Too late to graft persimmons?

General Fruit Growing
#1

Hi all, I’ve never grafted persimmons before. I live in SW Washington state. I have a Fuyu persimmon tree with some suckers growing up from the roots I was going to try to graft. I also have a couple roots stock and scion wood for a couple different types of persimmons.

I have experience grafting apples. Lately cleft grafts - did two this spring and they both took! I was told to wait on persimmons until they start growing, but now I’m afraid I’m too late?

Thanks for any advice.

#2

Chip budding persimmons this spring worked great for me!

If your scionwood can hold for another couple weeks or three, I’d chip bud them then.

Dax

#3

Are you recommending waiting in hopes that the buds will remain dormant until next spring?

#4

I was told to do budwood grafts after greenwood grafting is finished which is the first of August. That’s just the nature of budwood grafting I think, man.

You can force the bud by lopping off the rootstock but that’s zones 7 and above. Zone 6’s and below I would not force any bud grafted the same year.

Best regards,

Dax

#5

I’m zone 9.

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#6

I just did a chip bud graft yesterday trying to add coffeecake to a chocolate if that works I’ll try to chip a chocolate on my coffeecake then I can give the chocolate with the coffeecake to my brother as I really don’t have room for 2 persimmon trees, guess I see in a few weeks if it takes…

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