How to make the trunk straight? (forum)

Kathy starts with ...
How can I make the trunk of this persimmon strong. It bends at the graft - shooting out quite a long and drooping branch (as you'd expect for a persimmon). I left it a year hoping that this 'branch' would shoot out some balancing branches and so turn itself into a trunk!!
Should I stake it and force it into an upright position - or should I let nature take its course???
Kathy

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Time: 11th October 2011 3:54pm

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jakfruit etiquette says...
How about staking from the right(in the pic)making the trunk straight up to the branch point, and let the 2 branches hang down? you may need to support them too, until they get thicker ?

Time: 11th October 2011 7:30pm

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Pauline says...
I agree with jakfruit, that is exactly which I would do (although always better to do it from as young as possible).

Time: 11th October 2011 8:10pm

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Kathy says...
Thanks jakfruit and pauline - I'll try this.
Kathy

Time: 12th October 2011 6:00am

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