The Pawpaw Patch - Making It Grow

Pawpaw is an excellent food source. It exceeds apple, peach and grape in most vitamins, minerals, amino acids, and food energy value. Pawpaw fruits are best eaten fresh when fully ripe. The intense tropical flavor and aroma may also be useful for developing processed food products (blended fruit drinks, baby food, ice creams, etc.). The flesh purees easily and freezes nicely. Pawpaw easily substitutes in equal part for banana in most recipes.
Fruits are oblong to cylindrical berries that are typically 1 to 6 inches long, 1 to 4 inches wide and weigh from 7 to 14 ounces. The fruit of some cultivars may weigh close to 3 pounds. They may be borne singly or in clusters that resemble the "hands" of a banana plant (Musa spp.). It has a thin green skin and yellowish flesh. This highly aromatic fruit has a ripe taste that resembles a creamy mixture of banana, mango and pineapple. Ripe fruit turns yellowish-black resembling an over-ripe banana in look, texture and somewhat in flavor. The flesh is rich and sweet with a custard consistency.
To learn more about this unique fruit, Host of SCETV's "Making It Grow" and Clemson Extension Agent Amanda McNulty travels to the Clemson Musser Fruit Research Center. Here, Dr. Greg Reighard, a Professor in the Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, is conducting research on Pawpaws and even has some ready to sample.
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[@kimberlyvanderpool2634]

I'm sure you won't expect this, but I burst into tears as soon as I heard the intro song. You see, my grandfather who has long passed, used to sit on the front porch with his guitar and sing that song to me; and today is the first time I've heard it since he passed away nearly 20 years ago. I just couldn't help myself when a flood of memories and emotions came rushing in. I've been in the military and never in the same place long enough to grow trees, but I'm now settled in Tennessee and I can finally grow some Paw Paw trees in memory of my grandfather. Thank you for this video, and especially the song.

[@SouthCarolinaETV]

Kimberly, thank you for the comment and for your military service. What a wonderful memory of your Grandfather.

[@wholeNwon]

Great story. Good luck with the trees.

[@jessedirazonian9742]

Thank u for ur service and for sharing

[@swt1inky]

Same for me Kimberly. My middle name is Sue and some of my family called me Suzie and my Papaw would sing this to me. I haven't heard it in years. Almost made me cry

[@henrysun5660]

I'm also sure you won't expect this from a channel that also likes video games, but you're not the only one. My pawpaw memories started at the age of 4. I was hiking with my family, just having a fun day, until I saw that insanely delicious fruit, hanging on a tree by a river. Without hesitation I grabbed it and bit into it. Ahh the taste so good, so amazing. My parents yelled at me and said it was a terrible idea to do that, until, that is I made them eat it. I remember asking my parents for more pawpaws and a pawpaw tree for Christmas, and in January, my mom came home with a tiny little plant. I wanted to eat pawpaws right away, but instead, I was forced to wait. 9 years later, I'm biting into the first pawpaw I've ever grown myself. Though the sad part is, when I went to the same place where I had my first pawpaw, I was horrified to see that it wasn't there, and I was so sad. What person cut that down? Why would you?

[@cherishlchaim5556]

My great-grandparents had some of these on their farm in eastern NC…. I’m now hoping to grow some near Wilmington, NC.

[@joechilds9448]

I forage these wild in lower western Michigan my favorite fruit!!!

[@stu3775]

any tips for a fellow SW Michigan paw paw hunter?

[@josephwarra5043]

❤ the Ole Timey Zydaco music!

[@librarylady1111]

I LOVE Pawpaws!!

[@mochizukishu5970]

I have grown fresh pawpaw in Japan for 12 years! Now 2 ton of pawpaw are shipped every years! Our pawpaw is sooo big! last year, we were able to get it 804g !! And i have made processd goods, pudding , jams ,and vinegar!

[@Atimatimukti]

What the ratio sugar/pawpaw for jam? And how do you do the vinegar? You get the juce and let it fermented? Thank you

[@tmahbub8241]

Can you give me one pawpaw tree? I live in Sydney

[@redrooster4092]

Figures it would grow good there considering japanese climate is very similar to the southeast and north east of North America.

[@MyPIDream]

I have one just starting out as a seedling here at my home in the Philippines. I only have one so I think it's not going to fruit without a second for cross pollination. I'm from SC also and host a channel here in the Philippines called My PI Dream.

[@TheConfusername]

@@MyPIDream You may still get some fruit, even without a pollinator. I planted two little pawpaw trees a few years ago but only one has flowered so far. This year, to my surprise, the flowering one produced one good-sized fruit, which I hope to enjoy in a few weeks!

