Paw Paw Harvest Begins (and more!)

[@allonesame6467]

Love the art on the garage/storage/processing shed! Sorry to hear about the loss of grand ol paw paw. Your love of plants/planting/diversity/chasing water is a win for everyone.💚

[@MultiShaed]

Our pawpaw season wrapped up early Sept and persimmons started a week or 2 ago. Its fascinating how different the timing is for Tn vs NY. Our pawpaw fruits were maybe half that size though. These trees have been fruiting for 5-6 years and have a nice flavor

[@edibleacres]

That is a very very different season to be sure!

[@williampatrickfurey]

I used to think fruit had to drop from the tree to be healthiest, but after realizing that a walnut is actually juicy and soft before it hardens inside the shell and falls from the tree, I now understand that there's an optimal time for many things. Living in the suburbs of Philadelphia, PA and picked the walnut from a low hanging branch about 3 months ago, to give you an idea about the time of harvest.

[@kristieoblak963]

Would love to see what you do with the walnuts! This is our second year with them and would appreciate any advice on how to perfect our harvest process

[@3PMedia]

He’s has posted videos from how they have processed over the years. Just type in edibleacres black walnut in the search bar and you’ll find a good amount of info in the subsequent videos

[@CanadianPermacultureLegacy]

This video is perfect timing, we are getting our first season of pawpaws, and you tend to be ~2 weeks ahead of us. I'm curious how much paw paws ripen off the tree. Is it like tomatoes where some internal ethylene is required to have developed in the fruit, and if it's not present it will stay green off the plant, and if it's present it will ripen off the plant. It's possible the paw paw has a similar biochemistry? I have no experience with this, but I plan on doing trials as the years go by, to learn as much as I can about picking them, because if I wait too long the deer will get every single one, but if I pick too early, I don't want to harvest a bunch of rock-hard tasteless fruit.

[@MultiShaed]

In my experience, if you pull them off the tree or they get knocked off too early the flavor never really develops and the fruit is mealy

[@RayMirshahi]

Perhaps you can put a couple of pawpaws that are not fully ripe in a paper bag with bananas. I do this with unripe mangoes and they ripen nicely. Without the ethylene from the bananas, unripe mangoes never ripen properly for me. Good luck.

[@greenwitchnutrition7860]

Not OP but I knocked some pawpaws from a tree a bit early and left them next to ripe bananas and they ripened in a few days.

[@edibleacres]

Great thing to trial and experiment with and learn... That said, my experience has been if they are pretty darn hard before you pick them they don't end up ripening... There are so many variables, it makes sense to do your own experimenting and learning for sure! GOod luck!

[@PARAxLETHALxSYSTEM]

I had my 1st pawpaw this weekend!! My mind was blown, it taste tropical but is a fall fruit?! Going to look into growing our own later.

[@osofu77]

I would love to see mine blossom, it’s been about 3.5 years, they are slow growing in Tennessee. Good to see your that good man

[@johnwilcox4078]

Great video, my pawpaw season here in Madison, Wisconsin started September 24 and is still going because my two grafted varieties, Shenandoah and Patriot, ripen at different times. My 7 trees are 8 to 10 years old. Like you, still learning as I go! Being on the edge of zone 4, frost during blossom is always a concern. I hand pollinate and iI think it helps set more fruit. I also mulch with white pine needles and lightly prune in March, those beautiful tropical trees are my babies! It's good to see this native fruit come out of the woods and cultivated in people's yards and garden. I eat what I can fresh, give away the rest, and make pawpaw bread and smoothies for 3 weeks a year!

[@aldralee]

I've read that folks get sick from cooked/baked paw paw. Even heard a story out of a restaurant that made paw paw bread and had a mess of customer complaints, thinking they had experienced food poisoning. But you haven't had any problems baking it? I wonder if it only bothers some folks?

[@TheFarmacySeedsNetwork]

Starting Paw Paw seeds in February when steratification is complete... Cheers! Coming back to watch this from work... 🌱

[@edibleacres]

Good luck with em!

[@nealvaughn2340]

More black walnut videos are ALWAYS welcome with updates and new tips!

[@andrewwangelin7868]

Amazing. Definitely looking forward to your black walnut processing video

[@JasonEntine]

Hi Sean. This is my paw paws second year in ground. We had flowers this year but no fruit.

[@conniewalsh9330]

We had only flowers last year also. This season the trees fruited. Give it another year.

