If you're anything like me, the first signs of summer wrapping up evoke a feeling of excitement for the incoming cozy season. As a keen gardener, though, I'm also eager to find out what kind of weather we can expect this winter and how to prepare my yard accordingly. That's when I stumbled across a fun piece of folklore to give me some answers: cutting open persimmon seeds for a winter weather prediction.
If you have planted persimmon seeds in your yard and have successfully grown persimmon fruit to harvest this fall, you're in luck. By collecting seeds from your persimmon, you can have a weather prediction, according to an old wives' tale. You simply have to cut open a seed and see what shape lies within. Here's the fun part: they're all cutlery shapes.