[@MsCherokee70]

Pawpaw AND wild Deer plum (small, sweet & peach colored).... 2 of my FAVORITE fruit trees. I have many of the wild plums now growing on my property. Just got my 1st 2 pawpaws and now... after 2 years, pawpaw seeds have sprouted. 2 YEARS! I thought they rotted and died... I had no clue, it would take THAT LONG to even sprout. I guess I wait 5-7 years for some pawpaw fruits. Lol So, I will eat my wild plums until then. I grow so Much more than those... many different: 4 types apples 3 different types of Pears 4 different plum types Different types of Nuts Many different berries (including goji) 4 types of Grapes Yep, I have a LOT.... I grew mine, FROM SEEDS, cuttings/clones or bare root. Many years of work, failed attempts and success. So... never give up

[@riverrat9412]

That song was great. So catchy

[@StonedustandStardust]

My husband and I got small trees from a friends patch in Warwick RI. We started eight years ago, with the 4 trees, then ordered more online. we now have a large patch with 8 huge trees and they produce many baby trees every year. The original trees fruited after 7 years. We are trying to spread the joy of re-introducing the PawPaw to RI.

[@shawndaw127]

This is awesome..I would like to get in contact with u guys to check the trees out

[@jesselee2529]

I'm also in your state, do you sell the baby trees? Would like to get a few pawpaw plants on my yard. :)

[@marialiyubman]

Trying a pawpaw is totally on my bucket list.

[@WorldOfARandomVegan]

Same! I finally found a farm that grows them and I will be trying one soon. I bought a couple of trees earlier this year too.

[@KEIKOtheStBernard1]

OMG!! I have never seen this fruit before! Wow looks like mango from outside!

[@williamreilly3172]

Tastes better

[@rachellecalabrese4447]

Amanda conducts this interview so well. She’s also seems so sweet 🥰

[@AAHomeGardening]

I have two seedlings Cannot wait to have my own pawpaw

[@theonlypd]

Pawpaws are a perfect addition to a food forest.

[@fcuk_x]

or any orchard, since they're so low maintenance after first 2 years.

[@MrSnapper1d]

I have pawpaw trees that I dug up.They are hard as hell to get them to live.I finally learned how by accident.They have little tiny hair like feeder roots that break off when digging up and the die.I put them in a bucket of dirty creel water and had left them in that bucket of water and forgot them for about 2 weeks.It gave them time to grow those tiny feeder roots back.Plant them and put some stakes in the ground and a piece of plywood over them so the sun does shin on them.Ultraviolet sunlight kills them also.Keep them shaded the first year.After that switch the plywood out and put lattice over them so they can get partial sun and shade.After that they will get sun tolerant and will thrive.now in about August you will get a few sunburned leaves but they will be ok. Dont buy the seeds and plant them because you will never get them to grow.I get lots of pawpaws but have to hand pollinate.

[@Larry1942Will]

3 years ago a friend gave me 3 suckers that came up around his trees. Planted in full sun, SE Nebraska. 12' tall now and my first year for fruit. Looking forward to when they ripen as I've never eaten one.

[@WorldOfARandomVegan]

You planted them in full sun?

[@TdawnT]

I remember singing the song as a child with my dad but never knew what a pawpaw was! My neighbor has a big tree in his backyard so I'm excited to try them when they ripen.

[@bettyhouk8727]

I remember my dad who was born in Wilberton ,Oklahoma singing that song too!

[@cw9059]

I ripped a root sucker off of one of the pawpaw trees that is growing in my Greenhouse. Planted it in the yard and it did just fine. Definitely recommend ordering a lot the first year.

[@anasazirose]

Did the root sucker grow? I've heard they usually don't.

[@bogeremaggie6735]

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[@avalanche5150]

I used to have to sing this song in 1st grade. Now I know what a Pawpaw is.

[@EddieVBlueIsland]

They really help as a laxative!

[@paulsimon8269]

Native also to woodlands east Kansas north and Arkansas river lowlands prior to dustbowl 1930s...takes effort and lots of patience to just try to bring them back. Beautiful yard trees.

[@greasychoppers]

been eatin em all my life. grew up near stotesbury mo and they are thick there. for the last 3 years had to get a steroid shot after eatin em(guess I'm allergic now) but still eatin em. I always made pawpaw nut bread. its awesome.

[@benjackson2648]

Just picked wild Pawpaws in the Prince William state forest in Northern VA. I go there every year. And every year, they give me the runs, but it’s always worth it.

[@TheThreatenedSwan]

Probably the neurotoxins

[@telemachusepiphany9668]

Be more careful of the skin.

[@Infinitybein]

What time of year do you go? I'm in MD

[@benjackson2648]

@@Infinitybein The second week of September to mid-October. They'll be in low-lying areas, usually next to rivers and streams. Memorize what the leaves/trees look like then drive though backroads, they're everywhere.

[@Troy_nov1965]

Good day thats some big Paw Paws . Used to pick them as kids out in the mountains ( mostly at the edge of hay fields) growin up here in SW Va. Never seen them grown commercial before because they dont last long.

[@billmcyrus]

YUMMY!! I had some of these last year and planted two trees, will definitely be planting more. This is my favorite fruit now! I wish I had frozen some, as just one month a year isn't nearly enough.

[@uptownscenery9175]

she's eating the paw paws non stop😂

[@beetrucker74]

Pennsylvania has a PawPaw festival also, it is in York this weekend.

[@chrisk1669]

Me and my wife went saturday, nice little festival. It's the first time we got to try paw paw. We are going to try and find some in the wild to try.

[@joshconeby]

@@chrisk1669 I was told that there are some pawpaw trees that are producing fruit along the Turkey Hill trail in Lancaster county. They will only be producing fruit for another week or two at best, so you should go quickly if you can.

