I planted a bare root Fuyu Persimmon in January 2015. It grew very little. The 5 odd branches grew about 4 inches in the spring and then full stop. I dug it out today and the roots look ok, just not much growth. Are they so slow to take off? Anyways, I plan to sell this tree since I get a boatload of fuyus dumped on me every fall by friends and family.
I have grown two Fuyu’s at two different homes, both grew very slowly in early years.
I hope you didn’t dig it out because it started slowly. That tree looks good to me.
No, not the reason but I was curious too.