Incidentally, I have another persimmon tree that's over 10 years old and for the first few years all of the fruit would drop before reaching maturity. This is a fungus that can be fatal to persimmon trees in just a few years. I water it everyday, although I noticed that the plant seems to be a water hog- requiring so much water! The fruit is continually maturing, and getting bigger, however, they are still falling from the tree without provocation. Anthracnose. Nematodes. It can take up to 8 years for your tree to fully produce a crop of persimmons. Persimmon disease control in this case means taking good care of the tree. Branches will die off, and leaves will wilt and fall, starting at the top of the tree and moving down. Unfortunately, you’ll need to dig up and destroy impacted trees and solarize the soil. Diseases in persimmon trees also include anthracnose. Also, pollination-helping beneficials like bees, birds, and wind need to be adequately present. Q:We planted a 'Hachiya' persimmon tree last fall, hoping for a nice harvest. The problem is that it looks like most of the Persimmon trees dropping fruit - DoItYourself.com Community Forums Persimmon trees are very slow to bear fruit. This means that a single tree may produce a large crop one year, and almost no fruit the next year. growing green shoots and a lot of fruit blossoms that look like buds. This spring, lots of little persimmons appeared, but they soon fell off. Persimmons normally do have a June drop that can continue into early July, and the fruitlets often discolor prior to falling, though they usually turn brown rather than black. I have about 10 fruit falling from the tree each day. If your tree is missing these important elements, it may bloom, but it will not likely set fruit. Be careful with the weed whacker around the tree, and prune when the tree is dormant. Persimmon trees are sometimes alternate bearing. If you pinch the blossoms off your tree before the petals drop and fruit begins to form, you will also be able to help avoid overbearing and fruit drop. For such a plant that is practicallly a dead twig during winter it seems to need so much water! It's heart-breaking. You’ll find them on this spring’s new growth that is emerging from one-year-old limbs. The reason persimmons fall from the tree before they ripen is the result of parthenocarpy, which a fascinating botanical phenomenon. Many or all of the flowers will fall off without setting fruit. Pick your persimmons in early fall. Is this really the case? If you happen on a persimmon tree in the spring, check for flowers. Then, all of the sudden, they started falling off. For that reason, you should strip any fruit a young tree tries to produce the first year or two after planting. Your son may ask the neighbors whether the tree usually produces edible fruit in previous years. 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