Transplanting Paw Paws

[@DawnDBoyerPhD]

We went and dug up some PawPaws before we researched the root depth - of the 10-12 we dug up - we lost all but three, but a few are coming back from the roots - and then we found native PawPaw trees on our property! Bonus - we can cross-pollinate those with each other!

[@violethouseworth5943]

I did this about 6 years ago>>I threw about10 seeds in a baskets of soil and put that basket inside a giant plastic zip lock bag(actaully it was one of those vacuum sealed bags for clothing lol)....I did this around december and by April I had 10 germinated seeds..I then plopped that basket of soil in a large hole>>>All trees are about 6 ft tall...With each tree protecting each other>>>I actually had them protected by a mulberry tree for the first 5 years>I chopped that mulberry down last year and the pawpaws are doing great>>>Because we have wild growing around it seems like babies are popping up everywhere

[@gobbism]

In areas where fauna is uneducated, planting them in the fall can be risky because there’s less forage available. Uneducated fauna, that is animals that have never seen pawpaws before, are more likely to sample pawpaws planted in the fall and not learn not to eat them. Where I live pawpaws which used to be common are now rare so this has been an issues for some people planting pawpaws. I think for areas like mine, perhaps spring is better, a bit after some plants wake up but before pawpaws do.

[@Johnny.1965]

Ya watch ONE video about paw paws and now they're all up in my feed...

[@someoneinthecrowd4313]

Same here

[@kerem7546]

well spoken all in one take! nice!

[@permacultureninja]

Thank you kindly!❤

[@raymondkyruana118]

I've tried a lot of methods and I gotta be honest, direct seeding them is the best method by far!!! It's so much cheaper, and you get a bunch of them. They quickly surpass any of the others. If not, then probably just get a grafted variety.

[@carfvallrightsreservedwith6649]

Willow water is great for rooting.

[@Melissa0774]

I just got a bunch of one foot seedlings from Amazon, that according to the seller, are one year old. I put them all in tree pots that are the same ones that apple and pear trees come in when you buy them. I hope those are big and deep enough. I did this because I'm still not 100% sure where on my property I want to plant them. I have shady areas around the edges of my yard, with 100 foot tall pine trees, that border most of the property. I could plant them under those for the shade, but then they might not get enough full sunlight when they get bigger, to fruit well. I'd really prefer to plant them out in the open where they'll get full sun. My plan is to temporarily keep the potted trees on a table or a pallet, or something, under the pine trees for at least the first year or two, (or preferably even three years,) until they are big and strong enough to transplant into the ground in a sunny area. Will this work? I'm concerned the pots aren't deep enough, but they're the deepest ones I could find. I tried to plant two of these seedlings directly into the ground under the pine trees last year in early April. One died because I accidentally damaged it when I was taking it out of its shipping box and the other died because we had a really bad drought in New Jersey and I didn't water it enough. It was starting to do really well before that point, though. So I'm optimistic that I can get these things to grow as long as I water them enough. I just hope it's not the pots that are going to be the end of them this time. It's hard to find a good place to put them in my yard where they will get the right amount of sunlight, and where it's not a pain in the butt to trust certain family members not to hit them with the lawn mower, and where I can easily cut into the ground with a shovel because of all the pine tree roots. It'd be so much easier if I could just put them in the open area in the back where I plan on putting all my other, much larger, fruit trees, but they can't get the full sun.

[@bambamroxu]

I’m doing the same lol

[@wesleyrobbins]

You can improvise shade really easily with some stakes, clamps and fabric I like a deep mulch I always protect them with chicken wire while they're small.

[@Melissa0774]

@@wesleyrobbins That's what I'm planning on doing once I transplant my paw paws into the ground. But right now I still have the trees in pots on my patio table. They've been there since March and they seem to be doing well. They were bare root sticks that I bought off of Amazon. Four out of six of them survived. Now they have leaves and are healthy looking. But they're still very small. I'd like to wait until next spring to transplant them into the ground. I just hope I'm not going to mess up the roots by leaving them in the pots to long. They're the pots that trees and blackberry bushes come in when you buy them from the nursery. Hopefully those are deep enough.

