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I must report upon an ideal intro to this forum. One of our members from North County Rare Fruit Growers Club came to my home last week with all the grafting tools and skills one could hope for. He brought fresh scions for some excellent varieties and led me in grafting them onto existing black missions. In addition, he strongly recommended Fig Fanatics for its quality of information and its strong sense of community. So I gained not only great plants and coaching, but a great resource as well.

As someone who is in process of integrating substantially more fruit trees into our landscaping. I am replete with issues but will mention just a couple here and post them into separate threads if that is the protocol. They are:

a). I have a 65 year old, 30 ft tall fig and seek expertise on best approaches to trimming it back to maintain both esthetics and production.

b) One of my Fuyu persimmons was damaged when felling a 65 ft Canary Island Palm. All of the branches on one side of the persimmon were knocked off. How can I restore branches on this side? Will persimmons respond to methods for inducing new branch growth on that side, such as notching, or can I consider budding methods?

Glad to be here, and thanks to all in advance.
 
Sandstone said:
I must report upon an ideal intro to this forum. One of our members from North County Rare Fruit Growers Club came to my home last week with all the grafting tools and skills one could hope for. He brought fresh scions for some excellent varieties and led me in grafting them onto existing black missions. In addition, he strongly recommended Fig Fanatics for its quality of information and its strong sense of community. So I gained not only great plants and coaching, but a great resource as well.

As someone who is in process of integrating substantially more fruit trees into our landscaping. I am replete with issues but will mention just a couple here and post them into separate threads if that is the protocol. They are:

a). I have a 65 year old, 30 ft tall fig and seek expertise on best approaches to trimming it back to maintain both esthetics and production.

b) One of my Fuyu persimmons was damaged when felling a 65 ft Canary Island Palm. All of the branches on one side of the persimmon were knocked off. How can I restore branches on this side? Will persimmons respond to methods for inducing new branch growth on that side, such as notching, or can I consider budding methods?

Glad to be here, and thanks to all in advance.
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I found this video this morning not sure if this is the damage you have but does this give you an idea of how to repair your tree?

 
Figgerlickinggood said:
I found this video this morning not sure if this is the damage you have but does this give you an idea of how to repair your tree?

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Many thanks for the video! But instead of a split tree with available limbs, I've lost all branches on one side and am attempting to encourage the emergence of new growth on that side of the trunk. It's only a third year tree but has already had great yields. Use a horizontal cut on the trunk? Bud graft? I've heard that persimmons may be a special case? Thanks.
 
Sandstone said:
Many thanks for the video! But instead of a split tree with available limbs, I've lost all branches on one side and am attempting to encourage the emergence of new growth on that side of the trunk. It's only a third year tree but has already had great yields. Use a horizontal cut on the trunk? Bud graft? I've heard that persimmons may be a special case? Thanks.
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I’m not sure about that, I’m still learning. I know if you notch you do it just above the bud node. I have not done any grafting yet although I’ve seen videos for it.
 
Sandstone said:
Notch going above the bud node is just what I needed to know, and worth a try. Thanks.
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@Sandstone

I've found top-notching to be the only reliable method that I know to enduce branching reliably. I plan to experiment with bud grafting this season to place branches where I want them... but it's not something I've done yet.

I'd like to move merge this into the Introduction thread if nobody objects?
 
Sandstone said:
I must report upon an ideal intro to this forum. One of our members from North County Rare Fruit Growers Club came to my home last week with all the grafting tools and skills one could hope for. He brought fresh scions for some excellent varieties and led me in grafting them onto existing black missions. In addition, he strongly recommended Fig Fanatics for its quality of information and its strong sense of community. So I gained not only great plants and coaching, but a great resource as well.

As someone who is in process of integrating substantially more fruit trees into our landscaping. I am replete with issues but will mention just a couple here and post them into separate threads if that is the protocol. They are:

a). I have a 65 year old, 30 ft tall fig and seek expertise on best approaches to trimming it back to maintain both esthetics and production.

b) One of my Fuyu persimmons was damaged when felling a 65 ft Canary Island Palm. All of the branches on one side of the persimmon were knocked off. How can I restore branches on this side? Will persimmons respond to methods for inducing new branch growth on that side, such as notching, or can I consider budding methods?

Glad to be here, and thanks to all in advance.
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Have you made clean cuts where the branches were broken on the persimmon? The wounds won’t heal over we if not.

If you have buds on the damaged side you can notch, that’s a good option. Plus you can choose the buds in hopes of re growing the branches you want instead of just seeing what emerges.

A picture of the big fig tree would help in being able to make pruning suggestions.
 
When notching do y'all cover the small wound or leave it open?
I know it's not large enough to worry about, however....some critters are very small and attracted to those areas.
 
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SpiritFarmVa said:
Have you made clean cuts where the branches were broken on the persimmon? The wounds won’t heal over we if not.

If you have buds on the damaged side you can notch, that’s a good option. Plus you can choose the buds in hopes of re growing the branches you want instead of just seeing what emerges.

A picture of the big fig tree would help in being able to make pruning suggestions.
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Several good suggestions, thanks. Especially the idea of selectively choosing buds. The branches broke flush with the trunk, but will try to clean up edges around the break.
Will try to post pics of the big fig.
 
ktrain said:
When notching do y'all cover the small wound or leave it open?
I know it's not large enough to worry about, however....some critters are very small and attracted to those areas.
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When I had the ambrosia beetle problem, notch wounds was a primary point of entry. I think something given off by the wound attracts them…. Then when they found the tree they’d bore in all over. I tended to have no damage on trees without notches. Since then I seal the notches immediately. I haven’t seen them since
 
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