Who Else Grows Pawpaw Trees?

FruitBrute said:
Nope not yet. I purchased them as 1 ft tall small grafted trees in 2024 and fully expected at least 5 years before I see flowers. Maybe the extra room for the roots to grow will speed things along.
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Nice, I believe the one I had flower was 2 years old and still in a tall tree pot.
Had I had another bloom for pollination...lol
Could have had some numnums.
 
Here are updated pics from last weekend of my planted cultivars. Susquehanna and Potomac. They look a little rough with as little rain we’ve had. The grafts in the pawpaw patch in the field are looking pretty good. Different location from these.
 

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snarfing said:
i'm going to the ohio paw paw fest this year which will be fun. looking up paw paw fests to try it is a good move if you havent. also gonna check out hocking hills orchard which has a ton of cool apples and pears
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Thanks a lot for your suggestion! I actually find there’s a Paw paw festival only 30mile away this September! Very excited! They had 1000 and 3000 people for the first two festivals and expecting more people this year. I also learned that Zebra Swallow Tail butterfly can only live on paw paw. People are planting paw paw trees in wild to bring these beautiful creatures back!
 
ktrain said:
Have those flowered yet?
I had a very small tree put out 2 blooms, though they did not result in figs it was cool to see the color and shape.
That tree is now in ground...it'll be a while to see fruits.
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I was looking at the trees yesterday and they set some fatter buds, on new growth, which I imagine might be flower buds for next season. I'll have to wait and see.
 
FruitBrute said:
I was looking at the trees yesterday and they set some fatter buds, on new growth, which I imagine might be flower buds for next season. I'll have to wait and see.
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Oh nice, yeah id like to know if those do become blooms.
I was talking to a friend yesterday around the Blue Ridge mountains in N GA and he usually has lots of pawpaw every year.
But, this year a freeze hit when they bloomed and zapped them all.
Man that would be so depressing.
Now im gonna be worrying about that when the time comes.
 
ktrain said:
Oh nice, yeah id like to know if those do become blooms.
I was talking to a friend yesterday around the Blue Ridge mountains in N GA and he usually has lots of pawpaw every year.
But, this year a freeze hit when they bloomed and zapped them all.
Man that would be so depressing.
Now im gonna be worrying about that when the time comes.
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My grandparents had a pawpaw tree here in northern Indiana and I don't think they ever lost blooms to late freezes, in the 20 years of its existence, that I knew about.
 
FruitBrute said:
My grandparents had a pawpaw tree here in northern Indiana and I don't think they ever lost blooms to late freezes, in the 20 years of its existence, that I knew about.
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Hm...possibly a freak thing with my buddies trees.
He said he may have a couple that he cant see at the moment.
 
ktrain said:
pawpaws are a taproot tree, I wonder if it is detrimental to the production if they are not allowed to send the taproot down.
Probably not....I need to do some research.
All of mine spent some time in tall tree pots, 2 of them still had a pretty nice tap root , the other 2 started to curl.
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Where can I source a TALL tree pot for paw paws and also how do you know when it is time to up pot them?
Right now I have mine in a 3x12 tree pot but looking for something bigger to up pot. They are still kind of small so I want to be prepared.

Thanks
 
Crabby127 said:
Where can I source a TALL tree pot for paw paws and also how do you know when it is time to up pot them?
Right now I have mine in a 3x12 tree pot but looking for something bigger to up pot. They are still kind of small so I want to be prepared.

Thanks
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Amazon will have them, also stuewe and sons has them.
Maybe even ebay might be a bit cheaper.
They really do benefit from a tall tree pot, so the tap root can shoot straight down.
I leave mine in tree pots for 1 yr.
By year 2 they should be ready for in ground.
But thats just my opinion...other may plant sooner.
 
ktrain said:
Hm...possibly a freak thing with my buddies trees.
He said he may have a couple that he cant see at the moment.
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Could be that it warms up quicker in the Spring, down where you are, but the area is still susceptible to late freezing temps. Up here it never really gets warm enough for the trees to really get going, until most of the freeze threat is gone.
 
FruitBrute said:
Could be that it warms up quicker in the Spring, down where you are, but the area is still susceptible to late freezing temps. Up here it never really gets warm enough for the trees to really get going, until most of the freeze threat is gone.
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Truth, we're usually budding by mid to end of March, with possible freezes or at least frosts into May.
 
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