[@chrisk1669]

@@joshconeby Thank you

[@bajaf2503]

A few years ago I was living at Lake Atitlan Guatemala and I met some people there from Australia and I was having issues with my skin being dry itchy due to high uv factor of These people told me about Paw Paw and that they swear by it one day they gave me a small jar of ointment made from pawpaw made in Australia you can actually buy it on Amazon and it really helped me now I live in Indianapolis Indiana and my yard has several Paw Paw trees to my surprise I wasn't quite sure what to expect but this summer actually just maybe a month ago I discovered that some fruit has dropped tried it for the first time to me it tastes like a cross between a banana mango and custard they are very good I've been reading up on it and I hope to increase my Harvest for future years.

[@Atimatimukti]

In Australia, "pawpaw" reffers to papaya. This is the tree with excelent medical properties. As far as I know, there are no pawpaw (asimina triloba) in Australia

[@allentremper8243]

Thanks for sharing this information!!! I have a little cabin outside of Paw Paw West Virginia. I make my own wine on occasion, the best wine I have ever made by far is Paw Paw wine, very, very good. I don't wash them and don't need to add yeast because of the natural yeast on the outside of the skins of the Paw Paw fruit. The only thing I added was sugar and water. Thanks again for your time in sharing knowledge about a fruit that grows all over the east coast from Maryland on down, I find it hard to believe that Americans never domesticated this tree, as we've done almost every else we eat. It seems to me that a native fruit tree would always do better than a non native fruit, unless you count the invasive species that has no natural predators or disease here.

[@williamreilly3172]

Makes no sense, any wine samples?

[@allentremper8243]

@@williamreilly3172 what exactly doesn't make sense to you? I will try to clarify. No you can't have any samples as I don't make the stuff for sale or trade, I make it for my personal use, gifts to friends and I don't mind sharing the method I use, but I don't think that you have it in you to wait long enough for it to clarify, I imagine you would drink it with the yeast still clouding up the wine, because you probably won't care about taste, just alcohol content, which would be close to 18%, or 36 proof.

[@clockguy2]

I have read that young paw paw trees like shade when saplings and direct sunlight when fruit bearing age. Some suggest putting a barrel around them with both ends cut out when starting.

[@anasazirose]

When they're small, the Pennsylvania Prepper channel says she puts a plastic lawn chair over them, with a brick to keep it from blowing away. I think she said she has also built a small 2'x2' shade house around them until they get bigger.

[@clockguy2]

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[@ahaduyifru498]

You guys are the best!!

[@sophiafunworldatthepark6740]

Hello everyone. i live in houston Texas. I have ordered 6 plants of pawpaw and already put them all in the ground. Actually, i only want to plant two but i heard that the bare root hard to plant. do you know that paw paw can grow in houston tx. I live in the Medical center area.

[@umaguna]

Can I grow it in a Espalier form with horizontal or diagonal branches, against trellises (not against a stone wall or wooden fence)?

[@botanicaltreasures2408]

Very interesting. The flavor reminds me of a cross between banana 🍌 and persimmon. Because of its grainy texture some prefer it as an ingredient with other things rather than by itself eaten fresh.🌿

[@charlieboring7269]

I have a Shenandoah pawpaw tree that bloomed this year; however there were no other pawpaws that bloomed to provide cross pollination. Yesterday, I noticed that there were many pawpaw fruit on the tree. This indicates that the tree self pollinated. My assumption is that late blooms provided pollen to pollinate the early blooms.

[@TV-yj9mh]

Really? Never heard this could be

[@Falcodrin]

If you are located somewhere the tree is native theres a small chance that you have another one near you that pollinated.

[@MyPIDream]

I have one just starting out as a seedling here at my home in the Philippines. I only have one so I think it's not going to fruit without a second for cross pollination. I'm from SC also and host a channel here in the Philippines called My PI Dream.

[@ronnalscammahorn8002]

I'm soon moving to the rural Philippines and plan on adding PawPaw to my orchard . Per the Philippine climate I'll need to store seeds in a refrigerator for 100 days of cold storage before sprouting . I'll be a 15min walk outside iloilo . Would like meeting you for note sharing and company . Wabash PawPaw will be one of the varieties I intend to grow 🪴

[@fcuk_x]

@@ronnalscammahorn8002 You can't grow a variety from a seed as it's not going to be the variety of a parent plant, but a cross between parent and whatever other variety pollinated it. You'll have to graft your seedling if you want Wabash.

[@nurudeenolawaleogunlana5480]

I watched this and I love it I am interested in growing pawpaw in Nogeria

[@curlygoose4972]

Thank you for this informative video. This week is my week for planting paw paw seeds and you have me rethinking where the are going to be placed. Possibly that way the raccoons can go to some of the trees away from the house. Will the fruit hurt a cow or calf if they can reach the fruit? Our homestead has cows, calves, wild turkeys that love it here, geese at this time. The chickens and ducks and other fowl were killed by neighbors dogs this past Jan - Feb. It's important to go extra fruits, nuts, seeds for healthy animals here.