[@gangofgreenhorns2672]

Have 11 paw paws from Black Creek Farm I got this spring, and am really excited that seedlings are so close to their parentage in this video.

[@edibleacres]

Erik has wonderful plants with great genetics, you'll be pleased!

[@ReadySetHomestead]

We just moved to zone 5a. I can't wait to plant paw paws!

[@jdvanallen2907]

What a great harvest! Our paw paw harvest is coming to an end up here in Canada but we were able to forage some of them, some persimmons, and lots of walnuts this week on a group foraging trip.

[@edibleacres]

Wonderful!

[@lisadavis6392]

Would love also black walnut processing. I’ve many mature trees on my property. Thanks!

[@TB-ch7ro]

I second this!

[@3PMedia]

He’s has posted videos from how they have processed over the years. Just type in edibleacres black walnut in the search bar and you’ll find a good amount of info in the subsequent videos

[@TheFarmacySeedsNetwork]

What abeautiful food forest you have! Thanks for sharing!

[@edibleacres]

Thanks for visiting

[@johnpowell8568]

Wow! Talk about serendipity! We just bought a second persimmon tree yesterday. It is a Fuyu variety. Our first tree was planted two years ago and has about five fruits on it. Pretty good for such a young tree. Our area of California is pretty ideal for persimmons, and they are fairly common around town. For some reason, persimmons here produce heavily on alternate years, with almost no production on the off years. Loaded on year, scare the next, then repeat cycle. Still, they do very nicely and make excellent dried fruit. We have lots of black walnut here, but the small size and hard shells make them difficult to process without specialized machinery. Those things are like a bank vault! Hard to get into, but a rich treasure. Of course the English walnuts are 'The Find', but for some reason they were not planted in great numbers as were the Black walnut. Something about disease resistance I think... As for Paw Paws, I have not seen or heard of one single tree in California. Seems like they would've been here by now? Lucky you to have such things in such abundance. Were they in your area already? All the best wishes, John

[@debbies2966]

I just ordered and planted two paw paws I purchased from a person in Tennessee. I am interested in more information on growing them and where they thrive, soil conditions, etc. I planted mine in the woodline in moist soil among NC pine trees, sourwood trees, red maple, oak and sweet gum trees. I protected them by encircling them with two ft high welded wire fencing. I used cardboard fastened in place with bamboo sticks to protect from the southern sun exposure. They are looking happy so far.

[@osofu77]

Hello, please share the info, I am in TN as well

[@debbies2966]

@@osofu77 I ordered it from Plants and things on Etsy. The shop is based in TN.

[@gangofgreenhorns2672]

KSU and Neal Peterson both have great information on youtube about pawpaws, Great Escape Farms, and Michael Judd also have lots of good information on here in shorter formats.

[@debbies2966]

@@gangofgreenhorns2672 thank you, I will check them out.

[@getperkin2]

I live in Paw Paw, MI, they say these fruits named our town. But I have yet to find any been here for 25yrs and never seen one. That say they were wiped out years ago. I would love to try one especially since I live in Paw Paw.

[@nancynesytofreske]

I live close by in Buchanan, finding lots of paw paws in woodlands. Keep looking, they're phenomenal!

[@spsmith1965]

Seems like paw paw seeds are not 100% true to type. What is your experience with this? Are there nurseries that grow from cuttings from superior plant specimens? I live near Atlanta.

[@kerem7546]

the paw paw patch i watch over seams to drop earlier and earlier each year and i tend to miss most of the fruit :( seams as though drought and hot weather are affecting harvest time and that i need to frequent the patch in peak summer mug to make sure not to miss them

[@edibleacres]

Yeah, most tree crops need you watching closely if you are going to get the good stuff :)

[@HFTLMate]

great idea with the peach and paw paw strategy

[@helenbunch9065]

I have three paw paws..they are in 7th year, and they are just starting to fruit...That said, I found out I'm REALLY allergic to them... :/. Im sad. because I really loved them...guess i'll gift them

[@mamabeargardens9439]

Awww... that's a bummer! Maybe you can find someone nearby growing a different tree crop who would like to barter or trade?

[@Warrior-In-the-Garden]

I have been hunting for years for a wild paw paw on our property. I keep getting tricked by the hickory which looks similar. An hour north of you maybe some day I can come buy a seedling.

[@zmblion]

Same thing here

[@limitlessintuition]

They like to grow in dried up creek beds and flood zones.

[@Lisabelleification]

I have heard that Korean-American persimmon farmers wait until a hard frost to harvest persimmons. I have seen completely leafless persimmon trees laden with ripening persimmons in Annandale Virginia ( “Koreatown”) before the first truly hard frost awaiting the right harvest conditions.

