2020 National Pawpaw Day - Presented by KYSU Ag

[@Deklectic]

I have PawPaw grove right in my backyard that I never payed any attention to until I was experimenting with a Plant App that identified it as an edible fruit tree hence the reason I clicked on this video to find more information on them.. I can't believe that a good majority of us Americans have never heard of PawPaw yet its one of our few native tropical fruit trees in North America.

[@numinous2506]

You can sell their seeds online. If you get good at sprouting them and let them grow for a year they go for 20 bucks per sapling. Someone told me money doesn't grow on trees but money is paper! Lol We've been lied to about what has value in this world. You are wealthy!!!

[@brianstreeper3576]

Cool! Where do you live?lol

[@landrylee6207]

What's APP？that's great

[@roblena7977]

I just discovered the damn thing a few months ago at age 43. Got my first tree, figure if I don't like it then it's a 20 dollar chicken feeder.

[@marialiyubman]

I like listening to the mawmaws and the pawpaws. I’ll be here all week.

[@nunyabidniz2868]

This Californian is dreaming of moving to Free America & growing some Asimina triloba trees...

[@southbridgeforestHOA]

2:00 Paw paw 101 29:20 dieases 1:01:44 orchard tour 1:17:00 pawpaw beer brewing 1:25:00 audience questions

[@sleepystar1638]

righteous

[@ropros2]

大変貴重な情報をありがとうございます。

[@chrisjanssens4333]

great video and very informative! planted several dozen seeds 6 weeks ago (after stratification) and looking forward to seeing those little green horns popping out the soil in the weeks to come!

[@timk7073]

Wow, this is great info. All the info I need on Paw Paws!

[@Mr.Shartly]

When I was a kid my Grandpa use to make me and my cousins laugh with an old saying that went, "Have you ever seen a possum in a pawpaw patch picking up pawpaw's and puttin' em in a sack". He would do a funny porky pig stutter with every word that started with a P. I never thought to ask what a Pawpaw was, now I know.

[@Pay-It_Forward]

it would be nice to here up to date info on (KSU Hi 7-1) & other Susquehanna hybrids. Is (KSU Hi 7-1) a ( Susquehanna x "Al Horn White") cross as rumored?

[@NasierOmran]

Try grafting different varieties on same tree. Good for cross pollination and you will have different flavours.

[@cook1ezz]

idk how I got here, I fell asleep and this is the video I woke up to.

[@gaellemorgado910]

Amazing video, everything I was looking for and more! Thank you for your work, I'll make sure to put it to good use.

[@ahaduyifru498]

You guys are awesome!!!

[@NasierOmran]

That was very useful, you guys are awesome.!

[@kingjames4886]

it's a shame pawpaw aren't more widely available... I've wanted to try one since I heard about them but it's too cold for them up here :/ let me know if you release one that's hardy to zone 3/4.

[@fcuk_x]

3/4 never gonna happen.

[@kingjames4886]

@@fcuk_x not with that attitude >.>

[@geomundi8333]

waited 10 years for my crosses to fruit; but well worth the wait (was in heavy shade). Pretty decent size and some have fruited small and early. Have lots more on the way that have started blooming; hopefully fruit next year. I am hoping to get some polyploid varieties; wondering if they can only cross with other poly tho. Paw paw seem magic, I can oly eat about one because they are so rich \

[@TheGratefulGarden]

This information is so helpful I am so grateful for this

[@mrminer071166]

Hi, I'm Dr. Kurt Pawpaw, and I'll be talking to you about pompers for two hours. ;)

[@nedflanders5629]

37:00 - I am wondering if KSU ... rather than using white latex paint every 1-2 years, If you've tried white plastic covers similar to the ones that shelter baby pawpaws. Seems like a potentially longer lasting, less labor intensive solution and since plastic is so cheap its probably the same cost if not cheaper.

[@Pawpawtrees]

At the time 1:16, how tall is the pot that the pawpaw tree is in?

[@violethouseworth5943]

Cold stratification IS NOT NEEDED FOR THE PAWPAW seed...But the seeds do need to stay moist through the germination period>>>>I bought 25 seeds and put them in a laundry basket full of dirt in a giant see through bag to create a greenhouse effect and they germinated through the winter in the house and I planted the bunch in spring together>>.5 years ago and growing strong...zone 6

[@Qingeaton]

Is anyone doing study of why pawpaw seems hard to store? Fruit leathers made from it have to be eaten or frozen. Freeze dried pulp made some of my friends bellies hurt. We make wine and frozen whole or pulped (w/ lemon juice) pawpaw stores fine like that, but not drying for some reason. I suspect 1 or more amino acids are to blame. It seems to go rancid. In researching this, (since this post) I found Neal Peterson saying something very close to this. I understand that pawpaw has more protein than a typical fruit does.

[@EgyptianQueenTiye]

They're trying to increase the shelf life.

