Two summers ago, back in September 2014, I saved and planted out two persimmon seed from the local supermarket. I scarified them in the refrigerator over the preceding Winter, and put them in these two pots.
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| September 2014 |
When they grew too big for the pots, I put them in planter bags and lost them amongst a whole clutter of seedlings on the North side of the house. Eventually, they were rediscovered, identified and put in another clutter of seedlings.
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| December 2015 |
Now that the leaves have dropped from them, I decided to plant them out. First step was clearing the thick clumps of grass along the selected orchard row. In the distance, you can see blurry in the background what looks like stakes. There are two existing persimmon trees there, perhaps 1.5m tall each. In the foreground is one persimmon seedling in the planter bag, and between the distant stakes and the foreground persimmon you can perhaps see a second persimmon seedling in another planter bag.
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| June 2016 |
And here they are planted out. The older staked persimmon trees are more clearly visible in the background, and the midway seedling can be made out by the stones surrounding it.
As I finished planting these out the chickens came over and started scratching around them. The stones tend to prevent them from doing any damage, or digging anything out that's just been planted.
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| June 2016 |