[@Joseronaldsaraspe8357]

What it taste like?

[@galations22o]

I have a grove of paw paws. I bought 5 grafted pawpaws from Kentucky university. I planted them in 2021. I planted them amping the existing 100 + native trees on my land in East Tennessee. For the first time since we moved to this lot …. We finally have three fruits that I know of. Do you have to pollinate them every year? I did hand pollinate one this early spring. Not sure if that is why we got fruit or not.

[@guyveloz4382]

Southern ambrosial fruit, MY favorite, I who live in Southern California in zone 10 grow more than 25 paw paws, elite cultivars, ALL the Peterson Paw Paws, "Nyomi;s Delicious", "Green River belle" "Looking Glass Gold" "Susquehanna" "Shenandoah" "Overleese" "Wells Delight" , "Mango", "N-C 1", "KSU Benson", "KSU Chapelle", "KSU Atwood:" etc. But I must shade heavily in our fierce dry summers, shade, that is, until they are above six feet tall, whereat they can stand to and even thrive in blistering Santa Ana winds, but when young where I live THE Y MUST BE SHADED" and to combat the ferocity of angry heat that climbs to 119 degrees i have set up an extensive misting system to lower ambient temperature whenever it reaches 95 degrees, the mist tent 30 degrees cooler than the burning oven-like outside. Also have other anonnas, 15 cultivars of Cherimoya, six atemoyays, a Soursop or guanabana. Also have rare citrus, wekiwa tangelolo, cocktail pummelo hybrid, Big ED, Valentine Pummelo, TAHITIAN pummelo, IMHO, as grown in the south seas, best fruit I have ever tasted. Sweet limeade tasting juice, size of a bowling ball, just a tinge of pith, so juicy you eat it like a grapefruit with a spoon, whilst all other pummelos I have sampled you must tear away so much pith, a small orange sized fruit left after the de-pithing, vesicles eaten sort of like pomegranates, and usually nasty to the tongue, but then I never liked pomegranates. Other miscellaneous fruit inside greenhouse, Mamey sapote (sa-PO-tey), GREEN SAPOTE, ROSS SAPOTE, Fairchild CANISTEL, Abiu, Brewster Lychee, many elite mangos, Keitt, Alphonse, Kesar, Carrie, ice cream, cotton candy, coconut cream" And just getting started.

[@sunfish55]

the way your comment made my mouth water... so what's up you gotta website or a twitter or whet?

[@guyveloz4382]

Neither. But you never know, and, boy, am I happy you liked my passionate posts about the wonderful paw paw.

[@KatWoodland]

@@guyveloz4382 I like it too!

[@ibewdave]

I have found them very hardy and easy to grow In fact, you can't hardly kill them. They grow in shade but make a beautiful tree in full sun. The only requirement is lots of water. That is why they like to grow on creek banks. When the germinate, the root cones out first and outgrows the trunk about 10 to one. Probably looking for water. Get some.

[@julieankhan.2801]

ibewdave - do I need 2 plants so they pollinate? Do I have to do it by hand? Thanks.

[@ibewdave]

One is self pollinating. I only had one to bloom the first year with limited fruit.It is recommended that you have at least 2 for better pollination and more fruit. I agree.

[@gewgulkansuhckitt9086]

Southern direct summer sun when the tree is young will kill them quite easily. In south central Alabama, it takes them several years to grow big enough to tolerate the direct summer sun.

[@ibewdave]

I have a dozen or so between 2 and 15 feet tall growing in the hot West Tennessee sun. It is mid July with temps into the upper 90s and heat index up to 110 so far. Maby a different strain We love them. Just soak them every couple of days.

[@gewgulkansuhckitt9086]

Did you grow them from seed in the open?

[@Iowarail]

I lived in the Anderson/Clemson area back in the late80s early 90 and never heard of PawPaws.

[@elricofarmer1561]

Planted 140 this fall. These I germinated from seeds collected all across the U.S. The germination rate was over 90%. Will be planting another 100+ in 2020 if all goes well.

[@sunfish55]

just bought cuttings online and delivered today :/ i fear i may have been duped. they dont sprout from cuttings easily i spose:(((

[@rollandelliott]

@@sunfish55 you got duped, the cuttings will not sprout

[@2Ryled]

How do they fare with the dreaded lantern fly that is decimating my trees and plants now??

[@megalodon4228]

I lived in East Tennessee and South West Virginia and the old people who gathered pawpaws and they claimed that they were a medical treatment for cancer alot of those people were well over 100 years old

[@bajaf2503]

A few years ago I was living in Lake Atitlan Guatemala and I met some people there from Australia and I was having issues with my skin being dry and sunburned often and they told me about Paw Paw one day they gave me a small jar of ointment made from pawpaw made in Australia you can actually buy it on Amazon and it really helped me now I live in Indianapolis Indiana and my yard has several Paw Paw trees to my surprise I wasn't quite sure what to expect but this summer actually just maybe a month ago I discovered that some fruit has dropped tried it for the first time to me it tastes like cross between a banana mango and custard they are very good I've been reading up on it and I hope to increase my Harvest for future years.

[@2Ryled]

I want to try paw paws soooooo bad!!!

