In a study on the Edwards Plateau, more than 90 percent of carnivore feces collected between September and November contained Texas persimmon seeds. The study did not include data on herbivores. Texas persimmon seeds washed free of fruit pulp germinate readily, but seeds covered with intact fruit do not. The fruit apparently contains an inhibitor. Texas persimmon seeds are nondormant.
Seeds germinate anytime that soils are moist.
In wet years fall germination is followed by slow winter growth and increased growth in the spring. The climate in southern Texas and northern Mexico is subtropical with warm winters and hot humid summers. There are 150 to 700 Texas persimmon per hectare in decidous and evergreen woodlands in the southeastern portion of the Edwards Plateau. Honey mesquite generally invades first, then serves as a focus for wildlife which disseminate the seeds of other woody species. Clusters of brush develop and stabilize.