Will I ever have 'Prok'???

17 years ago

Maybe THIS time will be the charm.

Attempt # 1, Spring 2008 -- ordered a Prok from Starks. It arrived snapped off at the graft union, despite the reasonably good method of packaging.

Attempt # 2, Spring 2008-Spring 2009. Stark sent me a replacement. I potted it for the summer, it grew nicely and even tried to form a fruit, which aborted due to not being pollinated. I planted it in the ground in the fall. It looked very healthy. This past spring, I found that it had died above the graft union over the winter.

Attempt #3, Spring 2009. I ordered one from a different source, bare root. This little tree kicked in and started to grow. I went out in July and found that it was snapped off at the graft union. Weather, deer, who knows?

Attempt # 4: So, yesterday I ordered two more for fall shipment from Stark, since they were now on sale. They should come next week per the customer service person. Wish me luck. Of course, I don't know if I actually believe them that they are in stock, but I'll see.

I really want this cultivar.

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Comments (5)

alexander3_gw
17 years ago
There's a saying in carpentry that if you bring an extra nail to a project, you'll wind up with one extra nail. If you bring the exact number you need, you'll wind up short one nail.

I bet if you order two Prok persimmon trees, both will live!

Alex
lucky_p
17 years ago
denni
Hang in there. Got my first Prok fruits this year, and they were worth the wait - BIG! and tasty!
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bonsaist
17 years ago
If it was me I will plant a seedling than graft a Prok into it. It that suppose to be like the Kaki persimmon?

Bass
denninmi
Original Author
17 years ago
Bass -- I've never SUCCESSFULLY grafted anything in my life. And, I have a degree in Horticulture from Michigan State. Grafting is as much an art as a skill, I guess, and it's an art I just never mastered. I really did plan on trying to learn it again this past season, bought some supplies, but time constraints never got me to that point. Perhaps next year.

Yeah, 'Prok' is an American, but they claim the fruit is as large as an Asian, about 3" in diameter. Which would be awesome. Some of my 'Meader' get about the size of a 50 cent piece or maybe a little bigger, but those are the seedy ones.
bonsaist
17 years ago
The first grafting I've ever done was with Persimmon. I was very successful. I later found out it was the trickiest to graft. Now I can graft almost anything.

Give it a try