I grew up in the Appalachian mountains. We always used to go in the mountains and get the pawpaw and the wild persimmon trees who were wonderful as I got older. I realize they only were very good tasting and sort of banana. They’re very high and protein. it was always a treasure to see the paw trees, and the large pawpaws on them
This video was so uplifting. I dug up a struggling paw paw for a gardening client recently, and found the tap root all strangled. I tried really hard to save the tree. I gave it thanks, I apologized, I gave it gifts.... But it still didn't make it. There's something so special about paw paws... I'm going to give homage to the tree that died trying, by planting a sapling. I did put the tree near my compost bin, as many plants and trees have resurrected in compost. Thank you for taking the time to share the wonder and persistence of nature...
Thank you! That pawpaw of yours may still grow. Mark the spot well where you put it. You never know. Next July you may see a few leaves pop up again. Don’t worry about letting other stuff grow around it. It may just help.
And, I just discovered the magnificence of the majestic pine tree.... so there's a tree to ponder. I marvel at the crown, taking in the powers of the Sun as it sets....
What better than a video from the lovely Willows Green, just as I'm trying to think of where I could plant a pawpaw here in Nova Scotia! Thanks for this❤
I didn’t realize their native range went that far west. I knew they are native throughout the Carolinian Zone. All you need is to get your hands on some fruit, then you’ll have plenty of seeds. 😊
I foraged and tasted my first pawpaws last week, love them!!! I have one tree foor what, 5 years now? Bloomed but no fruit. Foraging was a lot more rewarding. Now that all those seeds sleep in my compost I hope some more will emerge in spring.❤
They are amazing those pawpaws! If you can, spread your compost somewhere you’d like them to grow and surely you’ll see them pop up sometime next July or later.
oh, the chives look like mine! always bees all over 🙂 yours probably have round blades like most though. mine are flat blades. a little different, more complex flavor. another plant i brought back from when we were in the near east. now and then i make a killer vegetable quiche with it that i learned to make from our cook in persia 🙂
Hi Alsan! Yes these are garlic chives. Flat blades ((I’m guessing you mean the blades without flowers, not the flower stem.) The flowers of regular chives are spherical and bluish. We have both. Regular chives bloom in July. These bloom at the end of the season which is nice.
@@WillowsGreenPermaculture yes, very happy plant. i love the flowers. i have these all over my little orchard. started with one plant. the seeds are really easy on these as each flower leaves behind 3 large ones that are easy to save and handle. they also repel many pests for the garden. just lovely in every way 🥰
@@AlsanPine I've never paid attention to each tiny flower, only the whole cluster, that it gives lots of seeds! I just had a look at the video at the end, and saw those little groupings of 3 seeds forming on some of the flowers.😊
That garden I had as a kid was on a north facing wall, with the light from the west blocked as well. I had no idea that it was just in the wrong spot... A simple change of spot would have made all the difference.
Our Paw paw trees are just one stem with large leaves and the fruit grows on the main stem. Plus you need one male and female to get fruit or bisexual paw paw trees. We need to have Atlas 4 female trees to one male. I looked up your paw paw tree and they grow fruit on branches. I would love to try to grow them here but we have a very hot summer and it gets over 140 here.
From the sounds of it, you have what we call here, papaya trees. Completely different tree. Papayas are tropical. What we call pawpaws here, asimina triloba, - they grow in temperate climates and need a cold winter with at least some time below freezing.
Thanks for the wonderful and inspiring tour. I planted 5 grafted paw paws over the last 2-3 years in the partial shade of some taller shrubs. Last year they flowered and I hand pollinated them. One flower set fruit (5 or 6 on one flower), but unfortunately they all fell off. I’m assuming the plant wasn’t mature enough to carry them just yet. I’ve heard you need to graft in order to get edible fruit. Is that another misconception that beginner gardeners have?
That’s wonderful that you already have flower and fruit setting! Yes, it’s normal for first fruit sets to fall. And yes, it’s definitely a misconception about non-grafted pawpaws. All of my pawpaws are wild and grown from seed, even the first five I bought. It never ceases to amaze me when I read about food that should be ‘discarded’ because it is ‘inedible’ - most often due to size or aesthetics, or number of seeds. That’s the modern industrial agriculture mindset. I’ve only ever eaten wild pawpaws. They’re amazingly delicious. And yes they have lots of seeds. And that’s why I have so many trees, because I kept every seed from every wild pawpaw I managed to get my hands on (not easy here in Eastern Ontario) and planted them all, and they all grew! I have never tasted non wild cultivars, so I can’t compare flavour, but I’m sure they’re amazing too! All the best with your pawpaws!