[@war-in-youforyou9105]

The pawpaw trees here in Missouri grow taller than 40'!!

[@bb7851]

Same w NC

[@Dualrealtor]

Where in NC ?

[@PAPAJOHANNESPATRIOT]

Very interesting video. I've seen the plants in catalogs stating the height of the trees. I wonder if the trees could be cut back so to speak, so it would be like a dwarf tree so I could harvest the fruit without having to climb?

[@cecilledbetter3286]

I recently was looking for anything natural that would cure cancer as my brother-in-law was very critical with cancer. While searching I found two fruits that is very effective treating cancer. One was paw paw from North America and the other is gaviola from South America. He wouldn't take the supplement that I bought him (gaviola on Amazon) because he was afraid it would interfere with his chemo treatment. He passed away right after Christmas. I am going to plant the paw paw trees if I can find them. It can't hurt to try but I probably won't live long enough to see them fruit as I'm 73 and in bad health myself. I've been battling with my wife for over three years about planting them as she thinks they will be ugly trees.

[@telemachusepiphany9668]

Cecil Ledbetter , this video shows that they are very nice trees 🌳 !

[@bamanature5258]

@@cecilledbetter3286 hey Cecil if your still here see a herbalist they can really help. Try rhonda dial.com

[@dianatodd2300]

Oh my gosh! My father is from Missouri, and he always talked about paw paws, how good they were, and how he and his siblings always went paw paw picking. And yes, he sang that song! I almost cried. I have always wanted to try one, but never had the chance. Can they be grown privately in a yard in California?

[@kayc2213]

They can. They’re also fairly easy to grow from seed.

[@francoprimogazzotti5076]

I have grown fresh pawpaw in Italy for 12 years! Our pawpaw is big too ! This year, we have 6 over 500g !! We need advices from West and East as I'd spread the fruit here in North Italy.I live in a small village near Switzerland board. TIA

[@lonihedges3437]

Hello is it possible to plant these in Minnesota?

[@gregorykobuskie2821]

Did she say that would be bomb with icecream? Lmao what a cool older woman 11:35

[@user-vl2zh6bj6x]

Ha i picked up on that too!! Never to old to be hip or prude to not pick up new lingo . Enjoy the great outdoors and our creator's bounty 🤠🌺🌈🍐🥭🍍🍈

[@marciamathieu4441]

can pawpaw grow in the Caribbean, stlucia, st,vincent and so on

[@f.houshyar6786]

How much is pawpaws yield per hectar?thanks.

[@Cerinaya]

I have never tried these but I would like to. You can tell she likes it because she just keeps eating them. I wonder if they sell these in produce stands at Clemson?

[@tenzackyogi1742]

Is it good for grafting this fruit? By the way, I'm a new Yorker. Thanx.

[@cherishlchaim5556]

Recommendations for a Variety That Will Grow Near Coastal NC (Brunswick County)? After hearing about the “chilling requirements” I’m concerned 😟

[@ronnalscammahorn8002]

Awesome 👍😎 thanks

[@collinhennessy1521]

I live in upstate NY, and I don't think I've ever seen one. Where do they grow wild around here, and when are they ripe?

[@collinhennessy1521]

Actually, I think I have stepped on rotten ones before.

[@marciamathieu4441]

how can I get pawpaw seeds to send to the carribean, it look delicious, in the Caribbean we call our papaya pawpaw,, your pawpaw is diffent

[@TheFineKey]

marcia mathieu yeah at first I was like this is not paw paw but then I realized that everyone calls them papaya not paw paw I would say that it’s really hard to get that fruit or seed to the Caribbean unless u smuggle it since they have strict regulations on fruits being transported between countries to preserve the natural flora and fauna

[@timothyharris1125]

These plants need cold weather so they probably wont do well in the Caribbean

[@redrooster4092]

Can they grow in southern louisiana?

[@michaellailer9818]

Yes, LSU says pawpaw are native to Louisiana.

[@constancelovejoy7308]

Can pawpaws be planted as street trees. I live in an urban environment where they have been planting serviceberry trees. They do not give much shade. They do produce serviceberries but get rust. 😊

[@Qingeaton]

It would probably not be a good idea. The fruit will drop and rot on the sidewalk. The trees won't like the salt and heavy sun/ heat of that environment.

[@constancelovejoy7308]

Qingeaton we have lots of islands of grass patches on our streets where this would not be an issue. Nobody walks on or through them. A local tree organization wants us to have trees planted in them to help increase our urban tree canopy, Some fruit and tall canopy trees would be great 😊 When our city doesn’t;t spray, our city sidewalks are loaded with stinky putrefying ginkgo fruit 🤧

[@aaaaaaoooommmm]

@@constancelovejoy7308 sounds like they planted female ginkgo trees whose fruit smells like dog sh..er, poop. Get them to replace those with male trees!

[@warp9p659]

Do you know if a dwarf variety is available for the small home garden?

