Breaking Point

I was checking out my neighbors Persimmon Tree and there is a lotta weight on these wires with a storm coming.

Couple more

All you need is a good wet frost and you too can be without power!

wow, he best be taking that thing down, or maybe hell wait till he knocks the power out, or starts a fire or it falls and kills someone...

i would pick them off and eat them , i love those things

The branches are notoriously weak, even though they can hold a lot of heavy fruit (without wind). One good blow, and the branches could start to snap.

It depends. Are they Fuyu Persimmons?

It doesn't matter which ones they are to make persimmon cookies.  My neighbor has a tree and the cookies taste great.

It depends. Are they Fuyu Persimmons?

looks like Hachiya, the pointy cottonball mouth kind.  Unless of course you eat them gooey and sweet.  Fuyu are generally flat rather than pointy.

They're Fuyu (no...I'm not spitting at you)...

They're Fuyu

Fuyu about to go FUBAR

I used to climb trees for PG&E line clearance and it looks like those are phone/cable lines. If they were distribution lines the tree would be "burning" and you would get shocked. The phone lines are well below the power lines, about half way up the pole while the power lines are at the top. The phone line has a half inch dia.high tension cable running though it and will not be bothered by that little tree.

My father-in-law lost his beautiful persimmon tree last year exactly the same way. One 30mph gust and the poor thing split in half, right down to the root.

I say pick 'em & trim it if survival is desired.

nice pics, BTW Mike. That's a nice tree.

I used to climb trees for PG&E line clearance and it looks like those are phone/cable lines. If they were distribution lines the tree would be "burning" and you would get shocked. The phone lines are well below the power lines, about half way up the pole while the power lines are at the top. The phone line has a half inch dia.high tension cable running though it and will not be bothered by that little tree.

Even worse!!!!!!!! .........You wont be able to log onto NCKA!! If you have A lap top that is!

It depends. Are they Fuyu Persimmons?

looks like Hachiya, the pointy cottonball mouth kind.  Unless of course you eat them gooey and sweet.  Fuyu are generally flat rather than pointy.

Those most misunderstood of the persimmons. They're best eating when they're so soft that they can barely support their own weight...