> I transplanted a persimmon tree this Spring. It still has not budded out.
> I
> have verified that the cambium is still green. Is there anything I can do
> at
> this point to force the tree into growth? Or is it R.I.P.?
>
> Any thoughts/suggestions are welcome.
>
> Chris Mauchline
> SE PA, zone 6
Leave it until next year. I've seen trees sit a LONG time without budding
and even know a guy whose chestnut failed to bud out one year, then came out
the next year and grew normally ever after.
-Lon ROmbough