A friend brought a big fallen branch from an unknown kaki persimmon last night. The fruit is very large, rounded, something between a fuyu and a hachiya. Not sure about the astringency because I haven’t tasted it yet. I collected all of this year’s growth, cut the leaves off and put them in the fridge. Do I have a chance of saving these early scions for Spring grafting?
Any advice is appreciated!
NJ zone 6b-7a
Hi Karr
It’s maybe a possibility if you use only this years growth where the buds appear most mature. You will need to refrigerate them to achieve at least 400 chill hours. Soak them overbite in a cold water bath, air dry and Dip the cut ends in candle wax before storage to best preserve them. Can’t guarantee success but this is a best preservation method.
Dennis
Kent wa
I would add triple bagging them in freezer grade zipper bags. That keeps any ethylene from fruits and veggies from spoiling the buds. Do not, under any circumstances, put a damp paper towel or newspaper in with them. It’s not necessary and just leads to rot. Persimmon scion is very good at staying dormant. I’ve successfully grafted scion stored for over a year.
Thanks so much for the tip Dennis! I am re-soaking them right now and will do exactly what you said this evening! 
Thank you so much!! I made that exact paper towel mistake, redoing everything tonight! Fingers crossed I won’t screw it up.
When you are ready to graft you can nip off the candle wax and again soak overnite in cold water then just before grafting or applying parafilm, dry well with clean paper towel.
Dennis
I feel empowered right now! 
Many thanks both Dennis and Jay! 
All done, just need to get freezer bags. For now I have them in 2 basic storage zip bags. The fruit turned out NA smooth and sweet. It did have long seeds, maybe because there’s a chocolate persimmon growing a block away. It didn’t have any brown flesh… It was most likely the same persimmon tree this guy shared fruit with me last year from, of course I have 3 seedlings from it already. 
