Persimmon input.....what % to graft?

[CAS_HNTR]

Im working on developing my propety and persimmons are going to be a part of it......I have grown a bunch from seed and plan to graft some of them to guarantee females.

My dilemma is how many should I be grafting? I know its a bit of a crap shoot, but should it be over 50%? Under?

Anyone that has lived by persimmon have any insight on the odds my trees are male/female?

 

[dogdoc]

50/50

Do you have any native persimmons? If so graft them all. If you don't I'd graft 75% of your seedlings to female .

I graft every tree that is grafting size on my place to females.

 

[Diamond hunter]

That's what I plan to do as well.Graft all of em,there will always be males around.

 

[Doctorbrady]

Agree 100%!

 

[Satguy]

Persimmons grow like weeds on my farm. They are everywhere. My trees are loaded this year.

 

[CAS_HNTR]

Persimmons are native to the southern parts of the state and I have seen them on other properties, but have not noticed any here......they may be around, but not many like some places.

I likely will graft 2/3 of them and see what happens.