[@georgecarlin2656]

They don't grow too big usually

[@Losinjskicovik]

Sir, how old are your trees? I am starting to plant a plantation, so I am interested in the crop after 5 years of age, the seedling is two years old

[@guyveloz4382]

Damn but those are wonderfully plump and handsome looking paw paws they first show. I've grown these wonderful fruit in southern California for twenty years, but never were any so fine looking as those in this video, but I've learned much through mistakes over two decades, lots of losses, including losses to aggressive rootstock overwhelming the scion wood, causing me to end up with loads of seedlings through lack of careful early examination of this slowly evolving problem. Okay tasting seedlings but nothing really superb. So NOW, I've just put in some really mature, healthy paws, including the best, most well grown, Peterson varieties yet, Alleghany, Shenandoah, Susquehanna, plus other cultivars such as Mango, Overleese, Wells all planted under the shade of an aleppo pine and coast oak in the back of my yard behind and amongst my four atemoyays (African Pride, Geffner, Sweetie, Priestly) and three cherimoyas (Dr. White, Chaffey, El Bumpo) so it's definitely an Annonacae section, the leaves of Paw Paws quite interestingly similar looking to Cherimoya leaves but not Atemoya leaves. I plant all paw paws now with half and half native soil and miracle grow garden soil mixed in with a very healthy portion of miracle grow water crystals and covered in deep mulch, steel circular wire barriers, copper mesh tie guards at bass of trunk to protect against snails, and a heavy shade cloth against occasional 100 degree plus very nasty and unwelcome temps starting in about a week or two when the "June Gloom" delightful marine influence burns off and those wicked Santa Ana high desert winds instead start to prevail a MISTING system If need be just as I did in my front yard for my original paw paws, Sunflower, Rebecca's Gold, Wells now all supplanted with tall and sturdy root sucker trees radiating from the three now long gone cultivars.

[@guyveloz4382]

Plant different paw paws next to one another to assure pollination. Since cross pollination is an absolute need with paw paws, and I have learnt of no LIMIT as to how near to one another different cultivars of Paw Paw need to be situated.. so play it safe and put the different varieties as close to one another as is reasonable. The best paw paw I've ever tasted is the Peterson "Susquehanna" I think, and lacking initimate knowledge of your own growing environment I dare say one's best bet to go with Paul Peterson's collection, which are Susquehanna, Shenandoah, Alleghany, Wabash, Rappahannock, Talahatchie, and a few others which now escape my memory. Other highly touted cultivar's are Wells, Overleese, Nyami's Delicious, Lookinglass Gold. In fact there are just too many highly touted cultivars to list in a timely fashion. Good luck with these wonderful fruit.

[@tracylitsinger]

I am 49 years old been here in northeastern ohio all my life and have never heard of it or tasted one...

[@telemachusepiphany9668]

Tracy Listinger , and i’ve been in New England all my life and only heard the song ! Then, a little while ago, i watched a KZbin video from emmymadeinjapan, where she taste tests a ripe pawpaw ! “They are real !”

[@theagabby9447]

They have pawpaw festival in ohio

[@OceanSpritePixieBobs]

My pawpaw set fruit or tried too this yr is the first yr i can harvest. IM on Oregon looking for more trees is anyone knows where i can get some Let me know Please. thank you for showing this video

[@silver-lovinglou5695]

Just bought some seeds myself, found them with a Google search.

[@lupykaihau6705]

Wow this fruit is it from the Mango tree family?

[@joneslo5572]

Will pawpaw grow in the Dallas area? Where can I get some seedlings?

[@landrylee6207]

Yes

[@VerifyVeracity]

I have a nice tree growing in Rockport TX, that is about 8 feet tall & 2 others real small ones that I hope will leaf out next spring, or I might have to plant some more so I can get some pollination some day. Now if we have enough chill hrs. here I'll just have to wait & see. 2019-10 Thanks for the video

[@sophiafunworldatthepark6740]

I recently ordered 6 paw paw and all are bare roots. I live in Houston Texas, do you think it is gonna growing and bear fruit.

[@VerifyVeracity]

@@sophiafunworldatthepark6740 Lets hope they bare fruit, they do require enough chill hrs. that they may or may not get there in Houston I think you are just a little colder than we are, but then again you do live in a big city & that would keep them form getting as cold at night so there would have less chill hrs. Now you do have 6 that are I would think are genetically dissimilar so you should be OK for cross pollination. Now with me I just have my larger one that is doing just fine but I think I lost the real small ones. So I don't have one as of yet for pollination. They are under-story trees so the young do like/need shade to protect the bark. I hope to get some germinated or at least pre scarified or what ever you call it when it's went through the cold time the seeds need to germinate. I just lost most of my citrus trees, around 18 of them because of the cold. Best to you, & have fun with the trees even if you don't get fruit, but I think you will get some fruit even thought it might take around 8 years I would think, maybe more.

[@sophiafunworldatthepark6740]

@@VerifyVeracity i will come back to share how my pawpaw grow.

[@charlieboring7269]

I live in Northern VA. I have 3 Shenandoah pawpaw trees and one Susquehana. The Susquehana was killed back to the ground by the mist put out by a nearby plum tree and, after I cut the plum tree back, has recovered and is now 3 feet high. I have been told that pawpaw trees, except sunflower, are not self pollinating. So, when in 2019 only one Shenandoah bloomed, I did not expect to set fruit. Actually, it must have self pollinated and it set 6 fruit. The squirrels got 4 and I was able to eat 2. They were large and very tasty. I save 7 seeds and put them in a plastic zip-lock bag with a damp paper towel in the crisper of the refrigerator for 4 months before planting them in my little green house to see if they will germinate. I guess I will know the answer in April or May.

