Originally Posted by bencelest

I can answer you from my own experience only. I do not proclaim that it is the best method but this is just from my own experience.
I fertilize my persimmons with nothing but a cubic yard of steer manure at the beginning of the Spring and nothing else. When I see that new buds are starting to come u out I speread a cubic yard of steer manure (cost $1.00) around the perimeter of the plant. Not only do I fertilize the persimmons but my other plants as well like my bananas, Fuji apples and citrus trees. So I spend perhaps $10 overall.