@@WillowsGreenPermaculturethank you so much for your reply. I know I can learn a lot more from your experience. BTW my homestead is called “back to Eden Permakultur”, with a K because I’m in Switzerland.
@@RocketPipeTV thank you very much! 😊 All the best with your permaculture. By the way, now understand why you might need grafted pawpaws. It’s because you’re in Switzerland. Pawpaws are native to North America. Maybe they can’t grow from seed there. I’d have to look it up. It’s like, we have certain fruit trees and grapes that are grafted here, because otherwise they wouldn’t grow, but we grow wild one too.
Stay wild! Stay free! Permaculture magic appears naturally if you just try things and be patient and do not stress about perfection or failures, the successes will far exceed the failures my friends😊 Permie love from South Carolina to all!
It's a pleasure! Fall is the best time to direct sow! Just make sure to mark the spot well. You may not see a seedling until into July or later. And it's ok if other stuff is growing around them. Those seeds have lots of energy and when the seedling appears, it means there's already a long tap root, a good 15cm, beneath the soil.
Are your trees papayas? I have read that the papaya tree is known all over the world as pawpaw, except in North America, where we have both papaya and pawpaw, two very different trees, not at all related.
At about 20:00 minutes, it's a birch tree, not a beech tree.
I loved the video. Ty. You are righton. " NATURE KNOWS WHAT SHE'S DOING
Thank you!
I grew up in the Appalachian mountains. We always used to go in the mountains and get the pawpaw and the wild persimmon trees who were wonderful as I got older. I realize they only were very good tasting and sort of banana. They’re very high and protein. it was always a treasure to see the paw trees, and the large pawpaws on them
That’s wonderful!
Educational and therapeutic
Thank you!
Its beautiful!!!
Thank you Rhonda! 😊
Thank you to all of you for hanging out with me this morning to watch the video!
This video was so uplifting. I dug up a struggling paw paw for a gardening client recently, and found the tap root all strangled. I tried really hard to save the tree. I gave it thanks, I apologized, I gave it gifts.... But it still didn't make it. There's something so special about paw paws... I'm going to give homage to the tree that died trying, by planting a sapling. I did put the tree near my compost bin, as many plants and trees have resurrected in compost. Thank you for taking the time to share the wonder and persistence of nature...
Thank you! That pawpaw of yours may still grow. Mark the spot well where you put it. You never know. Next July you may see a few leaves pop up again. Don’t worry about letting other stuff grow around it. It may just help.
@@WillowsGreenPermaculture I appreciate your input! I'm hopeful.
And, I just discovered the magnificence of the majestic pine tree.... so there's a tree to ponder. I marvel at the crown, taking in the powers of the Sun as it sets....
@@martimcgowan-chitwood761 Thank you!
@@martimcgowan-chitwood761 What pines are truly magnificent!
What better than a video from the lovely Willows Green, just as I'm trying to think of where I could plant a pawpaw here in Nova Scotia! Thanks for this❤
Thank you! All the best for your pawpaw!
I had never heard of pawpaws until I moved from California. I will definitely have to find some seeds. Pawpaws are native to Arkansas.
I didn’t realize their native range went that far west. I knew they are native throughout the Carolinian Zone. All you need is to get your hands on some fruit, then you’ll have plenty of seeds. 😊
I foraged and tasted my first pawpaws last week, love them!!! I have one tree foor what, 5 years now? Bloomed but no fruit. Foraging was a lot more rewarding. Now that all those seeds sleep in my compost I hope some more will emerge in spring.❤
They are amazing those pawpaws! If you can, spread your compost somewhere you’d like them to grow and surely you’ll see them pop up sometime next July or later.
oh, the chives look like mine! always bees all over 🙂 yours probably have round blades like most though. mine are flat blades. a little different, more complex flavor. another plant i brought back from when we were in the near east. now and then i make a killer vegetable quiche with it that i learned to make from our cook in persia 🙂
Hi Alsan! Yes these are garlic chives. Flat blades ((I’m guessing you mean the blades without flowers, not the flower stem.) The flowers of regular chives are spherical and bluish. We have both. Regular chives bloom in July. These bloom at the end of the season which is nice.