[@Falcodrin]

In virginia theres a chance it was pollinated by a wild tree nearby

[@MrLapro01]

I really like pawpaw tree, can you give me some seeds of this tree to Vietnam?

[@patriotsongs]

I'm sure you can buy some from the link above.

[@sunfish55]

I bet it would grow so well there....ooooohhhh do a video if this swap works out pls

[@shalacarter6658]

This is a most excellent video! I am trying to share it with UNL Gardens since they just showcased one.

[@sherrybaby68sb]

I love pawpaws! My grandpa used to go in the hills of southern Ohio and gather papaws and give me some. I was the only one of his grandchildren that liked them.

[@zephaniahmarion306]

You make Paw Paw wine I will buy it

[@lorettahuston1475]

Has any research been done on medicinal properties for cancer like it's cousin Soursop that is more tropical?

[@HauntingBull]

"Early settlers" - and who showed them they were good to eat? Who traded the fruits to the settlers? Native Americans need more recognition and acknowledgement!!

[@JB5D]

Agree 100%

[@becknireckn]

Maybe they both found out by tasting it themselves, watching animals eat etc.

[@paulyounger1190]

@@becknireckn Earliest western documentation of pawpaw mentioned its cultivation by Native Americans: "The earliest written report of pawpaw was made in 1541 by a Portuguese officer who was a member of Spaniard Hernando de Soto’s expedition through the southeastern United States. He noted Native Americans growing and eating pawpaws in the Mississippi Valley region (Pickering 1879; Sargent 1890): “There is a fruit through all the country which groweth on a plant like Ligoacan [possibly a reference to lignum vitae, Guaiacum officinale], which the Indians do plant. The fruit is like unto Peares Riall [“pears royal”]; it has a very good smell, and an excellent taste” (Hackluyt 1609). Apparently, the name pawpaw was given to the tree by the members of the de Soto expedition for the resemblance of the fruits to the tropical fruit papaya (Carica papaya) that they already knew (Sargent 1890), papaya being a Spanish word derived from the Taíno word papaia" source: The Pawpaw, a Forgotten North American Fruit Tree by José I. Hormaza, www.arboretum.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2014-72-1-the-pawpaw-a-forgotten-north-american-fruit-tree.pdf

[@angeliahouse2513]

Scanner Dorkly YES!! Thank you for this comment! I’m Cherokee, and it would be great if they would recognize Native Americans! 💜

[@michaelcummings7898]

My wife got a pawpaw tree from college last week and we planted it in a large flower pot (we live in Kentucky) and we are planning on moving to Colorado after my wife graduates, and we are taking our tree with us and are going to attempt growing it there, I have found a couple articles online where people in zone 5 have successfully grew pawpaws, so hopefully we can follow their lead and eventually have about 5 or 6 trees...if anyone has any advise on how I can ensure their survival there I would appreciate the input.

[@captainrobots1]

What part?

[@hgdon-homeiswheretreesare-9239]

I heard pawpaw , pa pa comes from the name of papaya , Spanish, but it’s native to America, I’m excited about that. I wish it will be wide spread and popular in the world. Let’s grow paw paw!

[@stu3775]

it is very widespread, most people don't know about it though

[@kathyklein5255]

How do you hand pollinate if the male and female aren't ready at the same time?

[@garethbaus5471]

Store the pollen.

[@stu3775]

@@garethbaus5471 no shortage of flies

[@cipithanhho2294]

What result

[@mgreene939]

Where would I find trees to grow in southern NC?

[@Danielle33384]

mgreene939 wondering the same thing. I’m in the foothills in NC (around 35 minutes from Charlotte) I’ve wondered why I haven’t seen these at all.

[@RichardAries]

They're on sale right now www.fast-growing-trees.com/American-Paw-Paw-Tree.htm

[@GrowWhereYouArePlanted]

mgreene939 There is a pawpaw festival in late August each year near Winston Salem. They usually sell fruit and potted pawpaws there. Get there early b/c they sell out quick. There is a patch of pawpaws in the park along the Broad River near Cleveland County . I found a patch in Catawba County. I can’t tell you where as it is private property. I’m sure there are other patches, but you’ll have to hunt for them. Edible Landscaping in Virginia sells pawpaws online. There are many other online sources.

[@Qingeaton]

Check in creeks and nearby woods. River bottoms away from farming too.

[@ICUP570]

I find them in the woods all the time around the Charlotte area. Look in lowland forest areas

[@theamazonrainforest5073]

I have never seen this fruit before, (maybe I think is a mango, because looks like) I’m the NJersey, we should give more attributes to our own fruits, just a persimmons, which adapt perfectly to our climate, “can also came from seeds too”, and we prefer to import them from the other countries, which are very expensive! Thank you very much for the beautiful video, (is very very interesting), and now I’m going to find them and buy! 😍😋🌳🍈💯🧡👍

[@jacobeksor6088]

Montagnard jarai we called aboh jor some have small fruit.

