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06-04-2011, 12:45 PM | #1 (permalink) |
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Getting Paw Paw fruits this year!
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.
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06-04-2011, 12:53 PM | #2 (permalink) |
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Re: Getting Paw Paw fruits this year!
Oh how exciting, Patty! Congrats on your success!
I wanna see... : ) |
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Re: Getting Paw Paw fruits this year!
Great start. I grow pawpaws in same zone, over in Iowa. If you like tropical fruits you'll probably be in the lucky half that likes pawpaws.
I have a few pix and tips up: Picking wild pawpaws in the Ozarks Two new things that are not up yet, about enjoying the fruit. If you cut out the "umbilicals" you can remove 90% of any bitterness (if you have seedlings some will have a touch of it). Or if you serve with ice cream it will almost over-neutralize any off flavors and is not a bad way to get new guys to give pawpaws a chance. Good luck in your first fruit season. |
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06-05-2011, 05:05 PM | #4 (permalink) |
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Re: Getting Paw Paw fruits this year!
Thanks Ray ...nice link. Now I REALLY can't wait!
I have tasted cherimoya & someone once said they are similar. I wasn't crazy about cherimoya... don't care if I ever eat one again. Can anyone compare the two?
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Re: Getting Paw Paw fruits this year!
I always wanted to try cherimoya and the taste description for Pawpaw sounds similar. I have never tried pawpaw either! They look like cool fruits and arent they natives ?!
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Re: Getting Paw Paw fruits this year!
Yes, pawpaw's are native to our northeast. It was George Washington's fave desert.
Cherimoya are very bland tasting & a creamy texture with a ton of seeds. It coulda lost its flavor being shipped here though.
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