Thank you for the helpful info! We have 3 pawpaws, very young. So far they look healthy. My husband placed tomato cages over them so they wouldn't get stepped on or hit with the weed-eater. We are really looking forward to fruit in a few years, the taste of pawpaw is out of this world. I can't believe they're not more well-known!
Well done presentation of a future superstar fruit! I've been growing pawpaws here in southern Wisconsin for over a decade, and I have some great producing trees that are getting bigger and better every year. I hand pollinate between the Shenandoah and Prolific varieties, and maintain a 5 foot mulch circle around each tree. They are beautiful and tropical looking trees, and easy to grow. It is fun to introduce friends and neighbors to the fruit which ripens in late September here.
Going to place a nice order from Raintree for the spring here at the beginning of the year and I'm excited to have a couple Paw Paw's in the order! Starting to look through your videos getting ideas and this has helped me alot!
I have 6 coming this spring. I can't wait til they arrive and I can put them in the ground. I was really more interested in the fruit but looking more into it they're actually a really pretty tree to. Good luck with everything. 👍
Another awesome video! Informative as always! Just purchased a Wabash and Potomac from Raintree. Looking forward to delivery and planting! Are these grown in a greenhouse and need to be hardened off before planting or is the shade covering sufficient? Thanks Laura!
I have 11 saplings that are 7 inches tall in a group. I obviously threw a bunch of seeds down not expecting them to come up but I’d like to separate them but heard they don’t like to be disturbed. Do you think they would be okay if I tried to separate them into pots to get rid of them? Any suggestions would help, Tia.
If you break the taproot of the seedling it will almost certainly die. Potted paw paw seedlings have the seeds sown directly into the final size pot so no repotting is required and the roots can remain undisturbed until planting.
Thanks for the video. I agree with everything you said, just a little concerned about having organic matter in the soil when planting them. Other Pawpaw propagators recommend to not place compost in the soil, but on top of the soil for the best success..... just wanted to know your thoughts on not placing compost/mulch in the soil when planting. Thanks!!!
What you need to be wary of is disturbing or damaging the taproot. That's why people say don't mix in you amendment. Biologically it's a better yield for the tree with the organic matter closer to the roots.
i got 2 paw paws at market in charlotte nc. Not knowing what i was doing planted in full sun and year 3 here they are 7 feet tall and full of leaves. No fruit yet though
The hole should be approximately 2-3 times the width of the roots and no deeper. Pawpaws are typically planted as grafted seedlings and so would not require a hole as large as a 3-year old grafted tree.
I have found a spot in the woods where there are bunches of paw paw trees. Some are 30+ foot tall. None of them produce fruit. How can I get this forest of paw paw to begin fruiting?
None if possible. If the growing conditions for a young paw paw are good there will be no need for fertilization. If you MUST fertilize use a composted manure or fish emulsion.
How do they fare with winter wetness, for example short-term water saturation of the soil, or even flooding? Perhaps they can handle this, as they naturally occur on stream banks? But they do have a long taproot, perhaps like walnut, and walnuts do like a deep soil that's not too wet... I'm curious if you have any information on this. Thank you and greetings from the Netherlands.
I watched a video that said to plant between 4 and 6 feet apart from each other and that it was okay for their branches to intermingle when they get larger.
Your information is good, though and on point. The music, however is obnoxious, loud and annoying. You could save time and have a better video by not adding it. The constant volume changes required to listen in a public setting make this video a bad selection.
I bought 4 Paw Paws from TN nursery last fall and planted them immediately in large pots. Today is April 29, 2024 and they still haven't leaked out. I'll never buy from TN nursery again.
@susanray8359 Spell check messes things up sometimes. I was supposed to say leafed out. It's the 1st of May and none of the 4 Paw Paws have any green growth..no leafs, no flowers, nothing.
@@Tristargardens I figured that was likely the case, but don't like assuming anything, ever. I have been looking for the flower for months now. Unfortunately, I don't actually know where a tree is located. Hopefully, your trees are simply still hibernating. 🍀
The misconception here is this fruit is the largest tree fruit native to North America. Larger fruit like avocado, mamey sapote, and soursop are native to Mexico, which is part of North America. Pawpaw is simply the largest native fruit in the U.S.
Soupsop is also Asimina triloba, making it the exact same plant. Mamey sapote IS a large fruit, but there are still records of Pawpaw fruits exceeding the size of a pumpkin. Thanks for your feedback though!
Thank you for the helpful info! We have 3 pawpaws, very young. So far they look healthy. My husband placed tomato cages over them so they wouldn't get stepped on or hit with the weed-eater. We are really looking forward to fruit in a few years, the taste of pawpaw is out of this world. I can't believe they're not more well-known!
Thank you..I'm about to grow 50 Paw paw trees along with cherries, apples and pears in my forest garden permaculture.
Well done presentation of a future superstar fruit! I've been growing pawpaws here in southern Wisconsin for over a decade, and I have some great producing trees that are getting bigger and better every year. I hand pollinate between the Shenandoah and Prolific varieties, and maintain a 5 foot mulch circle around each tree. They are beautiful and tropical looking trees, and easy to grow. It is fun to introduce friends and neighbors to the fruit which ripens in late September here.
