American persimmon , Diospyros virginiana

Will be collecting seeds from my persimmon trees in the next couple of weeks if anyone is interested ...

Looking for anything interesting I don't have in trade.

I received some persimmon seeds from my parents last fall and have had no luck germinating them yet. Do you know how?

I would assume that winter sowing and recreating the same conditions that they germinate in the wild should work.. I haven't actually done it myself..

How did you try to germinate them?

I tried several methods -just poking them in the ground -fermenting then potting -just plain putting the seeds in a pot outside . Also tried sprouting in water.
I guess I should be asking this over at the seed starting forum just didn't know if anyone else had persimmons.

I have had the same germinating problems with the persimmon seeds. KathyJo, I would love some seeds to try again. I will soon have some fresh hibiscus sabdariffa seeds. André

I printed these propagating instructions from this site.

http://hort.ufl.edu/lppi/htm/sp123.html

DEMinPA

Great info DEMinPA.. Thanks
Maybe everyone won't be so discouraged and still want to trade for my seeds :)

Kathy , didn't mean to scare people away.I think more should take the challenge. And just think what great trading plants they would have if they ended up with more little trees than they wanted. ^_^

Thanks for the info DEMinPA.