Use methylated spirits to sterilize grafting tools. You can also soak seeds in water for 24 hours for a better germination rate. It was late afternoon when we finished the workshop and folks were keen to get home, but then we had to pass by the nursery. “Black sapote may be propagated by seed, marcottage (air-layering, budding, and grafting. Working through regional impact centers around the world ECHO connects small-scale farmers, and those working to eliminate world hunger, with essential resources, and each other. Black Sapote of a close relative of the Persimmon and exhibits characteristics of it. Curious that other people have failed at grafting chocolate pudding fruit onto American persimmon – I wonder if different … Yes, I bought a couple! That’s what you can expect at Mullumbimby anytime of the year. He has grafted Black sapote onto the native US persimmon with the hope of producing a more cold-hardy black sapote. A graft can be done anywhere on a tree. The best times to graft are the days leading up to a full moon. He also thinks that the persimmon rootstock could potentially result in some dwarfing as well. 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From what I’ve read in nurseries in the US, most Japanese Persimmons are grafted onto the rootstock of Diospyros virginiana, which is native to the US. On most nursery stock, the graft is found on the lower part of the trunk. Slow growers like Macadamias, Black Sapote should have some leaves retained on the rootstock below the graft, if possible, to improve success rates. He doesn’t mention having tried the reverse (persimmon onto black sapote) but expects that it should work. Don’t let the cut surface of the rootstock dry out. Now who in their rare-fruit-mind can pass through a nursery of exotics without a bit of a gander! He doesn’t mention having tried the reverse (persimmon onto black sapote) but expects that it should work. A good number attended the grafting course, forty-nine in all, mostly from the Sub-Tropical Fruit Club in Brisbane. Mulch with a 2- to 6-inch (5- to 15-cm) layer of bark, wood chips, or similar mulch material. 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