyanka Persimmon, cold hardy to minus 20F+, and a Saijo Asian Persimmon, cold hardy to minus 10F.
Other very cold hardy Asian Persimmons that we do not have that are good are (astringent) Smith's Best (-10F), Sheng (-10F+), Hokkaido (-15F+), and (non-astringent) Hana Fuyu (-5F+), Kyung San Bansi (-5F+), Tam Kam (-5F+), Shin Na Da (-10F+).
(Approximate max cold hardiness in parentheses)
There are other factors in determining cold hardiness, such as rootstock type, wind chill, etc. The trees can take more cold when completely dormant than when not. SDS (Sudden Death Syndrome) is another problem to look out for in cold hardiness, usually triggered by early budding and then a late frost that kills new spring growth, and can kill a nice tree, but the above mentioned trees are supposed to be fairly resistant to this problem.
Another factor is Growing Degree Days. Most Persimmons need at least a 180 day growing season. Most of the ones mentioned in this post can produce at between 180 and 200 days, the Hokkaido and Rosseyanka needing 200+ days, and the Smith's Best, Sheng, Saijo, being some of the earlier ones needing only about 180 days +. You also need to be in a climate where you get a good number of sunny days above 85F in summer for successful fruit production.
I am just sharing info I have read for others who are interested in raising Persimmon trees in colder climates.
Mail order nurseries that you can find these trees at are: www.nuttrees.net www.womacknursery.com www.raintreenursery.com www.ediblelandscaping.com www.justfruitsandexotics.com www.chestnuthilltreefarm.com
Feel free to comment if you want help picking a variety for your area!
We are in zone 6 in Kansas and can have -10F cold.
All of my persimmon trees are in a partly protected area south of a big metal building to protect them from north winds, and have a cedar tree row to the south and west to protect them from south and west wind, and the trees to the south also block the majority of the south winter sun from about October to March, helping the trees stay dormant in sunny warm spells in Feb. and early March, hopefully stopping early budding.
Wile they are young I have made a wind block of plywood about 3 to 4 feet tall around them to help block the coldest wind with negative wind chills. This may help wile they are small, and hopefully they will be fine when their limbs get 3/4 inch diameter.
We also planted a Rosseyanka Persimmon, cold hardy to minus 20F+, and a Saijo Asian Persimmon, cold hardy to minus 10F.
Other very cold hardy Asian Persimmons that we do not have that are good are (astringent) Smith's Best (-10F), Sheng (-10F+), Hokkaido (-15F+), and (non-astringent) Hana Fuyu (-5F+), Kyung San Bansi (-5F+), Tam Kam (-5F+), Shin Na Da (-10F+).
(Approximate max cold hardiness in parentheses)
There are other factors in determining cold hardiness, such as rootstock type, wind chill, etc. The trees can take more cold when completely dormant than when not. SDS (Sudden Death Syndrome) is another problem to look out for in cold hardiness, usually triggered by early budding and then a late frost that kills new spring growth, and can kill a nice tree, but the above mentioned trees are supposed to be fairly resistant to this problem.
Another factor is Growing Degree Days. Most Persimmons need at least a 180 day growing season. Most of the ones mentioned in this post can produce at between 180 and 200 days, the Hokkaido and Rosseyanka needing 200+ days, and the Smith's Best, Sheng, Saijo, being some of the earlier ones needing only about 180 days +. You also need to be in a climate where you get a good number of sunny days above 85F in summer for successful fruit production.
I am just sharing info I have read for others who are interested in raising Persimmon trees in colder climates.
Mail order nurseries that you can find these trees at are: www.nuttrees.net www.womacknursery.com www.raintreenursery.com www.ediblelandscaping.com www.justfruitsandexotics.com www.chestnuthilltreefarm.com
Feel free to comment if you want help picking a variety for your area!
My Youtube Account
Not long ago I decided to open a youtube account to post some interesting wildlife videos when I get to film some good shots. I have added several decent videos of Geese, Quail, the tame Turkey, etc here in Kansas. Anyone is welcome to go view them any time here!
The Tame Wild Turkey
This is a few pictures of the tame wild Turkey now that it is grown. This wild turkey moved in of its own choice when it was young last summer 2010.
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