Princess Persimmon No. 2

[Shogun610]

Ok so after a learning curve w Persimmon I decided I want a second one to get better results from repot wise. I’m leaning on later March once buds start moving since the first time I did it thinking it was optimal clearly wasn’t . I’ll update once it arrives, persimmons are my favorite fruiting tree and with good price it can’t hurt.Much smaller pot and root ball than my bigger one . It will be interesting to see the roots and container

 

[Shogun610]

 

[vp999]

Where did you get this one? if you don't mind, I have 3 but I want more lol....maybe for a mame project.

 

[Shogun610]

What to do what to do part of me wants to wire in an extreme way

 

[HorseloverFat]

What to do what to do part of me wants to wire in an extreme way
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What happened?

 

[Shogun610]

What happened?

Nothing just thinking of ways to grow or wire because it don’t like the straight trunk

 

[JudyB]

I would cut back hard and then wire new shoots. These grow fast enough that you can get a lot done in a season. It needs some taper introduced along with movement, so cutting back for taper and ramification would be good as well.

 

[NaoTK]

How big do you want it to be is the key question. These put on real caliper really slowly. The best way to put on caliper is to put it in a big pot and literally not repot it for 10 years, maybe do critical rough root chops every 5 years.
Either way you will want movement. Be sure to raffia because it will take a year or more to set once the branches are no longer green.

 

[Shogun610]

I chickened out on working it this year but I will be raffia bending this ina couple weeks

 

[NaoTK]

What color were the fruit? I like the shape

 

[Shogun610]

What color were the fruit? I like the shape

A reddish orange