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[Scott Smith <scott@cs.jhu.edu>]

I have a somewhat related question, about asian persimmon grafts.  I have had 
inconsistent results over the years and now I am thinking I am grafting too 
early perhaps.  I did the grafts this spring when the new shoots were maybe 
1" long.  On the bark grafts the bark was not slipping well yet which is one 
reason why I am wondering if it was too early.  What shoot length is best for 
persimmon grafts?  Some of my persimmon grafts did work, they were bark 
grafts; all the wedge and cleft grafts failed.  I am going to only do bark 
grafts from now on on persimmons.  All of my other grafts worked well this 
year, it is only persimmons I am having problems with now.

Scott

On May 11, 2011, at 11:07 PM, Jwlehman@aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 5/11/2011 7:29:01 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
> colleendaly@videotron.ca writes:
> 
>>    is it possible to do (successful) bark grafting with dormant scions 
>> on trees (apple) that have broken dormancy, say, soon after petal fall ?
> 
> Absolutely you can. As long as the bark is in the slip. This holds for most 
> fruits including persimmon and pawpaw, I believe are most successful after 
> growth has begun.   
> 
> Jerry
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