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I would get some rootstock and make some grafts of each tree. That way you could plant the grafts in a better location where you can preserve the cultivars. You never know when a tree like that will die.
That is a pear. Put a camera on them to see if they are being used. Top work them into something useful this spring if nothing is eating the fruit. They are usually very astringent in my experience. They make great rootstock. Just be sure to cut off all of the sprouts under the graft.
I'm just finishing up the second treatment with Formic Pro. I'll hit them around Thanksgiving with Oxalic Acid. 600 Lbs for me this year. Now I have to bottle it all up.
It sounds like Bald Faced Hornets. That is what they are if they are black and white. They should be about the size of a Bumble Bee. Yellow jackets usually build in the ground and are yellow and brown or yellow and black. Both of them will be on you like white on rice if you mess with them.
I don't graft to potted seedlings any more. I have many persimmon trees shooting up from the roots and stumps in my old pasture, so I graft to them. I'm in a 60 chromosome area. I've noticed that when I graft 90 chromosome material to 60 chromosome rootstock, I can get a bloom or two the...
Tree Daddy are you sure that the grafts on your trees survived? You said that you planted them in 2013 and you have only seen a few male flowers. I usually get fruit on my Asian varieties by the third year after grafting. I have never noticed any male flowers. Asian persimmons have big glossy...
It looks like Fire Blight to me. It also looks like something may have rubbed through that area. If that is the case, it is in a bad spot. If you cut it off at the shoulder, you could allow the blight to enter the main trunk. If you don't cut it off, it may spread anyway. Or the tree may have...
Did you happen to ask the people that you talked to about crop set? If 90 c X 60 c will set a heavy crop? Some of my trees are old enough and big enough to set a good bit of fruit this year. I might save my money and see what happens .
I'm fortunate to have a pasture that has several hundred native persimmons growing on it. They are 60 chromasome. I have been grafting Kaki and 90 chromasome stuff since 2016.
I'm trying to decide on what new cultivars that I might want to order scion wood for. I have enough Kaki. If...