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[Melissa Kacalanos <mijwiz@yahoo.com>]

Do we know that persimmons can root from the scion? They might just die if 
their rootstock dies. I wouldn't assume they can do this without evidence. 

Melissa 

> On Jan 8, 2017, at 9:06 AM, Alan Haigh <alandhaigh@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> "A variation on that is to pt a copper wire loosely around the graft union
> before you bury/mound it. The scion eventually roots and the wire
> eventually constricts roots below the graft to kill the rootstock."