[@smokeydabeecharlescoleman8365]

Those are huge. Thank you for sharing. Any chance you distribute, or sell seeds ? I live in Florida, and would like to try to grow them for personal consumption.

[@kieplangdu]

They don't fruit in Florida.

[@zibanu8954]

Exactly what would make you say that ? There are eight native fruiting varieties here.

[@kieplangdu]

Not these pawpaw. Read up on them first.

[@smokeydabeecharlescoleman8365]

nm, we are done. Have a nice day. BTW, I'm growing 8 trees of that variety as we speak.

[@centralscrutinizer76]

there are varieties that do very well in florida. Gainsville 1, Gainsville 2 , mango and Collins. Plus the Florida native big flower paw paw. I am in the panhandle I have 6 trees ,several of my neighbors have pawpaws . It takes time to get them established . When they are small they have to have shade ,but when they finally get about 4' they take off. They will absolutely set fruit .

[@bluegrassdiggers9030]

Can you tell me how long a grafted pawpaw will live under optimal conditions?

[@Qingeaton]

about 25 years or so.

[@numinous2506]

I wonder if pollinating bats could be used to pollinate pawpaw.

[@Fultonfalcons86]

LOL I would be having my fill in that patch those damn things are absolutely delicious..................

[@springeralready2800]

So I have 3 newly installed grafted varieties and two more coming. I'd love the trees to grow to the nice pyramidal shape I see in this orchard. Will that occur naturally in the sun/partial shade? Or does it require pruning? Also, have there been tests done for open center to keep the trees low (like a peach or Apple orchard)?

[@jeneelamberton3981]

Where did you get your grafted pawpaws?

[@springeralready2800]

@@jeneelamberton3981 www.nuttrees.net/

[@Qingeaton]

They take that pyramidal shape naturally. You can prune them anyway you like, but they are going to keep trying to go back to that natural shape.

[@ebybeehoney]

Love finding pawpaws on hikes in the fall.

[@Driftwoodgeorge]

Where can I get some Pawpaw seedlings or seeds?" I would love to grow some on my 40 acre farm in WI.

[@bellastvpinaygardenerincal4418]

www.fast-growing-trees.com/products/american-paw-paw-tree

[@PHNursery]

Peaceful Heritage Nursery in KY sells Certified Organic pawpaw trees and seeds.

[@landrylee6207]

Can ship pawpaw seeds to China？

[@darcieclements4880]

If you get a grafted tree, let one sucker grow to form 2 trunks and they will be able to pollinate themselves. Add mycorrhizal fungi when planting.

[@irenenelson1331]

I live in the Columbia River Gorge, Washington. I planted a pawpaw tree 7 years ago and had a tremendous first year crop last year but this there is only a few singles. The trees are heavy in foliage and look healthy.

[@kaceydamas6517]

That's how my cherry tree is behaving, I am beginning to think it is a P or K issue.

[@judyfleming6269]

They are not self pollinating and bees and butterflies have no interest in them. Look up how to grow them. You normally have to pollinate them your self.

[@Qingeaton]

Could be that it rained a lot during bloom time. Flies are the main pollinator, and they can be kept away with constant rain. Pawpaws need full sun, so don't let other trees grow in and shade them out.

[@colleenrodamer6230]

Do u sell the seeds??? Or know where I can get seeds

[@kayc2213]

Try tradewindsfruit.com. They have the seeds sometimes.

[@fradee2830]

i wished i could try pawpaw. we can’t get any in Cali

[@Mrbfgray]

You can purchase the trees on Amazon.

[@fradee2830]

@@Mrbfgray thanks, found them on Amazon. Perfect timing, too, as I can only get them shipped to CA bare rooted. I'll buy a couple.

[@Mrbfgray]

@@fradee2830 Cool. I'm in farther NorCali. Focused on completing my citrus selection right now but those are on my longer list too. Nice to have lessor known things especially native.

[@fradee2830]

@@Mrbfgray I'm in SF area. I have a tiny citrus collection... pink lemon, pomelo, Meyer's lemon, kumquats, and another one similar to kumquat. I gave away a bunch of other citrus fruits to friends and coworkers, to make room.

[@Mrbfgray]

@@fradee2830 Ahhh. I'm in lil' Chico, outside city limits so I more free and bigger lot. Just bought a Meyer's today and a couple more navels, no surprise I didn't find all the types I wanted. I lost half my very small ones to a hard freeze yr.s ago, filling in the gaps and extending the string, have mature kumquat, blood, small Valencia and a big strong generic (lime that got froze below graft) that I need to either replace or graft good limbs on. I not only want the production but a privacy 'hedge row' from the road with them. What do you think of pink lemon and pomelo? Earlier this yr. I planted a dozen avocados that I'm going to have to protect from frost for a couple yr.s. Most of the rest are not cold sensitive, mostly stone fruits, mulberries, berries, grapes, etc.

[@graciaarmada7950]

I want to try one😢😢😢

[@theuglykwan]

If they only lasted a day or 2 and that meant they were hard to transport... those contests must have been hard... you find a good one and you have to have it ripen bang on time for the contest...