WELCOME TO WAKAYAMA!: Perfecting Persimmons – Dig More Japan
per simmons beautiful and delicious one of the places they’re grown is katsuragi in wakayama the mild year round climate is ideal [Music] yamada yoshiko has been growing pimmens for over 40 years the fruit needs a lot of sun so yamada’s farm faces west giving them all the light they need to grow ripe and delicious pimmen flowers bloom around may and each one is handpollinated too many fruits means fewer nutrients kept at two or three per branch they have more room to grow too much shade and the fruits will be discolored careful daily pruning prevents leaves from overgrowing and ensures ample sun [Music] exposure foreign quite
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It takes persistence and patience to produce perfect persimmons in Wakayama.