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Root cuttings
A couple of things I have found about persimmon. The wood is very hard (used to make golf clubs a long time ago) and the roots are black. The trees sucker readily and the plants can be divided easily.
Planted in the ground, persimmon appears to be growing very slowly at first, but it is putting its energy into creating thick roots. Then growth begins in earnest.
Here are althe larger roots I trimmed away after harvesting the plants and cutting back to a compact root system. You might be tempted to throw these away; however, another fact is that the roots will quite easily sprout after being separated. Usually this takes a matter of months.
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