Comments on: Pawpaw

By: Shirley

Shirley — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 07:41:28 +0000

We have paw paws growing in the wild here . My father was a herbologist and he always warned us to not eat over two pawpaws, or we would be sorry.
The have a diarrhetic effect . Yes they do sort of taste like bananas but really they have there own taste. The pawpaw tree’s do seem to be dissappearing here in northwest Ohio along with our honey bee’s.

By: Marnie

Marnie — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 22:25:45 +0000

Hi there,

What about talking to Mr. Grimo of Grimo Nut Nursery (grimonut.com) in Niagara-on-the-Lake? As a Niagara girl myself, I’ve had the opportunity to talk with him (about nuts) – he’s a great living resource, as well as a lovely person to chat with. Grimo is the past president of the Northern Nut Growers Association, and besides nut trees sells paw-paws and other native trees – persimmon, quince…think if the possibilities! :-)

By: dawningstar1

dawningstar1 — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 05:16:58 +0000

Forgot to say that I am growing them indoors for the winter… I water every day just enough to keep moist… when is the best time to plant in yard, and how big should they be to plant… thanks for any advise I live in southern Ontario

By: Carol

Carol — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 19:58:12 +0000

I was born & raised In West Va . there used to be a lot of Pawpaws growing there . but something happend to them and we could not find them growing in the woods any more . we would love to go out and gather them to eat . I did not think that there were any to be found until I read your Web Page . thanks for the up date on them ,
Carol

By: Rebecca Sweet

Rebecca Sweet — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 04:35:29 +0000

Thanks for such an interesting post. I’ve never tried one, but have always wanted to. In fact, I’ve never even seen one so thanks for the pictures, too! I remember when we were in Kindergarten we’d sing a little song about ‘picking up the PawPaws, put them in your pocket’…never really knowing what the heck we were supposed to be picking up!

By: Caro

Caro — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 10:44:34 +0000

Our Pawpaws in South Africa are definitely not the same as yours. They have tons of little round black seeds inside that are very easy to germinate and grow. In Johannesburg we get winter frost that kills the trees though so I don;t bother. However at my folks beach house on the Kwa-Zulu Natal coast the trees are wild and we have an abundance of fruit throughout the summer – the monkeys love them too. I like adding them to fruit juicing as they make the texture into a smoothy like text. without the dairy. Yours looks very interesting.

By: art

art — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:26:24 +0000

Here’s a link to a video that shows a paw paw tree with fruit. These are grown along with several varieties of Asian pears by a woman named Oriana in the Chicago area. The paw paw segment begins at about the 11 min. mark:

http://skyfullofbacon.com/blog/?p=160

By: GreenStrong

GreenStrong — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:25:40 +0000

Pawpaws aren’t hard to grow, but they are tough to transplant, because they have a long, flesy taproot. They grow rather slowly after they are established, but tolerate a bit of shade and have few pest problems. Eventually, they spread by runners.

Grafted cultivars are available, but they come fairly true to seed.

Oikos tree crops sells one to three year old pawpaw seedlings for a great price. Based on the length of the taproot on these, I don’t know how vendors that sell larger ones do it.

By: GreenStrong

GreenStrong — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:25:34 +0000

Grafted cultivars are available, but they come fairly true to seed.

Oikos tree crops sells one to three year old pawpaw seedlings for a great price. Based on the length of the taproot on these, I don’t know how vendors that sell larger ones do it.

By: kdilley

kdilley — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:56:58 +0000

Exciting to learn about a new fruit, thanks! Is the fruit as big as a potato? I’m also wondering if you have any pictures of it growing where you are, I’d like to see a tree loaded with those fruits. Maybe it’s time to use google.