[@JCal-h9q]

Very Nice Sir

[@farmyourbackyard2023]

Pawpaws!! So exciting!! Can't wait to hear that you are a Pa!!!!

[@maskinmoller]

Would love to see updates on your pawpaws and the fruit quality from the trees grown from seed. Living in Denmark and are hence restricted to somewhat expensive and limited cultivars, but will surely try to breed own seedlings when the trees start bearing in hopefully a few years.

[@edibleacres]

Well try to make an update or two this season

[@johnstonj92]

I remember seeing that pawpaw planting I'm a video you made years ago. What a shame we are losing genetics and experimental stations.

[@FruitPhilosopher]

I really want to grow these, I'm just worried about the long term effect of the mild neurotoxin. Maybe I'll buy one later in life.... I'm very jealous of people enjoying this fruit in cold climates

[@gardeninggal249]

Please do a black walnut processing. We have many but I am overwhelmed with how to get the meat out!

[@limitlessintuition]

We always threw them on a tarp and ran them over with the car the get the nut

[@Crina-LudmilaCristeaAuthor]

Ooo, awesome looking paw paws!💛

[@sgtspaulding9461]

I planted 2 paw paw trees from bare root this year. The look pretty decent but really didn’t grow at all this season. I have alkaline soil which I hear they don’t do well in. I wish I would have amended the soil before I planted them. Any ideas moving forward? Thanks!

[@gunning6407]

A good layer (3-6") of arborist mulch out a few feet from the tree will help build up the soil slowly over time. If they're still small, you can also try vertical mulch a few feet away - dig a few holes and fill with leaf mould, rotted mulch, or other organic matter. Sorta like an in-ground Hugelbed, the roots will search out nutrients, just don't dig too close and hurt the roots.

[@joanhunt7560]

I planted one of your persimmon babies i believe in 2018. She needed a boyfriend and thisc year she is covered in beautiful delicious fruit. I have never pruned her Maybe i will find the right book that addresses american persimmon. Im in zone 5b Northern Indiana. Just wanted to say i love your channel and your plants.

[@gunning6407]

FWIW, I ordered a lovely 10-pack of American persimmon seedlings from Burnt Ridge nursery last year. It was very cost-effective, and I had good success establishing them overall.

[@TaylorinShirewood]

WOOOOOO PAWPAWS YEAH!!!

[@edibleacres]

Yeah, so exciting. They are a pretty neat crop

[@TaylorinShirewood]

@@edibleacres I really wanted to buy the variety 'Prolific' supposedly they crop within 2-3 years - but I already have two that are doing well in containers, 'Potomac' and 'Mango', will one day plant them out when I have more space 😆

[@annaekberg6712]

What can you do with paw paws except eating them as they are? Do you process them somehow? 😊

[@edibleacres]

You can get the pulp out and freeze it... You NEVER want to dry them, it will make you sick!

[@turtle2212]

My pawpaw variety Prima has got 2 first fruit. I am reluctant to wait till they drop, can I pick them to ripen further in the house? I'd love to have my very first taste! Also I have an American persimmon from fruit hunters that has made its first 6 tiny fruits, cannot await to harvest. I am located in Germany at 500 m altitude. Thanks for sharing your valuable knowledgecwith us Shawn😊.

[@jdvanallen2907]

Paw paw can only be picked a few days early at most. Picking early risks having them never ripen.

[@xX4estXx]

I would like to see how you propegate paw paws from seed

[@slaplapdog]

What methods do you use to preserve these fragile crops?

[@tracy419]

I don't know if you'll see this, but do you have any paw paw transplant tips for 6ft tall trees? We've had them in a couple of years but may be moving and would love to take them with us. I'm assuming that air layering branches into new trees is probably our best option, but thought I should look into it. They are grafted trees we bought here in Oregon. Thanks in advance for any tips if you see this.

[@osdias]

I bought a grafted paw paw and the graft died and new shot grew from the bottom. It has been a few years now and it produces loads of fruit, but the fruit tastes awfully bitter! I thought that all pawpaw varieties would be sweet, even if wild. Any idea how I can repair this tree to produce edible fruit?

[@JensiT1]

My grafted pawpaw also just died, but new shoots also seems to be coming. Hoping that it will grow tall as yours and produce - without the bitter taste of course

[@jdvanallen2907]

You can always re-graft. Are you harvesting your fruit early or waiting for it to drop? The best bet is to wait for it to drop and then eat it at peak ripeness when it’s almost ready to go bad. Eating it even one day early has a significant effect on he bitterness.