[@ginettegagnon8593]

I have ordered and am looking forward to your book. I would like to know if I can separate the clones from the mother tree now in October. I'm in zone 5b

[@permacultureninja]

I’d cut around the sucker but don’t dig up now. That allows for new root hairs to start. Then dig carefully in early spring. I go over this in detail in my online Paw Paw Course..

[@ginettegagnon8593]

thanks I will do that

[@shanemillard608]

Thank you. I just recently purchased a property that has lots of wild paw paws on it. There are lots of spots with smaller amounts of plants and I've found some with a good amount of paw paws on them. Thinning them out, transplanting them, and grafting them all sound like good options. Is it easy to pick up cultivated scion wood?

[@Iz0pen]

Why do you have to graft them? Are the wild fruits no good? I just got a couple trees in the ground but I guess there’s more to it than I realized

[@shanemillard608]

@@Iz0pen I haven't had any of the fruit yet. Usually grafted has better characteristics and it probably helps with pollination since the shoots are usually clones.

[@velvettedelaney]

I did t realize they spread so vigorously. Should I be concerned about them spreading g into my neighbors yards if I plant near the fence line?

[@freds4703]

FYI Per Kentucky State sprouts from the root of commercial pawpaw varieties are genetically identical to the rootstock that the variety is grafted onto not the variety.

[@mickeysummers238]

There is a top root just below the dirt surface, should that be planted pointing in a certain direction?

[@peterellis4262]

The 18 inch deep air-prune bed is allowing at least as much taproot development as your 14 inch deep pots ;) I don't understand how you can say that the air-prune bed will dry out faster than the pots. You can just as easily set up air-prune beds in a shade house, they're nothing more than big pots.

[@permacultureninja]

The moisture that wicks up from the earth is a key part of my design to not have to water. I also have deep mulched woodchips on the floor of my shade house. An air bed is gonna dry out faster because it’s gonna have air underneath it. But to each his own, air pruned beds have lots of benefits. I just don’t want to have to water.

[@WhistleLad]

Is it a good technique to grab a ripe pawpaw off the tree, dig a hole, and plant the whole pawpaw in the hole? Will that technique be successful?

[@dirtsailoroff-road5580]

I have 2 i bought from the nursery, one isnt looking so good and its very droopy. Has a ton of leaves, have no idea what im doing wrong

[@donlibes]

You mention thinning them out. What is the best way to do so? I enjoy seeing them flourish in my forested property but they intrude on my non-pawpaw beds, my lawn, alongside mature trees, everywhere! They are so invasive. I've tried a variety of approaches but could use expert advice.

[@NanaWilson-px9ij]

I came here hoping to find out how much I need to thin out one of my stands of paw paws.

[@NanaWilson-px9ij]

Keep them 10 feet apart. Thank you!

[@mariotrejo8205]

Do you sell pawpaw trees.? How can I buy some from you.?

[@dneeceann]

Thanks for the great tips! I love your book. I have 3 paw paws that I planted 2 years ago that I would like to transplant. I know it's not ideal and it may not work but I'm moving and they have to be cut down if i don't move them. Do you have any suggestions that may help? Thanks!

[@permacultureninja]

Ideally wait until the summer heat passes. Fall can be a great time to plant. Make sure you mulch them heavily.

[@dneeceann]

@permacultureninja Thank you so much! I will move them this fall when it cools down.

[@roblena7977]

So excited found some on a patch of land that i outgrew. Literally in the process of moving right now so its probably too late to transplant right 9:25 ? In va kind its kind of warm. Been debating renting this land, would you wait until next year?

[@permacultureninja]

Yeah, wait until late September when the hot days pass

[@carfvallrightsreservedwith6649]

Paw paws have a high failure rate when transplanted from digging. Just be prepared.

[@sunshinedayz2172]

would you sell me some of your paw paw seeds? I bought some from Amazon but am not sure if they are viable.. right now I am stratifying them but would love to get some from you..

[@lunastar832]

I've been told seeds planted aren't true to it's mother this true?

[@rachelbeckett2571]

Looking for someone selling paw paw trees

[@Concretedream108]

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