Need help with planting fruit trees
Jit Dutta
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Comments (2)jflo, No harm in pruning the rootstock now. No real benefit in digging out the dirt to increase the trough size. I'd bite the bullet and lift the tree up to it's proper depth. Think of it as buying a bare rooted tree. Ps, I always planted trees on the high side to overcome the problem of soil settling after planting and drowning a few years later. This may be a good time to relocate them if you want....See MoreNeed help: producing a MULTI-grafted tree ['fruit cocktail tree']
Comments (25)Hey Scott, I just ordered a bunch of 3 gallon containers. I'm going to purchase a 'Saijo' and one other Asian persimmon. Then, in addition to my 'Meader' American, I'm going to purchase a 'Szukis' and one other American cultivar. I want to experiment, after these threes are established single (well-pruned specimens) in producing an Asian Persimmon duo multi-graft (Saijo and one other) and produce an American persimmon trio (Meader, Szukis, and one other). If they don't work out, it will be ok since I'll have them separately growing (pruned). 1.Since you highly recommend the PVNA Asian types, in addition to the 'Saijo', I want to grow one PVNA (perhaps 'Chocolate'); I live in Zone 6b, and I know that 'Saijo' is said to be cold-hardy down to -10F. What would be a recommended variety of PVNA that would be cold-hardy for zone 6? From what I've read, 'Chocolate' is not an option (whereas other sites contradict this, claiming it would work out in zone 6). 2. What varieties of American persimmon (flavor) are you familiar with? Some have suggested 'Szukis' is the best and that 'Meader' is not necessarily the best tasting variety, comparatively. 3. Do you think that I can, forever, continue to summer prune an American persimmon tree - if I wanted to keep it under 10' feet, or would this eventually stress and kill the tree years down the line? 4. As for the 'Saijo' and PVNA Asian varieties, can I place the tree only 8' from my pavers/walk way - or will the roots destroy the paves? I intend to prune the lowest branches so that the lowest limb is above 6' off the ground so that it can spread without obstructing the walk-way. Thanks, Steve...See MoreNeed help: producing a MULTI-grafted tree ['fruit cocktail tree']
Comments (0)Need help: producing a MULTI-grafted tree ["fruit cocktail tree"] I want to produce a multi-cultivar Asian persimmon tree, carefully choosing to include only scion wood from Asian persimmon cultivars that are reportedly hardy to my USDA zone (6b). To start off, I'm purchasing a Diospyros kaki 'Saijo' cultivar which is rooted on a single D. virginiana understock trunk (3' - 5' tall). Ultimately, I'd like to incorporate an astringent (i.e. 'Saijo'), non-astringent (i.e.'Ichi kei jiro'), and pollination-variant nonastringent cultivar (i.e. 'Maru'). My question is this: how can you in-graft scion wood when in situations where there is only a single truck, as opposed to grafting a scion wood cutting into a multi-trunk tree (i.e. when it suckers and forms multiple trunks from the base). Am I supposed to follow a branch to the truck and in-graft the scion wood into a few such main branches? I which there were an online tutorial or good description on how to do this with Asian persimmon trees. After I've done this, I'd like to produce a multi-cultivar American persimmon tree ('Yates', 'Meader', 'Szukis', 'Rick', etc.) but how can this be done, since American persimmon trees drop their lower branches as they mature; I would think that I could prune the tree in-check so that no main branch (cultivar parent branch) ever dies out, being crowded out and replaced by higher main branches. Thank you, Steven However, I do not quite understand how to in-graft multiple...See MorePlease Help me on deciding Fruit tree planting location
Comments (2)Lots of things to consider. Where are you located? What state? Location has a lot to do with what you should and/or could plant. Stone fruit is usually advised to plant in full sun with good air circulation. Many even prune their trees open centered or vase shape to let more sun in and air flows better. Thus, growing stone fruit as a hedge may not be a good idea. Also, you need to think long-term, those tiny sticks can grow tall, far and wide. Planting only 1 ft from a fence will force you to consider a certain way of pruning it. A plum can put out 3-4 ft branches in all directions in a growing season. Let's start with what state do you live in?...See MoreJit Dutta
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