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  • From: lee reich <lreich@hvc.rr.com>
  • To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] persimmon seed sprouting
  • Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2005 10:33:33 -0500
Yup, the stems are shed just like leaves. The actual shedding may take some weeks later.

Lee Reich, PhD

Books by Lee Reich:
Uncommon Fruits for Every Garden
A Northeast Gardener's Year
The Pruning Book
Weedless Gardening

On Nov 16, 2005, at 10:09 AM, Brungardt, Sam wrote:

Lee, by "deciduous," do you mean these stems are shed as leaves are in the autumn? -- Sam Brungardt, St. Paul, Minn.
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From: nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of lee reich
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Subject: Re: [NAFEX] persimmon seed sprouting

I've never had much difficulty germinating persimmon seeds. I soak the seed for a few hours after extracting it from the fruit, wash it, then put it in a plastic bag in the refrigerator along with some moist potting soil. I take the bag out of the refrigerator after about three months, keep it in a warm room, and wait for roots to appear. Once they appear, I pot up individual seeds into deep containers.

Now, grafting persimmons...that's where I have not been as successful. I get only about 50 percent take with whip and tongue grafts made when rootstocks start sprouting leaves. Many persimmon stems are deciduous, so one theory that I have is that many of the grafts that don't take were made with stems that would have been deciduous, so don't live.

Lee Reich, PhD

Books by Lee Reich:
Uncommon Fruits for Every Garden
A Northeast Gardener's Year
The Pruning Book
Weedless Gardening



On Nov 15, 2005, at 10:23 PM, Jerrydana5@aol.com wrote:

Has anybody had any success at sprouting persimmon seeds?  I've tried several times and always failed.  Any advice would be helpful--I obviously don't know what I'm doing.   Jerry in southern Indiana
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