Growing pawpaws: growing tips and an update on my trees

[@ryanbartal920]

I've grown pawpaws here in Oregon as well as back in Ontario, Canada and not to disagree with the common wisdom, but I have never found them to be a fussy tree even when small. Full sun to part shade they've always done well and even the soil conditions seem irrelevant - clay, sandy, boggy they don't seem to mind. The most important thing is to make sure they receive adequate water during the summer in our climate as they are from a region with consistent summer rains. My current group are in the 8-10' range and hoping next year will be their first year for fruit set. I do find the odd leaf that has bites taken out of it.

[@friederkrug]

LOVELY when you look for plant information for your own hyper diverse system and you find something healthy and happy, not a poor tree in the lawn!

[@wandahughey2885]

Preparing to plant my five new PawPaws, and your video has been so helpful. Thank you! 💝🥰

[@RealBradMiller]

Lol, same here, except you got a head start!!

[@Pwn3dbyth3n00b]

I live in MD where there's Pawpaws everywhere. I have grooves all around my house. They grow well in pure red clay, they can handle it. They don't need any aeration, their taproot could easily break the clay. The only issue pawpaws have is being in soil where the drainage is poor. So if you have loose loamy soil then a foot or two under that there's a clay bedpan that can hold water underground like a high watertable, underground puddle or river then the Pawpaw will not do great with roots soaked in water for long periods of time.

[@LC-wv7tz]

Isn't that strange, though? Since they seem to love to grow near creek beds and such? I live near the Potomac. Marshes, swamps, and creeks abound. The area is lowlying and damp, but there are pawpwas absolutely everywhere in the woods.

[@Dirt-Fermer]

@@LC-wv7tz probably have good drainage from all the rotted plant matter that made the soil?

[@pyraxusthelutarian7276]

Greetings Angela! I was recently in your area (In Ranier, April of 2022) to begin settling my mother's estate. I live in SW Pennsylvania near Pittsburgh where we have literally thousands of wild paw paw patches. It was nice to come across your video as I am one day planning to retire to the Columbia river area and bring some of the amazing varieties of paw paws I have come across, many from my area in Fayette county and some from the famous paw paw bends area on the Potomac. I have four specimen trees on my little one acre home which flowered their first time this spring and dozens I have been planting around my area over the last three years. I didn't get any fruit set unfortunately even though I had gone out to some of my local patches for pollen to hand pollinate. I'm glad you are enjoying yours and since this video is from 2 years ago, I'm guessing you may have already gotten your first fruits. I tried my hand at grafting for the first time this year, thinking that if I managed to graft a few scions on my already established trees they might have better pollination, but only 2 of the six grafts took. We will see if my theory bears out. I have become sort of the local expert on paw paws over the last 5 years and am amazed at the wide variety of taste, size and productivity of various patches in my area. I have found 3 patches with exceptional quality fruit and having learned from my grafting experience I plan to graft all three varieties onto one root stock next spring. Hopes are high. Thank you for sharing. :-)

[@arcticspirals]

Thanks! I was starting to feel alone in trying to grow this tree in Oregon. Mine are still under Japanese maples, one unfortunately got cut down by accident. Hopefully it will recover. Waiting to see.

[@gsmgsa]

You could have pollinated flowers from the same tree. Thing is: you got only a few chances to fruit, but it's still better than no fruit at all. :) I've heard they do that with a brush. Good luck!

[@beckitar6147]

I am so glad to have come upon this video! I live in Beaverton and have two paw paws from One Green World that I've been trying to decide where to plant. Thanks to this info you shared I now know how and where to plant them. Thank you!

[@kitdubhran2968]

I can’t wait to grow some pawpaw trees. I have shaded space in two spots and plan to put them in under my elm. That seems the best place for it since the elm is really old and will probably need to come down in the next decade or so. Thanks for the thorough chat!

[@R1D9M8B4]

Thank you. I'm in Zone 7 Maryland and I have two Paw Paws. They were grown from seed... and now... I am feeling I should get a 3rd of a named variety. Lols

[@PermacultureHomestead]

one of my fav trees to grow, so happy mine are fruiting this year !

