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["Lon J. Rombough" <lonrom@hevanet.com>]

Jerry is right about persimmons.  I was thinking of apples at the time I wrote that.  My experience with persimmons is the same as his.  Even on apples, it's a good idea to keep the nurse limb pruned back.
-Lon Rombough
Grapes, writing, consulting, my book, The Grape Grower, at http://www.bunchgrapes.com  Winner of the Garden Writers Association "Best Talent in Writing" award for 2003.
On May 30, 2005, at 6:35 AM, Jwlehman@aol.com wrote:

In a message dated 5/29/2005 5:43:25 PM US Eastern Standard Time, lonrom@hevanet.com writes:

> One other thing that can help - leave a few "nurse" limbs near the 
>  graft if possible.  It seems to help draw energy to the grafts.  Cut 
>  the nurse limbs off in the winter after the grafts go, though.


 Lon Rombough

 Hello all,
 My experiences grafting persimmon differ form Lon's. I've been doing both, with and w/o nurse limbs for many years. My conclusion is nurse limbs can defer nutrition from the graft to the nurse limb. Last year I grafted about 8 trees 4 to 6 inches in diameter and about half with nurse limbs. There was on the average considerably less growth on the trees with nurse limbs. 

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