[@limitlessintuition]

My yard is full of black walnut and paw paw

[@edibleacres]

That is rad!

[@lindaholmes6411]

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[@FolkRockFarm]

When you mentioned that Paw paw orchard was eradicated do you mean just this years crop was wiped out by frost or that the WHOLE orchard was eradicated/cut down?? I saw the video you made with Akiva years ago and it looked like a stunning orchard so that would be a serious shame to lose that in your community

[@edibleacres]

It was cut down... It was owned by a local university and they decided to do something else with it I guess... Big money and not a strong ethical constraint I guess.

[@FolkRockFarm]

Wow, that's a real shame. Though I'm glad to hear your trees are providing enough fruit and seed for you! We're just a few years off from that goal ourselves so let's get to filling the world with more paw paws!@@edibleacres

[@julie-annepineau4022]

Would love some tips on starting both from seed. Found a regional suppiler and would love to add these to my landscape. Any special considerations for getting them to germinate beyond stratification? You mentioned the pawpaw don't do well if the seed dries out?

[@gangofgreenhorns2672]

Paw paw can't dry out at all; they have nearly a 100% fail rate if they've even dried out for an hour allegedly. Have seen videos on here where he just smears a past-ripe fruit onto the ground to reliably start seeds. People will immediately place them in a damp paper towel to save seed, you can sterilize the seed with a diluted bleach water solution before storing them, but doesn't seem to be necessary like keeping them moist.

[@edibleacres]

No need to sterilize, but you want to have seeds stored in moist media right away... I do them at scale in our root cellar... For best germination you can move the container up into a warm space in the early spring like a greenhouse or a warm room to help them start sprouting early and then set them out to a nursery bed after threat of frost...

[@ivannaoliynyk1774]

Will be you selling the seeds? I’m looking for the pawpaw seeds from that area. Thanks

[@tamrahawkes3170]

Would love to see how you process black walnuts.

[@3PMedia]

He’s has posted videos from how they have processed over the years. Just type in edibleacres black walnut in the search bar and you’ll find a good amount of info in the subsequent videos

[@markkica8755]

How do You store them ? How long they will last ? Or are You processing them somehow etc . marmelades ?

[@justinskeans3342]

I was thinking of ya today Shawn I got permission to pick giant old pear here in town. I getting seed to start alittle side hustle nursery. I'm direct sowing into my air prune box. I was wondering if you have any suggestions on starting pear and apple seeds? Sorry to hear about your paw paw spot I'm going to gorilla plant the crap outta them in my local parks here in my urban setting.

[@cathierose2009]

Ant tips on getting paw paw to bloom, age, etc

[@ScorobeSlavinpoop]

Do you sell seeds on your website?

[@sandykemp7080]

I would love to buy a few seeds also.

[@luzcruz1398]

Hi where can I find the Pawpaw seed

[@camillepenney3760]

Do you sell the paw paw seedlings?

[@gangofgreenhorns2672]

They do, but aren't doing online orders this fall. They have other permaculture nurseries linked on the edibleacres site that sells them though--also some sell grafted, named paw paw varieties.

[@chanelandmika]

What is the scientific name of your Paw Paw trees? In South Africa, what we call paw paw is Papaya, so yours is totally different.

[@edibleacres]

Asimina Triloba

[@gunning6407]

What age do these come into fruit? Is it a slow ramp-up? I'm especially curious to know how soon you can ID female persimmons (I'm thinking about grafting some named varieties onto the males).

[@edibleacres]

From a 1st year seedling to bearing fruit can be roughly 4-6 years on a paw paw if they are in amazing site conditions... kzbin.info/www/bejne/kKC5Znx9gdeLj5Y - Hopefully this can help with Persimmon flower identification...

[@awakenacres]

I have two mature persimmon trees which I thought were both female, but they both have fruit on them. How is this possible?

[@brent3611]

I've never tried one, what does it taste like? Does it grow on the westcoast?

[@gangofgreenhorns2672]

Allegedly like a mix of banana and mango, they're not native to the west coast iirc, but they grow fine there. Hardy between zones 5 and 9, with some people pushing them a bit in either direction of that.

[@MistressOnyaCox]

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[@Gabi-lt4mx]

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[@AnaDiaz-mn5pt]

The paw paws are too green

[@dovinhgarden05]

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