[@deepgardening]

Eugene here, tho I first grew and ate paw paws at 33rd and Kelly, where a neighbor had mature trees a few blocks away on 33rd. (look for street trees I planted- they're there!) The trees I planted on the big lot I owned near Johnson Cr. were bulldosed for an apartment building. There are trees at the National Clonal Germ Plasm Repository near OSU as well, where I first tasted them. I have blooms on now, can't wait for another season. Italian Alders are good nurse trees for producing shade and mulch, is my best finding with this location. They're fly pollenated (hence the meat-colored flowers and funky smell) so if you do something to draw flies, you'll get more fruit. I did extensive soil development here initially on this 2/3 acre former suburban fringe used car lot! LOTS of city leaves and tree chips. So nice to have a big fruit that fills your hand drop into the soft mulch dead ripe and still be un-smushed and edible.

[@Qingeaton]

Good plan to keep them at 8 foot tall. I have 20+ foot trees and it's really hard to harvest fruit/

[@jamesdylanburge]

They look great 👍. I live local to you and have had some problems with the pawpaws I have tried to get going over the last few years. Die back and sunburn. I work as a craftsman in Portland and visit many homes. I am always looking out for permaculture people. I have seen one mature Pawpaw in Portland and they grew it in the shadow of their house on the North side with a gable end. I enjoy your channel. The algorithm recently sent some my way.

[@thevagrowinggardener1898]

Thank you for this! I’m in Virginia and have been contemplating pawpaw trees for quite some time. This is such a great and comprehensive video on these magnificent fruit trees. I’m sold!

[@gregleach5833]

I live in North Florida / South Georgia area and I order three varieties from One Green World . They looked good spring and early summer , but the excessive rain we had along with our heat and humidity made them loose all leaves in August. I noticed other species of trees doing the same thing probably due to mildew related diseases . They are planted near the edge of forest on my property and I’m hopeful they will leaf out next spring . They cost around 110.00 dollars for the three small trees with shipping.

[@markstevenson9080]

Mine took at least 6 years to produce fruit. Now they are producing really well.

[@ryanwuryan7584]

im also growing pawpaw in my family's backyard! I am trying to grow them in portland so this video is perfect

[@janeelboden6371]

down under in OZ I have 4 pawpaw's and they flower profusely.....I luv when I dry the fruit and have them as a sweet treat. Try it some time using a fruit dehydrator.

[@johnrogers6442]

Drying pawpaw is not recommended. There are many cases of food poisoning from pawpaw leather and dehydrated pawpaw fruit.

[@dianeaerts8033]

@@johnrogers6442 why?

[@violethouseworth5943]

easy to grow from seed>>>>very forgiving>>I have literally just pulled the plant out of ground and repotted and never had a shocked tree....I planted seeds about 6 years ago and all seeds germinated>>>well we have WILD PAWPAW that grows here so>>>yep, Paw paw seedlings EVERYWHERE this year...Birds love to share the fruit and spread the seeds

[@wipeoutxl21]

they do leaf out very late, and they are the first to yellow and lose leaves in the fall

[@kathyknepp9883]

A lady asked me what a plant she has is. I asked a few friends and I received quite a selection of ideas. I've narrowed it down to possibly Flowering Quince or Paw Paw. Her plant has flowers, apple looking fruit and peach looking fruit (because of the fuzzy cover). I'd love to include pictures but I'm not sure how. I would love to know so I can help her.

[@ParkrosePermaculture]

That sounds like a quince to me. Google Cydonia oblonga.

[@kathyknepp9883]

@@ParkrosePermaculture Thank you so very much for such a quick response. I truly appreciate it. This lovely lady is 90 years young & living in a new home & she's very excited to hear what this is. When she described it to me my first thought was Paw Paw. Then in researching I realized it was probably Quince. Thank you again & I will tell her you solved the mystery.

[@bigg368]

You have a beautiful garden. You have talent.

[@mgs721]

Have you gotten any fruit? I thought I had read that you have to have two different varieties (and sexes) to get proper pollination.

