paw paw tree

Gresford,
Here's a site that I still use for all things Pawpaw.
http://www.pawpaw.kysu.edu/

My Pawpaws are about done for this year but I still want more.
Don't be afraid to hand pollinate the trees for a much heavier fruit set. It's easy and fun!

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My pawpaws have been producing fruit for the last month. The fruit is ready when you can gently squeeze them and they are not hard, but feel soft. They are not all ready at the same time, but when they are ready, they only stay good for a short while. Maybe 3-5 days at most. I have never been able to take an unripe fruit and let it ripen off the tree. The fruit will naturally fall off the tree when ripe, and a gentle shake of the tree will dislodge ripe fruit and leave the unripe attached. (P.S. Wear a helmet or get your mother-in law to do this). To graph to a softwood seems to be the going thing( see below links), but I have not tried it. Seeds are a way to grow them, but need stratified and are sensitive to ultraviolet light. I have tried to transplant, but met total failure as the tap root is so deep.
I use a funneled colander with wood pedestal, peel the fruit, squash the fruit through the colander, and use the resulting sauce for recipes and gifts to people at X-mas. I have heard that nothing will eat a pawpaw, and may be true, as mine are in a goat lot, and they do not kill the trees or as far as I know, eat the fallen fruit.
Below are some very helpful links and pretty much tell how to raise the trees/seeds.
http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/p...93/v2-644.html
http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/p...93/v2-505.html
http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/c...ts/pawpaw.html
http://www.pawpaw.kysu.edu/ppf/member.htm
http://www.pawpaw.kysu.edu/slides/PP_Slide1.htm
http://www.pawpaw.kysu.edu/
http://www.fred.net/kathy/pawpaws.html
http://winemaking.jackkeller.net/pawpaw.asp Wine making
http://www.ohiopawpaw.org/association.html You can get to seeds link there…
http://homecooking.about.com/od/fruit/a/papayatips.htm Cooking and recipes

Thanks In advance,
Scott

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