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In a message dated 6/22/2006 8:41:36 AM Eastern Standard Time, bassem@gardener.com writes:

Here's an update on the Dollywood. The tree was planted alone and no nearby persimmons, the flowers didn't get pollinated and eventually turned black and fell off. So I guess it's not self-fertile. I might need to graft a scion into it. What is recommended? a tree that will produce both male and female flowers possibly.


Bassem

Hi Bassem,

Thanks for the info. Dollywood not parthenocarpic!

Szukis is hands down the best selection, however there is one problem there. Sometimes when Szukis is grafted it switches to pistillate flowers only. My recommendation would be two Szukis. And grafting to branches has the problem of persimmon lopping off lower limbs. I suppose when everything is considered the best solution is a separate pure staminate tree. One good one would be G-62 as it flowers very heavily over a long period of time. With pruning you should be able to control the size for quite a few years.

Jerry

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