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Survives zone 8 through 9
⚠ CRITICAL: astringent types ('Hachiya') must be eaten fully soft; non-astringent ('Fuyu') eaten crisp. Care: Winter protection — mulch, fleece, or a warm wall.
- Hardiness
- Zone 8 to 9
- Habit
- Tree
- Edible part
- Fruit
- Ripens
- Oct–Nov (astringent types improve after frost)
- Mature size
- Small tree; kaki containerable
- Light
- Full sun
- Soil pH
- 6.0–7.5
- Environment
- Temperate
- Status
- Wild
- Years to fruit
- 3–5 yrs
- Pollination
- Varies — many kaki cultivars parthenocarpic; American persimmon functionally dioecious