dogdoc Posted October 21, 2013 Report Share Posted October 21, 2013 I'm gonna do a sex change on about 10 male persimmon trees this spring. I already got them marked with surveyors ribbon so today I went to find the future mother of my persimmons. I have never grafted before so this will be my first attempt. I've done a lot of reading and watched every youtube video on grafting persimmons and it doesn't look to tough. I have a few good female trees on my land but my parents have some really good females. After scouting all their persimmon groves I have chosen this tree. She is loaded with persimmons. Very large for native persimmons---looks like really good genetics. I will keep you posted next spring with the process. todd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted October 22, 2013 Report Share Posted October 22, 2013 That is interesting Todd. Did not even know that was possible. Seems the only producing persimmon trees we have are small trees. We have several scattered around the property that are large 50-60 ft tall that flower every year but never have any fruit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogdoc Posted October 23, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 23, 2013 william---only female trees make fruit but with grafting you can turn those male trees into fruit producing females. Here is a nice article that describes the process and there are several videos on youtube. it takes about 7 to 8 years for a persimmon to produce fruit but when grafted to a mature rootstock you can get fruit in 3 years. http://www.qdma.com/uploads/pdf/Grafting-Persimmons.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redkneck Posted October 23, 2013 Report Share Posted October 23, 2013 Very interesting Todd. Persimmon across from my house always loads up but seems the wild ones around here almost never make. I'll have to study up on this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravin R10 man Posted October 24, 2013 Report Share Posted October 24, 2013 you gonna have your father in law help you "snip"..heard he like that type of work...good luck, I know a guy who grafted apple trees, it worked well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultradog Posted October 25, 2013 Report Share Posted October 25, 2013 Enough of this talk about grafting. There's enough graft and corruption in Washington. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbHunterNY Posted October 30, 2013 Report Share Posted October 30, 2013 I know of apple orchards that prefer to graft trees into an older ones that aren't doing as well opposed to transplanting or growing them. should be alright as long as you get the right surface contact and make sure it takes/heals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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