The flesh Of sweet persimmons can easily get mushy as temperatures go up, so keep persimmons in a container sealed with vinyl at low temperatures around 0℃
▪ Room-Temperature Storage Method
Persimmons can be kept fresh far 50 days in a well-sealed pot with a small opening in a cool place. If using glass
container or a pot with a big opening. place ripe persimmons in the container and infuse carbon dioxide into the container.
After lighting up a candle in the containgr and affer the candle is extinguished, infuse small amout of potassium chloride into the container and seal it with vinyl. If keeping the container in a cool place Where
temperatures change little, persimmons can be kept fresh all year round.
▪ Freeze-Storage Method
After harvesting ripe persimmons, keep the fruit in temperatures below -20℃ for 1-2 days, and then freeze the fruit. If
keeping the frozen fruit at -10℃, you can enjoy the fruit with abundant vitamin C all year round.
If freezing puckered persimmons without removing astringency with carbon dioxide, the astringent taste of persimmons still remain.
Gatgam (dried persimmon) should be kept in a cool. well-ventilated place TO keep gotgam for long time, freeze it.
Hongsi (soft persimmon) can get easily torn. so place it in a container and seal tightly before freezing.
