Could this a PawPaw Tree?
love_savannah
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HAVE: 2 Paw Paw trees,1 Boysenberry
Comments (9)Hi, I'm a late poster on this one, so you've probably already traded the Paw Paw away. I also like boysenberries. I have 1st year McIntosh apple trees. I also have a hybrid strawberry that's vigorous, sweet and very early. I started with just 20 small transplants and now, a year and a half later, have a patch 50' X 4' that's full of berries. I can't tell you what the hybridization is because the local grower from whom I got it doen't want competition from other local growers. But it is a good one. I'm also live in upstate NY so my things would probably do well for you. Well, maybe you could let me know if you are interested. Thanks - Bill BC08@localnet.com...See MoreWhere to place paw paw trees
Comments (17)I don't really know if it's all that necessary to have a lot of heat to ripen paw paws. Mine had no problems ripening in the summer of 2008, which was very cool, nor in the summer of 2009, which was record-setting cool here. I didn't notice any difference in flavor or sweetness in them in 2008 or 2009 versus other years. Here, they generally bloom in early to mid May, and the fruit ripens over about a 3 week period in very late Sept. into October. All of mine that are fruiting are seedlings. I did plant some grafted varieties in the past couple of seasons, but none of them are close to bearing size yet. RE: the second picture Frank posted, I would say that tree is more like 10 to 12 years old, IMO. It wouldn't be nearly that large nor that big of a trunk caliper at 5 years, at least, none of mine were. Oh, yeah, one more thing, while I'm thinking of it. File this tidbit of information away for future reference -- paw paws are fly pollinated. You will get FAR more fruit to set if you put something really foul-smelling and rotten in the trees a few days before the first blossoms open, and keep it there during the 7-10 days the trees are in bloom. I learned this a few years ago from an article in Michigan Gardener magazine -- there is a guy near Jackson, MI who grows and breeds paw paws, and he hangs either roadkill or dead carp in each of his trees. Too gruesome for me, I use the bait out of Ortho fly traps, I put it in a little plastic cup taped onto the trunk. Works like a charm. Makes me gag when I have to dump it out, but it's a small price to pay for all of the extra fruit....See MorePics of self-pollinating paw paw tree. A rarity?
Comments (37)Sandy - Though I now live in NC, I am originally from OK (central) so I know your region well. There are most likely wild pawpaws in your area. They range in damp woodlands all the way to Canada so there is no reason you wouldn't have them. My garden is also large and I went crazy planting and propagating more pawpaws and there is a downside to having a large collection of pawpaw trees - all the fruit is ripe at the same time. You will struggle to eat, freeze, or give away multiple wheelbarrow loads of fruit each day for weeks in late August. I have found that if you have one non relative planted in the same row or very close to a row or cluster of named varieties you will get good pollination. My favorite is 'Sunflower' so I now have a row of them with one no-name seedling as a pollinator. My trees bloom most often in mid February when we have a spell of warm weather. I dump garden debris and leaves at the base of the trees and there are always small flies buzzing around mid winter when it is above freezing. Those flies do the pollinating for me....See MorePaw paw tree in western Chicago burbs that needs pollination
Comments (12)That is a gorgeous tree. I hope someone from your area responds. As a side note, I used gibberellin on my female hardy kiwi last year with great success. Because my male hardy kiwi didn't flower yet. Gibberellin is used to simulate fruit "pregnancy" in seedless watermelons and seedless grapes, for example. Just an idea....See MoreIris GW
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