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[Steven Covacci <filtertitle@aol.com>]

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Girdling (persimmon) sapling - is 2" too low too much?

If you plant a sapling (American persimmon, say of 2 to 3' tall; 1" caliper) 
around 2 inches lower then it should be planted - so that the first 2 inches 
of the trunk arising from the roots is therefore buried, will girdling occur 
or will, in time, the tree convert the base of the trunk into the 
root-system. If this is so, then it would be possible to get a persimmon 
clone on it's own roots if steeped?



Steve
New Jersey; 6b/7a