I'm new to Pawpaw growing. I planted a KSU atwood last year and it's now 6ft. It's easily more than doubled it's height. I also planted a Wabash last year and yesterday it gave me my first ever Pawpaw to taste. Grown in London, UK. Thank you for sharing what you have learned.
@@genejaytre Its a grafted plant I bought from a garden centert when i visited France so I don't really know the age ... maybe it was a couple of years old. I didn't do anything in particular to the soil as my sandy loam soil was already perfect for it (i.e free draining and free from stones) I think its benefits from being planted next to a raised vegetable bed that had a lot of rich organic matter / compost in it. I mulch around my pawpaw plants so the soil never dries out too much. Pawpaw seem to benefit if the soil never goes bone dry (probably wouldn't like soggy wet soil either) I was careful transplanting into the ground not to damage the plants taproot. I have a UA-cam friend that did this and his plant never recovered. This year I sprinkled some Osmocote 14-14-14 'fruit and vegetables' that I imported into the UK from a well known online store in the America (beginning with the letter 'A') ... I think this helped... it a slow-release fertiliser.
Nice looking trees! One thing that I've done with my trees is very light pruning(collecting scions) on the tips of the branches to encourage lateral growth. I planted mine at a similar sizes/spacing in full sun. Definitely agree with you on having a windbreak.
Audio was horrible and quite watching. Relative to growth, when my paw paw seedlings have sufficient sunlight they grow fast without the need of any amendments. I planted mine in the shade and nothing happened. Removed a few shading trees and they took off. They have sent runners all over the place. Still in partial shade so some more shade canopy needs to go.
You have a great plan, but it's a little pricey for me. I'm using my raw fruits and veggie scraps above ground as fertilizer hoping that this will generate similar results. I hope that pawpaw peels from other trees have similar or better results than banana peels. I didn't get a chance to use true composting soil with the ones I previously planted, but I hope to do this with later plantings.
Thank you I bought two they are about 18inches tall we are in late August didn’t know if I should wait till March next year or plant them now because the pot is about 51/2 in tall was afraid it might get root bound I’m in zone 9 central Texas San Antonio where our heat and scorching sun has and dose kill trees
What kind of soil do you have? Any amendments when you dug the holes? Chappel and mango varieties are the fastest growing varieties so your chappel growing so tall is somewhat expected
The soil right there is loamy. The previous owner of the house told us that the space was specifically designed for trees, and that there were trees there long in the past long before we moved into the house. (When we moved it there were just some small forsythia, which I dug up.) So definitely very ideal conditions with well-prepared soil. And yeah I agree it's expected that KSU Chappell would be the fastest grower, but what's interesting is on the Peaceful Heritage website Blake says: "We have witnessed them get about 5 ft tall in only 2 seasons from planting a medium-sized tree." And this is obviously blowing that 'record' out of the water. I don't doubt that other people have seen similar results, especially since I've seen Chappell grafts from Charlie West get to like 4 feet tall while still in their tree pots. But I've never seen anyone else actually document that kind of explosive growth on regular grafts on UA-cam, so thought it was worth puttig this out there.
Yes! Keep spreading knowledge of the pawpaw!!!
I'm new to Pawpaw growing. I planted a KSU atwood last year and it's now 6ft. It's easily more than doubled it's height.
I also planted a Wabash last year and yesterday it gave me my first ever Pawpaw to taste. Grown in London, UK.
Thank you for sharing what you have learned.
Oh wow! How old was it last year? What did you do when planting?
@@genejaytre Its a grafted plant I bought from a garden centert when i visited France so I don't really know the age ... maybe it was a couple of years old.
I didn't do anything in particular to the soil as my sandy loam soil was already perfect for it (i.e free draining and free from stones)
I think its benefits from being planted next to a raised vegetable bed that had a lot of rich organic matter / compost in it.
I mulch around my pawpaw plants so the soil never dries out too much. Pawpaw seem to benefit if the soil never goes bone dry (probably wouldn't like soggy wet soil either)
I was careful transplanting into the ground not to damage the plants taproot. I have a UA-cam friend that did this and his plant never recovered.
This year I sprinkled some Osmocote 14-14-14 'fruit and vegetables' that I imported into the UK from a well known online store in the America (beginning with the letter 'A') ... I think this helped... it a slow-release fertiliser.
Looks super nice!
Nice looking trees! One thing that I've done with my trees is very light pruning(collecting scions) on the tips of the branches to encourage lateral growth. I planted mine at a similar sizes/spacing in full sun. Definitely agree with you on having a windbreak.
While the windbreak is probably beneficial, it wasn't a purposeful; those are the neighbor's trees!
Pretty amazing! Hoping that I can make my two trees happier by following some of your regimen.
Good video. Just did one on pawpaw myself. I plan on taking some of this advice. Great 1st video.
Thanks! I liked your video also!
You are doing a great job. We just subscribed. We look forward to watch more of your pawpaw journey so keep posting
I would love an update on these trees now that it has been a year! Thanks for the info
I should have one up by the end of the month.
Audio was horrible and quite watching. Relative to growth, when my paw paw seedlings have sufficient sunlight they grow fast without the need of any amendments. I planted mine in the shade and nothing happened. Removed a few shading trees and they took off. They have sent runners all over the place. Still in partial shade so some more shade canopy needs to go.
Awesome video!!!
Update!!!
I'll do an update in a couple months once their growth has started to slow down for the season. They're still going strong though!
You have a great plan, but it's a little pricey for me. I'm using my raw fruits and veggie scraps above ground as fertilizer hoping that this will generate similar results. I hope that pawpaw peels from other trees have similar or better results than banana peels. I didn't get a chance to use true composting soil with the ones I previously planted, but I hope to do this with later plantings.
Thank you I bought two they are about 18inches tall we are in late August didn’t know if I should wait till March next year or plant them now because the pot is about 51/2 in tall was afraid it might get root bound I’m in zone 9 central Texas San Antonio where our heat and scorching sun has and dose kill trees
What kind of soil do you have? Any amendments when you dug the holes? Chappel and mango varieties are the fastest growing varieties so your chappel growing so tall is somewhat expected
The soil right there is loamy. The previous owner of the house told us that the space was specifically designed for trees, and that there were trees there long in the past long before we moved into the house. (When we moved it there were just some small forsythia, which I dug up.) So definitely very ideal conditions with well-prepared soil. And yeah I agree it's expected that KSU Chappell would be the fastest grower, but what's interesting is on the Peaceful Heritage website Blake says:
"We have witnessed them get about 5 ft tall in only 2 seasons from planting a medium-sized tree."
And this is obviously blowing that 'record' out of the water. I don't doubt that other people have seen similar results, especially since I've seen Chappell grafts from Charlie West get to like 4 feet tall while still in their tree pots. But I've never seen anyone else actually document that kind of explosive growth on regular grafts on UA-cam, so thought it was worth puttig this out there.
How long does it take for your fast growing trees to start fruiting?
can you ENABLE closed captions CC on your video. the sound is very low and hard to hear.
OK done! Sorry about that, didn't realize I had to do that manually.