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John:
I grafted 40 native persimmons with Oriental
types this spring, after planting the stocks in the winter. I waited until they
began to show buds. One grafted tree dided rootstock and all; but the others
lived. This is the best percentage I have ever achieved, but first time grafting
onto small stocks and keeping the native sprouts rubbed off.
As for Jiro, I have one that I grafted in the top[
of another native tree about 7 feet high 2 seasons back( if the I. D. on it is
correct) I rec'd wood from another Nafexer so it must be correct - i. e. , if I
did not mix it myself. It was hit hard but
is coming back above the graft. I am in zone 7 also - 30 miles south of
Huntsville, AL.
As for Saijo, I have 3 trees, one about 12 feet
tall and 2 about 9 feet tall. They were hit hard but are all three coming back
and I just watered the 2 younger ones as you know the drought we are
in.
I'll let someone else comment on using oriental
stock but I wonder if you have any. I have heard that it is not nearly as
successful a stock as the native. Also, I have yet to try summer grafts on
persimmon so someone who has please check in.
Topgun
Zone 7
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Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2007 8:46
PM
Subject: [NAFEX] Another question on
pruning freeze damage
We also had some pruning questions concerning frost
damage.
I had an Asian persimmon (Jiro) killed by the frost, but the
rootstock is sending up sprouts right next to the graft. I pruned the graft
all the way down to a few inches above the graft, but it clearly was
dead.
It was the first Asian persimmon we planted, and it was
about 2 years old, so the rootstock is now about 2 inches in diameter.
Should I just let the rootstock grow into a tree? Another option might
be to get a branch of a wild native persimmon we have that produces very tasty
fruit. It may be possible to get a branch of similar size and graft it
to the rootstock, though it will be something of a trick since the trunk goes
up about 20 feet without any branches (it grew up under tall pines).
Someone once told me I could graft Asian persimmons onto native persimmon
rootstock, can I do the opposite as well?
Are persimmons hard to
graft? I must admit I've never grafted before, though I've been closely
reading NAFEX postings concering it for years and am ready to give it a
go. Should I wait until next winter?
Our Jiro was growing rather
well until the late freeze (it blossomed for the first time this spring), and
I'm wondering if I should get another Jiro or if its demise indicates it's not
that well suited to this climate. I have a Saijo I just planted last
February and it was starting to leaf out as well at the frost so those leaves
died, but it came back nicely. We live near Atlanta, Zone 7, but our
temperatures rarely dip under 10 degrees.
Thanks for any input on this
question, and thanks to all for your postings; I've learned a lot from
them.
Melinda McCuan
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