@@WillowsGreenPermaculture yes, very happy plant. i love the flowers. i have these all over my little orchard. started with one plant. the seeds are really easy on these as each flower leaves behind 3 large ones that are easy to save and handle. they also repel many pests for the garden. just lovely in every way 🥰
@@AlsanPine Yes, they certainly are.
@@AlsanPine I've never paid attention to each tiny flower, only the whole cluster, that it gives lots of seeds! I just had a look at the video at the end, and saw those little groupings of 3 seeds forming on some of the flowers.😊
That garden I had as a kid was on a north facing wall, with the light from the west blocked as well. I had no idea that it was just in the wrong spot... A simple change of spot would have made all the difference.
Yes, I look back and laugh at some of the simplest mistakes I've made but I've learned a lot from all of them!
@@ssstults999that’s wonderful😊
Our Paw paw trees are just one stem with large leaves and the fruit grows on the main stem. Plus you need one male and female to get fruit or bisexual paw paw trees. We need to have Atlas 4 female trees to one male. I looked up your paw paw tree and they grow fruit on branches. I would love to try to grow them here but we have a very hot summer and it gets over 140 here.
From the sounds of it, you have what we call here, papaya trees. Completely different tree. Papayas are tropical. What we call pawpaws here, asimina triloba, - they grow in temperate climates and need a cold winter with at least some time below freezing.
Thanks for the wonderful and inspiring tour. I planted 5 grafted paw paws over the last 2-3 years in the partial shade of some taller shrubs. Last year they flowered and I hand pollinated them. One flower set fruit (5 or 6 on one flower), but unfortunately they all fell off. I’m assuming the plant wasn’t mature enough to carry them just yet.
I’ve heard you need to graft in order to get edible fruit. Is that another misconception that beginner gardeners have?
That’s wonderful that you already have flower and fruit setting! Yes, it’s normal for first fruit sets to fall. And yes, it’s definitely a misconception about non-grafted pawpaws. All of my pawpaws are wild and grown from seed, even the first five I bought. It never ceases to amaze me when I read about food that should be ‘discarded’ because it is ‘inedible’ - most often due to size or aesthetics, or number of seeds. That’s the modern industrial agriculture mindset. I’ve only ever eaten wild pawpaws. They’re amazingly delicious. And yes they have lots of seeds. And that’s why I have so many trees, because I kept every seed from every wild pawpaw I managed to get my hands on (not easy here in Eastern Ontario) and planted them all, and they all grew! I have never tasted non wild cultivars, so I can’t compare flavour, but I’m sure they’re amazing too! All the best with your pawpaws!
@@WillowsGreenPermaculturethank you so much for your reply. I know I can learn a lot more from your experience. BTW my homestead is called “back to Eden Permakultur”, with a K because I’m in Switzerland.
@@RocketPipeTV thank you very much! 😊 All the best with your permaculture. By the way, now understand why you might need grafted pawpaws. It’s because you’re in Switzerland. Pawpaws are native to North America. Maybe they can’t grow from seed there. I’d have to look it up. It’s like, we have certain fruit trees and grapes that are grafted here, because otherwise they wouldn’t grow, but we grow wild one too.
I am trying to get some growing in semi arid great plains, as long as I live a decently long life they will grow here under other trees
Wow! That’s impressive! I just watched a video yesterday about someone with a pawpaw tree doing really well giving lots of fruit under a walnut tree.
@@WillowsGreenPermaculture I got some maples that keep flys around so I will see if those flies will help pollinate the paw paws beneath them
@@Dirt-Fermerthat’s great. If you research it you may find other plants that attract flies for you. I’m going to do the same!
Stay wild!
Stay free!
Permaculture magic appears naturally if you just try things and be patient and do not stress about perfection or failures, the successes will far exceed the failures my friends😊 Permie love from South Carolina to all!
Thank you Grandmom Zoo! You are absolutely right!
I have a bag pf pawpaw seeds in the fridge I'm planning to direct sow soon. Thank you for the inspiration!
It's a pleasure! Fall is the best time to direct sow! Just make sure to mark the spot well. You may not see a seedling until into July or later. And it's ok if other stuff is growing around them. Those seeds have lots of energy and when the seedling appears, it means there's already a long tap root, a good 15cm, beneath the soil.
J’ai hâte de voir ça! 😊
Merci!
Yay! Great way to start my day❤
Thank you!
Our paw paw trees in Australia don't look like your tree at all.
Are your trees papayas? I have read that the papaya tree is known all over the world as pawpaw, except in North America, where we have both papaya and pawpaw, two very different trees, not at all related.