KSU's Dr. Kirk Pomper & Sheri Crabtree talk pawpaw

[@olsonlr]

Has KSU been working on tissue culture of pawpaw? If not I would put it on the top of the list! Suckers come true to form and the plant becomes immortal instead of a short lived grafted tree!

[@WFranklinW]

WHICH PAWPAW VARIETY HAS THE FRUIT WITH THE LONGEST SHELF LIFE?

[@codysaunders7348]

None lol

[@grahamdougherty226]

Awesome

[@opreapetru404]

well done bravissimo

[@MoebiusUK]

They kinda glossed over the question about keeping them in regular gardens. The big guy just spoke about what they do on the orchard which was not what was asked

[@BeargrassThunder]

They do form thickets and have root suckers. If you keep them from spreading, you have a lovely shade tree but you can't let it go wild in residential areas without a plan

[@MoebiusUK]

@@BeargrassThunder Thank you. Since writing my comment a month ago I have now purchased 3 varities to grow in my London, UK garden . The varities I bought were KSU Atwood, and 2 'Peterson PawPaws' varities, 'Mango' and 'Wabash'.

[@Qingeaton]

@@MoebiusUK All good varieties. Just to be precise, Mango is not one of Neil Peterson's pawpaws. It's more of an old standard from Georgia. Check out this as a resource. Pretty good list. www.scion-exchange.com/trade/item_list/Pawpaw/

[@jeremybyington]

@@Qingeaton I wish their list included the flavor and texture. I hear some can be more custardy in texture or taste more tropical/papaya-ish than others.

[@Qingeaton]

@@jeremybyington I have only personally eaten Mango, out of the 3 you listed. It tends to rank highly with people that like pawpaw flavors, it's a happy medium between very strong ones like PA. Golden and very mild ones like Shenandoah. The single best pawpaw I ever had was a Susquehanna, but the tree itself is a poor bearer. The main thing about pawpaws to me is how much "after taste" they have. Something about it has kind of a "wang", like wild meat does when you were raised on store bought. We have about 100 pawpaw trees on our farm. They do vary quite a bit.