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Oct 3, 2016 6:50 PM CST
Name: Daniel Erdy
Catawba SC (Zone 7b)
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Hello Joanna and welcome to Garden.org. Rooting jujube cuttings is not a common practice, because it's so difficult. Grafting is the preferred method, many people have tried rooting them and failed. I only know of one person to root a jujube cutting and it took a whole year before it started putting on new growth. persimmons will not root from cuttings and must be grafted. D. lotus is the preferred rootstock on the West coast but there is no true dwarf persimmon. Jiro is more compact than others but you can prune any persimmon tree to keep it smaller. Persimmons don't make good candidates for growing in containers but jujube can be grown in containers as long as it's large enough.
Figs, papaya, and dragon fruit will root from cuttings and can all be grown in pots. With fig cuttings you can get figs in just 1 year but papaya and dragon fruit will take longer. Figs root best from dormant cuttings. Other good dwarf fruiting plants for your zone would be pomegranates, black mulberries (Morus nigra), Mysore Raspberries, dwarf bananas, kumquats, and other dwarf citrus. Pomegranates, mulberries, and raspberries can all be grown from cuttings and can be grown in containers. pomegranates & mulberries root best from dormant cuttings. Kumquats can be grown from cuttings also but they are hard to root and are often grafted. Most other citrus is grafted on a dwarfing rootstock to make them dwarf but kumquats are naturally dwarf. You can't root bananas but you should be able to buy some pups for cheap.
I keep bringing up containers because you said you live in an apartment and I wouldn't think they would like you planting trees in ground but if they don't mind then go for it. Just don't expect to get them back when and if you move. If you want to try some fig or pomegranate cuttings feel free to message me by clicking on my screen name then clicking on Send ediblelandscapingsc a Tree-Mail and we can work something out. Just know that not all fig trees are dwarf either but just like persimmons they can be pruned to a manageable size.
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