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    Interesting persimmon grafting result, Asians and Native

    I did a grafting experiment 3 years ago, grafting Fuji (?) Asian persimmons onto a male Native persimmon tree. I got my first fruit this month and it wasn't what I'd expected. My Asian persimmon tree yields large fruit, bigger than a tangerine but smaller than a Red Delicious apple. Well, the...
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    What Adjustments do you need to shoot through mesh?

    Now that I've aged into my 80's, reality says it's time to come down out of the trees. I'm putting a soft side ground blind onto a platform, set at bow range next to a food pot. I'll be mounting a shower rail inside, next to the door to aid in entry and exit. Having almost no shoulder strength...
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    Persimmon grafting - How far can you stretch the envelope?

    I've had erratic success over the years, grafting my native persimmons. I'm a slow learner - and I've found that the longer I delay grafting - going deeper into springtime, the better results I get. My question is, what would you guess is the latest that I could graft (as measured by leaf...
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    Playing with the landlord's head....

    I live in a retirement community that has a lot of Bradford pears as springtime lawn decorations. I've started a low key branch grafting campaign, turning their flower trees into Keiffer, Ayers and Bartlett trees. The grafts are doing quite well - and I should have fruit this summer. Don't...
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    Just put in two plums and a peach

    I just planted two plums and a peach from my local big-box on sale. Full sun on the edge of a field. I fenced them. Anything else special I need to do?
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    Hand cranking tiny white clover seeds

    I'm having trouble getting the tiny white clover seeds metered through my hand crank style seeder. The smallest gate setting still seeds too heavily. I can get a decent seed rate by mixing seed with granulated sugar but with sugar at a dollar a pound, this makes for an expensive addition to my...
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    Best clover and cereal seed choices for new partial shade plot.

    Guys, I'm getting the first applications of lime down now on my new "pine clear cut' plots. My question this time refers to the sections of the plot which will be in partial shade. The shade comes from mature pines, so some sunlight will be filtering through. Do you know if there are some...
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    Best nurse crop for new clover?

    I'm about half way through setting up a new plot in a recently logged cutover. I've thrown the sticks off it, raked it as clean as needed, got the bags of lime all stacked and ready to spread. I'll disc and till next week and drop the lime onto it. Now, one more decision to be made. I've...
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    EXTEND LIFE OF GROUND BLIND? -Has anyone tried....

    I want to leave my hub style ground blinds up year round because of the problems I have in re-erecting them each season. I'm thinking of putting them under very heavy poly wrapping (Vis-queen?) to keep rain and small falling branches from rot and damage. Do you know of anyone who has tried this?
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    Starting from scratch and have to get it right the first time.

    Guys, I need your inputs on a food plot project. I live in Tidewater Virginia, halfway between Richmond and Norfolk. I finished a 40 acre clear cut late August and Plan to put in a couple small shooter plots to concentrate activity as the cutover regrows, The timber crop was pines. The soil...
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    When to trim extra scion?

    I have two healthy scions growing from bark grafting the top-work of a native persimmon. I left one nurse branch below them. These are from a spring 2022 graft. When should I trim the extra scion - or should I just leave it alone?
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    Do persimmon volunteers stay true to sex?

    I have a female persimmon sprouting volunteers under her branches. I would like to use them as a scion source due to their rapid yearly growth rates but obviously don't want to take a chance on grafting male scions. Has anyone had experience grafting from under-tree volunteers?
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    What is the sex of volunteer persimmon?

    I have 3 young (5 - 8 year old) native persimmon trees, sex not yet known. This year they are sending up volunteer saplings, about a dozen in total. My question is, will the volunteers be true to the sex of the host tree? If their sex will be random, I'm a happy camper!! If they'll be...
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    What's the problem here?

    Here's a pic of some Ayers pears off a graft onto a native deer pear tree. Most of the other pears on this year's grafts are normal. I do, however, have about 20 with this cracking appearance. Can anyone help on ID'ing the problem - and how to avoid it in the future? Thanks for any help you...
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    Anybody tried waterproofing a cam?

    When my cams die, it's usually accompanied by some condensation inside the IR flash windows and/or the camera lens. Quite often I also have some water in or around the batteries too, depending on the make of the cam. I can usually dry the cam out in a warm oven and some patient application of...
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    Quite a warrior

    Here's a pic of an entry level Primos that I got 3 or 4 years ago for about 40 bucks. I set it out in a reed bed January 17 this year - - and promptly lost it. Was out last week and stumbled across it. It had taken 2544 exposures and was still operating, showing 70% battery remaining!! Even...
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    Maybe this is what I've been doing wrong....

    My success grafting apples and deer pears is 90%+. My success on my persimmons is maybe 2 or 3%!!! While looking at a gardening site today, I came across a persimmon grafting thread that addressed a problem I hadn't previously thought of - - am I grafting too early? Up until now I've grafted...
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    How can I ripen a persimmon

    I have a male persimmon tree with one successfully grafted branch, which has about 20 persimmons on it, ranging from mushy to green. I have a bear and raccoon problem - in that I expect that they will tear that one lone branch off the tree to get the persimmons. They destroyed the bearing...
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    When should we expect the Japanese beetle invasion?

    I remember last year the beetles denuded my apple trees in just a matter of days. I'm ready with the sprayer this year but don't want to jump the gun and lose a lot of efficiency to time and rain. Do you have a date for when you expect them in your area? Given your area I can make an educated...
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    What do I have here?

    I've been waiting about 8 years for this sapling-planted native persimmon to set fruit. Is that what I'm seeing among the leaves here?
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