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["Lee Sharp" <leesharp@cableone.net>]

The reason I've thought about this is kaki persimmon keep their leaves long after the American persimmon have fallen. Would they harden off faster and better if sprayed?

Jerry 

You want the Kaki to retain their leaves until frost takes them off to develop sweeter flavor of the fruit, produce a better crop the next year, and also it is claimed it causes them to be more cold hardy. Native persimmons lose their leaves in mid to late summer because of a leaf fungus and Kaki get the same problem. Spraying kaki just after bloom petal drop and again three weeks later with a fungicide will clear up that problem

Lee