[@jerryhayden8720]

I have several pawpaw trees that have bloomed early for the last few years since I discovered them and the blooms and or the tiny fruit are destroyed by a late 2 or 3 day/night freeze. I honestly don't know how they ever got established but do understand that these are runner's from the larger older tree's. Not sure what but I've got to do something to try and have some of my own fruit. Frustrated in Paducah.☹️

[@kt3300]

great video

[@jamesbarron1202]

Does the amount of daily sunlight kill small pawpaw's, or is it the intensity of the light? I have some seedlings that get a 1/2 day of sunlight and wondering if I need to shade cloth them under the hot Texas sun. Sheri needs to see my fig tree because she said they don't get very big. My Celeste fig tree is twice the size of the pawpaw trees I've seen. Planted back in the early 80s. The -3 record temps we got in 2021 killed it. I'm starting to get root suckers.

[@KYSUAG]

Small seedlings could be in full sun part of the day if it is morning sun which isn't as strong, it is more important to have shade from midday and afternoon sun. If the half day is midday/afternoon sun, they should have some shade until they are 18 inches tall. Once they are over 18 inches tall, they can be acclimated to full sun.

[@MIM-bz2ji]

This video would make a great pawpaw beer-drinking game. Every time you hear the word pawpaw take a drink. I would be drunk 3 minutes into this video. lol

[@LZH13067]

Not to mention you can go to Sig Luscher and get you an actual Pawpaw beer to drink for the game!

[@blakespower]

so shoudl we go pickin pawpaws at the end of september?

[@caesarsailor4051]

Only contestation is that you can totally root a clipping

[@MrSnapper1d]

I have Pawpaws.I have the native variety I dug up in the bottoms from several locations.I also have some of the high dollar Kentucky cultivars.The high dollar ones are no better than the native ones and none of them I have ever had from anywhere are real tasty.The high dollar ones that are supposed to taste like mango but mine definitely dont and they are from KSU.

[@Qingeaton]

Pawpaws are native to mid Missouri, where I am, and 95% of the fruit is small and forgettable. I did see and taste wild fruit from near Overton/ Wooldridge Mo. that was outstanding in both size and flavor. We have several different grafted varieties and many seedling trees and they vary wildly in quality. The variety "Mango" is very good, as is Overleese, Prima1216, NC-1.

[@EgyptianQueenTiye]

Did you get to taste the fruit variety that you planted? I was able to try what I bought (not expensive though), so I'm hoping that my trees produce closely or the same. I'm also planting wild plants since the seeds are free. The wild fruit taste good enough especially at peak, but not as good as the cultivated ones. The wild ones are much more prolific than the cultivated ones.

[@WWLaidback]

KYSU varieties are bred for productivity at the expense of flavor and tree health.

[@BinhNguyen-es9uz]

Hello I have 4 pawpaw tree I grow in-ground 2018 2 of them about 6 feet other 2 about 4 feet but Bushy don't know why? If I use a drip system 1 gallon per hours how many gallon should I use per day and what time should I turn on the water Please help. Thank you.

[@KYSUAG]

Hello, we sent you a message on our other pawpaw video. We recommend sending an email to [e-mail] with all of your pawpaw questions. Thank you!

[@BinhNguyen-es9uz]

@@KYSUAG thank you

[@soupvis2616]

I have 4 pawpaw trees in my garden , they have flowers but no fruits ... I live in Belgium ...

[@DeesNutzandBerries]

Plant another pawpaw. Or you can hand pollinate for better success. Or attract flies to help the pollination process.

[@NasierOmran]

​@@DeesNutzandBerries im in the process of placing my beehive close to my pawpaw trees.. As soon as i get green light from allotment management.

[@taheraomar9210]

Where can I get Susquehanna seeds from ? Thanks

[@vinicrisan7815]

Are KSU pawpaws bred to lower the amount of annonacin?

[@Merauder777]

Regarding trees from seeds giving a wild card of what they could produce, what sort of "flavors" might one expect? I'd imagine even the original wild version would still be sweet, but very seedy so could it turn out nasty? Or just not perfect?

[@Qingeaton]

Using cultivated variety seed, I planted out 100 pawpaws about 20 years ago. 4 or 5 are something special. another 85 or so are just average, and 10 have never given me any fruit at all to speak of.

[@shlomovenezia101]

Yo did you actually say y'all spray glyphosates

[@ecologicalprojects29]

Why are these guys using Roundup? Poison.

[@timothyhagopian8263]

Agreed. It's bad stuff. Please write your congressman to ban glyphosate. Great info otherwise. Very thorough. I just wish we could slow the use of the opening word, "So".

[@erichansen3641]

It is too bad that nobody has thought of juicing pawpaws and making concentrate or freeze-dried or spray-dried powder for selling or remixing with water and containerizing the reconstituted juice in the super markets, or freezing them (prepared of course) and selling them in the frozen fruit section, or canning the prepared fruits. I can't imagine why the only thought that has gone through people's minds is that the shelf life of the fresh fruit is too short for super market sales.

