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["Hal Love" <lovehd@comcast.net>]

Shirley,

Are your asian persimmons grafted on native rootstock or D. lotus? Just
curious, as I have seen very mixed reports regarding asian persimmons after
the big freeze. Most commercially sold asian types are grafted on D. lotus,
so I am thinking that maybe the budbreak differences are due to the stock
used.

I am only familiar with grafting persimmons onto larger stock with bark
grafts, not bench grafting. I would think whip and tongue would work when
the stock is pushing leaves well, but I'm not certain. Maybe Lucky can give
you a better answer.

Hal


> persimmon (asian and native), pomegranate and nut trees.
>
> I was hoping to perform my first acts of grafting on persimmons (scions
> kindly provided by Scott).  Presumably, my native persimmons (rooted in
> pots) and the scions (refrigerated) will still be viable for this purpose.
> Any suggestions on when and how to do the operation ?
>
> SW TN - z7