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EmailAccording to folklore, you can predict the weather with a persimmon seed. Here's how to do it:
Cut open a persimmon seed. (Find persimmon fruit in your supermarket. It should be locally-grown to reflect your weather.)
Look at the shape of the kernel inside.
- If the kernel is spoon-shaped, lots of heavy, wet snow will fall. Spoon = shovel!
- If it is fork-shaped, you can expect powdery, light snow and a mild winter.
- If the kernel is knife-shaped, expect to be "cut" by icy, cutting winds.
It's best to use ripe seeds.
That's it! Now, what did you see?
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Thank you in Hudson Nc for
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By Andysouth
Thank you in Hudson Nc for sharing what u found. I aint sure i can find a persimmon tree here anymore. I live in Charlotte Nc. So ur weather forecast should be about the same as mine. Id prefer u to keep cuttin till u find it saying that we are going to have a mild winter like last year. But dont want u to waste all persimmons. Lol. Thanks again for sharing.
My dad cut open several today
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By Michelle P
My dad cut open several today in Weaverville NC (near Asheville) and ALL were spoons!
Not worth anything last
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By Ginger1
Not worth anything last winter. This is the first time the tree has let us down. No snow here but I don't think it was much of a winter anywhere in NC. I will post again this fall on this but I have my doubts for much of a winter my husband bought a new tractor.
2010 Franklin Indiana, I have
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By kb9ldk
2010 Franklin Indiana, I have opened 20 seeds and found ALL to be Spoons. I use channel Lock pliers to squeeze the seeds long ways and the "tip" will pop open.
I came up with three differnt
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By tamidavis
I came up with three differnt ones last year and the weather has been crazy here
Here in Oklahoma, we cut open
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By countrymom773
Here in Oklahoma, we cut open ten seeds this year. All were spoons except one, which was a fork. Cutting open the seeds is a little harder than you might expect. A persimmon is a bittersweet fruit that grows on trees in the south.
where do u live i live just
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By jacktown
where do u live i live just north of shawnee just wondering where u cut them seeds open at
I cut the outside ring off
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By Deb Kay
I cut the outside ring off and it opened much easier than trying the whole shell. Good luck!
interresting where do you buy
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By krenaudsmith
interresting where do you buy this? is it a pepper
No they are a fruit that
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By Kendal Smith
No they are a fruit that grows on a tree. They can be commonly found in any wooded area in the wild. Ripe fruit is orange in color and have a strong sweet smell. Also they can be eaten.
I cut open 4 seeds here in
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By kj
I cut open 4 seeds here in northeast Alabama last week (oct2012)and all had spoons in them. Looks like we will be a shovelin snow!!
In Memphis and Ozark County
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By Jeff J
In Memphis and Ozark County it is showing a spoon. October 2012
cut open 4 all spoons sept
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By Ginger1
cut open 4 all spoons sept 2012
Hi all:) Nov. 10th in SE
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By JulieAnne
Hi all:)
Nov. 10th in SE Okla. Persimmons (wild) are just NOW ripe:) Spoon!!!!
I cut open 15 all were spoons
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By Mary J Campbell
I cut open 15 all were spoons Clayton Il.
Cut open four off three
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By Lusch
Cut open four off three different trees all spoons...Southern Illinois
We just cut open 6 persimmons
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By Diane (
We just cut open 6 persimmons and all of them had spoons. Nov. 12, 2012
We found all spoon shaped
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By Anon
We found all spoon shaped seeds in Oct. in Missouri.
I cut open all 4 persimmon
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By carrieroyalanderson
I cut open all 4 persimmon seeds and found the centers to reveal a spoon in each. We are actually hoping for a good winter because we barely got one last year and need a good one to kill off all the bugs and mosquitoes here in Texas!9/26/2012
Are you referencing "Good
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By Chuck Breedlove
Are you referencing "Good Winter", as being a real cold winter? Confused.
I've cut 10 seeds here in
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By ChrisnKel
I've cut 10 seeds here in Orange County Indiana, all from my trees in the back yard. All had spoons. AND its a fruit that grows on trees like an apple or peach.
Me too East Central GA Sept
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By DebbieF
Me too East Central GA Sept 2012 all spoons
3 spoons in Nashville 12.5.12
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By Randall65
3 spoons in Nashville 12.5.12
I cut open 12 persimons
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By Jerre
I cut open 12 persimons tonight and 10 had forks and 2 had knives! Looks like it will be a milder winter here in Mid-Missouri!!
it isn't a pepper it is a
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By tamidavis
it isn't a pepper it is a tree
you can probably find them at any place that carries landscaping trees or they can tell you where to find them
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