[@うさぎのミミ]

I’m growing pawpaw in a CULTIVATION PLANTER. The number of scarab beetle larvae is increasing in the soil How to get rid of the larvae. Sorry for the sudden contact

[@anelam71]

Have your leaves ever had sun burn?

[@RocketPipeTV]

2:33 don’t you need at least two generically different trees to get fruit?

[@bettytuohy9875]

I looked on his site and he doesn't seem them anymore, and there is not a nursery near me that has his. Do you give or sale your seeds.

[@LittleRapGuy]

I wonder how they are now; three years from when you made the video. I hope they gave yyou fruits. Mine have not yet. :l

[@ParkrosePermaculture]

They are all doing wonderfully, and we get very large yields, however, I do need to hand pollinate to get consistent fruit set

[@allgreenchannel2968]

Hello i just bought 4 pawpaw trees which i still have in pots and are about 3ft tall, my question is i want to put them in the ground what kind of soil do you suggest and about what ph do they thrive in?

[@Salmiyaguy1]

Thanks for this. But how do you move around in that backyard?Everything including weeds seem overgrown

[@ParkrosePermaculture]

I don’t really have any weeds anymore. All of the plants I want to grow outcompete them. Nothing is overgrown, just growing abundantly as it should. I have plenty of paths to navigate the garden, although at some times of year, I have to brush past foliage or step over pumpkin vines in the paths to get by.

[@hilaryhageman9270]

How do you protect it from the sun for the first few years but then remove that protection without transplanting them?

[@ParkrosePermaculture]

I used tomato cages and wrapped them in white sheets. As they got larger, I removed the tomato cages and used a frame out of Hazel prunings I could cover with sheets on hot sunny days. Eventually, I removed the shade cloth altogether.

[@Free_Falastin2024]

When did you remove the white sheets?

[@tara281]

They look great!! Mine are about 5 yrs old, but only 4ft tall. They do set fruit every year though (and it drops off). In B.C. Canada 🇨🇦 :)

[@83Nachojr]

How can I keep my paw paw small? It's already 5 feet tall on it's second year in the ground.

[@ParkrosePermaculture]

They’ll get 15 feet. If you top them you stunt the height but lose the pyramid shape.

[@83Nachojr]

@@ParkrosePermaculture I'm ok with that! I have a sunflower and a mango but I can't let them grow that big due to where I planted them.

[@moogyb]

Did you have any fruits this year?

[@donelda135]

Perfect. Very useful.

[@ParkrosePermaculture]

Glad it was helpful! Thank you for watching!

[@averyeich9726]

many say they can self polinate-the problem is the male lets out pollen and THEN after days or whatever the female part is receptive. Try baggin the pollen? Just a youtuber... maybe Ohio researcher... I forget.

[@lovenotes5299]

I have susquehanna and a shanondoah paw paw 's

[@taheraomar9210]

How tall does this type grow ? Thanks.

[@lovenotes5299]

@@taheraomar9210 there are 40 different cultivars of Paw paws and there is one book on them- Michael Judd - Amazon- I haven't been able to find any more info on them- so u brought the book, LOL- Still learning

[@taheraomar9210]

@@lovenotes5299 I am looking for one that does not grow that tall.Do you know which one ? Thanks

[@lovenotes5299]

@@taheraomar9210 natural conditions- 25 ft tall- urban settings between 15-20ft high- you can prune the trees to keep them at a resonable height-cut the top s off

[@deepgardening]

I was born in a hospital by the Susquehanna, and I'm growing it here in Oregon, it's doing well, already bearing bigger fruits every year.

[@costidavid3269]

Vă rog să traduceți comentariul an limba romana am și eu un puiet de pawpaw și mă interesează

[@ThePoehladian]

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[@joem5245]

It is misleading to suggest that Peterson has the best Pawpaw cultivars. There are many other cultivars that Peterson did not develop that are equally good. To people viewing this video, please educate yourselves on all the pawpaw cultivars out there before spending money on a Peterson cultivar.

[@ParkrosePermaculture]

This video is a few years old, but I still find Peterson cultivars to be some of the best available. Yes, there are other varieties that are also good! I always tell folks to research what is available in their area and does best in their climate.