Patty in Wisc
06-04-2011, 12:45 PM
:woohoonaner:
Last year was first time for a few blossoms on my 2 trees, but no fruit. This year, both trees had several blossoms that I hand pollinated & now have several baby fruits on!!!
This one is a little tricky to pollinate...first stage is female stage & 2nd stage (of each blossom) is male stage. You have to find the pollen in the male stage & then on other tree (to cross), find females to pollinate. Well, this time it worked! I got them bareroot in maybe 04 -I think. After first few years of very slow growing, they took off the last 3.
I never tasted one before or even saw one, so this is exciting for me.
No one around here has a pawpaw & only a few even heard of it.
:woohoonaner:
Last year was first time for a few blossoms on my 2 trees, but no fruit. This year, both trees had several blossoms that I hand pollinated & now have several baby fruits on!!!
This one is a little tricky to pollinate...first stage is female stage & 2nd stage (of each blossom) is male stage. You have to find the pollen in the male stage & then on other tree (to cross), find females to pollinate. Well, this time it worked! I got them bareroot in maybe 04 -I think. After first few years of very slow growing, they took off the last 3.
I never tasted one before or even saw one, so this is exciting for me.
No one around here has a pawpaw & only a few even heard of it.
:woohoonaner: