Paw Paws are ripening

[b-troll]

I’m not sure if this is the correct forum, however, I just got done harvesting some paw paws and they are delicious.

Some on the ground already but even more not quite ready to drop.

 

[wilcam47]

Lucky....

 

[Beefcube]

Somebody offered a bunch on Facebook the other day and they looked huge and ripe.

 

[K31]

Flies in the sugar bowl, shoo flies shoo, skip to the lou my darling.

 

[wilcam47]

Anyone know if you can transplant them? Do all trees produce fruit. Found some in wild but i didnt see any fruit on them

 

[Allen65]

Anyone know if you can transplant them? Do all trees produce fruit. Found some in wild but i didnt see any fruit on them

They send down a deep tap root, which makes them tough to transplant successfully.

 

[wilcam47]

They send down a deep tap root, which makes them tough to transplant successfully.

Well.... BOO

 

[Allen65]

Well.... BOO

You can grow them from seed, though.
1. Harvest the seeds from ripe fruit, strip them down to their brown outer shell, and rinse.
2. Refrigerate them for 90-120 days, making sure they never dry out (damp paper towel in container with them works). Seeds will not sprout unless you do this.
3. Plant seeds in a tall cardboard container, like a 12-14" long piece of cardboard mailing tube filled with soil.
4. Keep soil warm, 75-80F, and moist. Tap root will form before leaves sprout.
5. Once leaves appear, just plant entire tube.

 

[wilcam47]

You can grow them from seed, though.
1. Harvest the seeds from ripe fruit, strip them down to their brown outer shell, and rinse.
2. Refrigerate them for 90-120 days, making sure they never dry out (damp paper towel in container with them works). Seeds will not sprout unless you do this.
3. Plant seeds in a tall cardboard container, like a 12-14" long piece of cardboard mailing tube filled with soil.
4. Keep soil warm, 75-80F, and moist. Tap root will form before leaves sprout.
5. Once leaves appear, just plant entire tube.

I actually have 2 planted but got them from stark brothers i think. They are still small though.
I thought they died this year as they sprouted leaves early and frost got them but they got a second set later.
Not close to fruit stage...though

 

[budman93]

I've wanted to try some for a while now. I don't think I've ever seen any.

 

[wilcam47]

You can grow them from seed, though.
1. Harvest the seeds from ripe fruit, strip them down to their brown outer shell, and rinse.
2. Refrigerate them for 90-120 days, making sure they never dry out (damp paper towel in container with them works). Seeds will not sprout unless you do this.
3. Plant seeds in a tall cardboard container, like a 12-14" long piece of cardboard mailing tube filled with soil.
4. Keep soil warm, 75-80F, and moist. Tap root will form before leaves sprout.
5. Once leaves appear, just plant entire tube.

Yeah havent triedthat...

 

[Allen65]

I actually have 2 planted but got them from stark brothers i think. They are still small though.
I thought they died this year as they sprouted leaves early and frost got them but they got a second set later.
Not close to fruit stage...though

IIRC you actually need at least two different cultivars to get successful pollination. Trees grown from seed, even from the same fruit, will usually be genetically different enough to pollinate.

These guys have a good selection:
https://raintreenursery.com/collections/paw-paws

 

[wilcam47]

IIRC you actually need at least two different cultivars to get successful pollination. Trees grown from seed, even from the same fruit, will usually be genetically different enough to pollinate.

These guys have a good selection:
https://raintreenursery.com/collections/paw-paws

Yes they were 2 different ones.