[@EgyptianQueenTiye]

In the early 1990s a product development specialist from Ocean Spray wanted to experiment with pawpaws. What was needed was to ship one ton of pawpaw pulp to Ocean Spray’s facilities in Massachusetts. But a ton was not possible even combined with other growers of high-quality fruit. If Neal Peterson had been able to supply Ocean Spray, and if they had developed a marketable product, it clearly would have been a game changer for pawpaw as a crop. Dried pawpaws typically cause upset stomachs so that's not an option.

[@erichansen3641]

@@EgyptianQueenTiye Obviously they were not dried properly. There is no chemical/biological reason why a fruit of any kind would not cause upset stomach when fresh, but then cause upset stomach when dried, unless of course the drying process was incorrectly done. Drying a fruit should decrease the likelihood of upset stomach over eating the same fruit fresh. I eat reconstituted, spray dried or freeze dried: Buckthorn Berry juice, Coconut juice, Papaya juice, Lemon juice, Noni juice, Acai Berry juice, Elderberry juice, and Goji Berry juice. I have a large supply of these powders in my kitchen. Use them to make Smoothies.

[@erichansen3641]

@@EgyptianQueenTiye Someone improperly dried the pawpaws obviously if they caused upset stomach.

[@erichansen3641]

@@EgyptianQueenTiye My kitchen cabinets are full of freeze dried and spray dried powders from the juices of various fruits and berries, which I add to smoothies: Noni, Goji, Buckthorn, Elderberry, Acai Berry, Papaya, Lemon, Cocount, Plantain, etc.. I see no reason that PawPaw and Persimmon can't be added to this list someday soon.

[@EgyptianQueenTiye]

​@@erichansen3641 This advice comes from several sources. Even the video recommends not to dry them. There may be a chemical/biological reason why it does not cause an upset stomach when fresh, but then cause upset stomach when dried. It is probably because of the slight amount of neurotoxins in the fruit which are not harmful in small amounts but when it's dried, that amount is concentrated. Both KSU and Ockoo Farms would know more about this. In the book, "Pawpaw, in Search of America's Forgotten Fruit" it states that pawpaws do not lend themselves to drying. As an FYI, I dry fruits, herbs and peppers that I grow. The only way to dry it wrong is to cook the item which is pretty obvious. Cooking pawpaws does cause an upset stomach in a small percentage of people but not as much as drying which is why it's not recommended and why you don't see it dried in the stores (because drying would probably be profitable).

[@mbchudno]

if you dont use insecticides, how do you deal with gypsy moths and tent caterpillars?

[@isabellayoung3129]

Pawpaws do have a decent amount of their own pesticides and are touted as able to thrive without adding pesticides.

[@yeezet4592]

While I do suggest some insecticide, fungi is a larger threat generally. Black spot is a SOB

[@AM-lz2jr]

you can't

[@EgyptianQueenTiye]

I do use insecticides the 1st summer from seed, when I see damage. When they get more established (2-3 years), the damage has been negligible.

[@kingjames4886]

you forgot to mention that being a fly/beatle pollinated plant the flowers stink.

[@WWLaidback]

1:31:03 don't feed a rabbit any kind of fruit. You're asking for trouble if you do.

[@МашевскийСад]

Нехрена не понятно, но фильм классный!!

[@markus_selloi]

The glyphosate part is disgusting tho

[@JoseMartinez-df2db]

Why not keep giving new varieties Native American names?

[@mtnmanrab]

Great video but it's very sad you use glycosphate all for money. When pawpaw does fine with out it.

[@kingjames4886]

lol imagine trying to grow a tree without knowing how to recognize nutrient deficiency...

[@01murk10]

Hope no more glyphosate

[@j887276]

What confuses me about Pawpaw is if it's soo good and beneficial, why isn't it mainstream? I own 3/4 acre in Maryland with hundreds of Pawpaw trees. I've only met 2 other people who knew what they are and wanted some. The wife and I are eating them right now 10/2021 but it's the end of our harvest. Even my neighbors and family don't know about them or want any. What's up with that? Heck, apples are a lot less beneficial but everybody knows about and eats them!

[@razpet20]

One reason I think would be, because pawpaws have very little shelf life, so they never got into the commercial grocery stores, because they wouldn't be financially viable. But a lot of people are finding out about them in the last 2 years I think.

[@southao2692]

U need to save me about 300 seeds and stratified . sale to me in the spring .

[@guyanacreations4073]

The issue is a free fruit that grows easily.That would rival the U.S. apple & fruit market.The comment that someone said about the pawpaw being to fragile to sell commercially is pure b.s. This woman who is talking is full of( )This society for some reason doesn't want their only tropical-like fruit to become mainstream.I live in the DMV & I have never seen or heard of paw-paw. They are making simple fruit growing complex.I wouldn't get anything from these people's breeding program.I gaurantee they are tampering with the tree's genome..

[@guyanacreations4073]

​@@razpet20Wrong!!