Information on Paw Paws

[Rick]

Out looking again yesterday and no luck. Maybe I'm not holding my mouth right.

[nell67]

Rick,I was driving down a back road yesterday,and saw a huge amount of them growing alongside the road,just inside a fence,I stopped to check and see if they were ripe yet,and another woman stopped and asked me if I was looking at pawpaw trees,when I said yes,she asked me all kinds of questions about them,her husband has been trying for a couple of years to get her to try them,with no luck,now,she can't wait for them to ripen,she knows the people who own the land where I saw the trees,and she is going to ask them if she can pick some to try,and if she likes them she will go back and pick more.

[Rick]

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Where's my paw paws?!

[Beo]

In yo pocket boy! Now wipe that smirk off yo face fo I tell yo Auntie Nell!

[nell67]

Rick,the pawpaws are ripe and falling off the tree,maybe a little easier to find them now

[erunkiswldrnssurvival]

I like paw paw fruits because they taste like cantelopes. the ones that grow here in florida are short plants that resemble
scrub oak seedlings, and they form matted colonies along the road sides and trails. this year i'm going to try and press oil from the seeds. if i get oil i'll tell everybody.

[pgvoutdoors]

The paw paw trees around here don't seem to bare fruit in consecutive years. It might be two or more years in between fruit baring years. You have to scout the trees each year to see which ones have fruit.

[cowgirlup]

I ordered one that I planted this spring. If it survives the winter I'll order another. So far it looks good. I remember eating them when we went camping in the fall. we always went to the same campground and I knew where the trees were.

[Rick]

Cowgirlup - I'm no expert but I'm of the understanding it takes two trees or more in the same area to bear fruit. That may be what you are running into Phil. The trees may be marginally close in order to produce. That would account for fruit is some years and not in others.

[pgvoutdoors]

The trees are scattered about and most are not that mature, tall but skinny.

[nell67]

The trees are scattered about and most are not that mature, tall but skinny.

That is fairly typical of them growing wild,plant a few of those in your yard,and they will grow very well,make excellent shade and fruit bearing trees.

[pgvoutdoors]

I might just do that. It's hard to get fruit from the wild ones. First you need to find the ones with fruit and then hope you get to them before the animals get get to it by the time the fruit ripens.

[cowgirlup]

Cowgirlup - I'm no expert but I'm of the understanding it takes two trees or more in the same area to bear fruit. That may be what you are running into Phil. The trees may be marginally close in order to produce. That would account for fruit is some years and not in others.

I ordered mine from Gurneys and they said they were self fruiting but would do better with another. I like them so I will get another one if the first one still looks good in the spring.

[Rick]

I have one that's going great guns but my second one died last year. I have another one planted but it doesn't look too promising. I'm going to give it until spring to see if any leaves pop out.

[ravenscar]

do they grow in clay soils well?

[Rick]

I'm no expert in this area but from what I've read the answer is no. They like loamy, well drained soils.

"Soil: Pawpaws do best in deep, fertile soil that is moist, but well-drained and slightly acid (pH 5-7). The addition of compost to most western soils makes them more hospitable to the pawpaw. Avoid heavy, wet, alkaline soil."

http://www.crfg.org/pubs/ff/pawpaw.html

[ravenscar]

.............mother nature need to throw me a bone.

[your_comforting_company]

http://www.youtube.com/user/EatTheWe...37/5_qS4YGA3CM

Almost everything you want to know about paw paws.. of course this is the dwarf version that grows in my area here in the south.
Deane says it grows in open places, but I find them fruiting in deep woods also, so...
I have eaten quite a few of these this year. The unripe "beans" on the inside are delicious, and when the pods are brown (ripe), toss out the beans and eat the pulp inside.
If you search the forum for asimina pygmaea you'll find some discussion we had about them a few months ago.

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