What an outstanding video. Wish this lady had a TV show lol
Going to place a nice order from Raintree for the spring here at the beginning of the year and I'm excited to have a couple Paw Paw's in the order! Starting to look through your videos getting ideas and this has helped me alot!
I have 6 coming this spring. I can't wait til they arrive and I can put them in the ground. I was really more interested in the fruit but looking more into it they're actually a really pretty tree to.
Good luck with everything. 👍
Excellent video - Thanks. I'm going to be buying some.
I just bought 5 trees. Great information!
Great video& Information! Makes us want to grow them!
Awesome advice and tips. Great video
Good info Laurie
Another awesome video! Informative as always! Just purchased a Wabash and Potomac from Raintree. Looking forward to delivery and planting! Are these grown in a greenhouse and need to be hardened off before planting or is the shade covering sufficient? Thanks Laura!
Will knats pollinate them. We tend to get a lot of those. Any problems with earwigs when their young?
I have 11 saplings that are 7 inches tall in a group. I obviously threw a bunch of seeds down not expecting them to come up but I’d like to separate them but heard they don’t like to be disturbed. Do you think they would be okay if I tried to separate them into pots to get rid of them? Any suggestions would help, Tia.
If you break the taproot of the seedling it will almost certainly die. Potted paw paw seedlings have the seeds sown directly into the final size pot so no repotting is required and the roots can remain undisturbed until planting.
Thanks for the video. I agree with everything you said, just a little concerned about having organic matter in the soil when planting them. Other Pawpaw propagators recommend to not place compost in the soil, but on top of the soil for the best success..... just wanted to know your thoughts on not placing compost/mulch in the soil when planting. Thanks!!!
What you need to be wary of is disturbing or damaging the taproot. That's why people say don't mix in you amendment. Biologically it's a better yield for the tree with the organic matter closer to the roots.
i got 2 paw paws at market in charlotte nc. Not knowing what i was doing planted in full sun and year 3 here they are 7 feet tall and full of leaves. No fruit yet though
paw paws are the host plant for zebra swallowtail butterflies
One of your videos advises digging a 3 ft wide by 12 inches deep hole for new plantings, does this not apply to pawpaws? Thanks.
The hole should be approximately 2-3 times the width of the roots and no deeper. Pawpaws are typically planted as grafted seedlings and so would not require a hole as large as a 3-year old grafted tree.
Does a mature tree need water in summer time if yes how much of water it needs
Do you guys have native strawberries? I saw something at the beginning of the video that looked like them. I would like you buy some.
We have a number of strawberries, some of which are essentially wild strawberries.
What a dance..fish I would imagine also enjoyed the extra meaty bugs along with things like dragonfly
I have found a spot in the woods where there are bunches of paw paw trees. Some are 30+ foot tall. None of them produce fruit. How can I get this forest of paw paw to begin fruiting?
Make sure it's not hickory first since the leaves look the same. If they are PP, pollinate by hand with a paintbrush.
When you getting paw paw in stock?
What fertiliser do young trees prefer?
None if possible. If the growing conditions for a young paw paw are good there will be no need for fertilization. If you MUST fertilize use a composted manure or fish emulsion.
How do they fare with winter wetness, for example short-term water saturation of the soil, or even flooding? Perhaps they can handle this, as they naturally occur on stream banks? But they do have a long taproot, perhaps like walnut, and walnuts do like a deep soil that's not too wet... I'm curious if you have any information on this. Thank you and greetings from the Netherlands.
How far apart should you plant paw paws?
I watched a video that said to plant between 4 and 6 feet apart from each other and that it was okay for their branches to intermingle when they get larger.
Please help me where to find 1
Your information is good, though and on point. The music, however is obnoxious, loud and annoying. You could save time and have a better video by not adding it.
The constant volume changes required to listen in a public setting make this video a bad selection.
I need thisss
My neighbor has only 1 pawpaw tree its like 30feet tall and his fruits every year without a second tree
Must be a grafted tree
I bought 4 Paw Paws from TN nursery last fall and planted them immediately in large pots. Today is April 29, 2024 and they still haven't leaked out. I'll never buy from TN nursery again.
"haven't leaked out", what does this mean?
@susanray8359 Spell check messes things up sometimes. I was supposed to say leafed out. It's the 1st of May and none of the 4 Paw Paws have any green growth..no leafs, no flowers, nothing.
@@Tristargardens I figured that was likely the case, but don't like assuming anything, ever. I have been looking for the flower for months now. Unfortunately, I don't actually know where a tree is located. Hopefully, your trees are simply still hibernating. 🍀
looking for pawpaw seed in canada
Try Green Barn Nursery and go from there. Good luck!
@@RaintreeNursery thank you
The misconception here is this fruit is the largest tree fruit native to North America. Larger fruit like avocado, mamey sapote, and soursop are native to Mexico, which is part of North America. Pawpaw is simply the largest native fruit in the U.S.
Soupsop is also Asimina triloba, making it the exact same plant. Mamey sapote IS a large fruit, but there are still records of Pawpaw fruits exceeding the size of a pumpkin. Thanks for your feedback though!
@@RaintreeNursery a nursery is telling people that Annona muricata is the exact same plant as Asimina triloba?
Anyone ever grow in pots