Theses trees grow all over ohio/west virginia. I used to skip my first few classes all the time to go into the nearby woods to pick them in September-November. Id come to school later in the day with my book bag FULL of these fruits, I always shared with my teachers😂
If you’re into finding paw paws in the wild, look at the bottom of ravines. They tend to be right where the land starts to rise, where their feet can be wet if they want. The best ones will be at the forest edge, again usually at the top of a ravine. Paw paws love land with texture. Also, they tend to spread more as clones from rhizomes so if you find one, you’ll likely find a lot more right nearby and they’re all basically the same individual like birches.
thatpat1 For those without imagination or experience, cleared land tends to be flat, at least in the Mid-Atlantic. At least it tends to be the flattest land available. Severe ravines, WHERE PAW PAWS LIKE TO BE, tend to be left wooded. Farmers, because they’re greedy (j/k), like to clear flat land all the way to the edge of ravines, or the TOP of them. That is where you’ll find the most productive paw paws because they’ll have all the things they truly love, water, sunlight and protection from the wind. Not the most of anything, but the most they can get of each without losing too much of the others. So it’s not the top of all ravines, but where they meet the forests edge. Clear enough?
Wild Paw Paws grow along the slopes of ravines in from top to bottom. They like the dappled shade & the water flowing down the sides & a moist micro climate. The grow very tall, slender & are easy to miss. Look up & look for leaf shape against the sky.
This was exactly the info I was looking for!! Excellent post!! 💯🌼😃👍🌼💯 I watched so many videos about the paw paw, but struggled to find the natural Intel to covertly hunt them down, then replicate this in my secret camaflouged food forest to be... Full of natural traps for invasive humans... Lol 😂🤣 Sorry I've had no sleep after hours of paw paw videos 😳 Seriously, I greatly appreciate your info!! 😊👍🌱🌿❣️🥭
I have read on a few places that state that if you plant one of a certain cultivar, you must have another of a different cultivar completely in order for it to fruit. You do not agree?
John, I have lived in VA for over 20 years and just learned of these great fruits this year. so i have scouted out several WILD paw paw patches that i will be hitting next year! I can hardly wait.
We planted a couple paw paw trees here in Michigan where we camp. I finally found some fruits to try couple years ago at a farmers market from wild foragers they were also selling mushrooms. Yum. Hoping ours do well. I will be getting more to plant for my new house.
One of my favorite memories is being with my dear grandfather on a pawpaw picking expedition. I couldn't have been more than 6 or 7 years old ( so, early 1960's??). He taught me the "picking up pawpaws, putting em in the basket" song. It was especially funny to us because we kids called our grandfather PawPaw.
Your videos often come on autoplay and although i usually am not planning to watch an hour long video when they start playing, i almost always become memorized and hypnotized by your amazing content and b4 i know it, its over! Thx for teaching me how to grow ma greens Jon! 🙌 ❤🌿
@@bonniedoody3831 I planted them in early July last summer which was not ideal but they made it through the hot weather OK I think. We'll see how they come back this spring.
You make my mouth watery... I have bought 2 trees last years but I did not make it... I have ordered 2 more trees and be here by mid February... can't wait to try out
L J Acree, Plant 2 or more! Remember, they need a mate for pollination and do what it takes to attract some normal honey bees, not Africanised for obvious reasons!
Herring Run Nursery in Baltimore MD sells them and Tree Baltimore gives them out free a couple times a year along with other native trees and other plants.
We had huge patches of these in our woods. I never knew the fruits were yummy. Wish I had tried em before we moved away:( the more I get into agriculture the more I remember from that property that was real gems I had no clue I had. So sad.
My first experience with the pawpaw was on a creek Bank in alabama, when I found one it was half eaten but I picked it up and when I smelled it I had to taste it not even knowing if it was poisonous or not it was completely full of seeds but the taste was amazing I took pictures and done my homework then discovered what it was I found now I look for them every year
I’m in San Antonio Texas do they tolerate our scorching sun and heat ? I bought two they are about 1 1/2 ft tall they were expensive and I’m debating on where to successfully plant them without having the sun kill them and the cold climate kill them during winter. What’s your advise
OH yeah, the Van Buren county conservation district sells the trees at their sales. I've gotten from Fennville before and I've heard they grow a little further north in some patches/groves.
I have 3 pawpaw trees in my yard , planted then 9 years ago from 2 ft tall seedlings that I bought from tytyga nursery online , they are now 15 ft high , we harvest tons of paw paw every summer , large and medium size fruits , best time to eat them is when they fall on the ground same day. Birds don’t mess with them , squirrels love them. Taste delicious, the trick u need to plant different trees so they cross pollinate , I heard farmers place dead animals or roadside kills close to the trees to attract flies to pollinate those trees , u can plant them in full sun but they like partial better
Did you order their grafted ones or the regular seedlings? I see they offer 2 grafted paw paw varieties and also the ones planted from seed (ungrafted). I'd buy some seeds if you would want to sell some. I have 8 acres so I have room to grow plenty. I'd like to plant them around my farm pond. I know they grow best along creeks with moisture but I wonder how they do if water stands on them for a month. My pond fluctuates a lot from 1 1/2 acre to a 1/4 acre. I'd like to get them as close as possible to water. It's really hot, dry and sandy here (Texas) so I need to get them as close to water as possible
I will send u the seeds for free I bough mine as seedlings, they did not look like grafted. So I guess they where grown from seeds. Mine are in partial sun shaded with big cypress trees for half of the day. Planted in hard clay but far away from water. I never had to water them or fertilize them. I live in Tennessee climate zone 7a. They grow in the wild here. You might not be able to grow them in warmer climate. I think they like cold humid climate.
@@muhamedfaour3710 I've been researching how to plant from seed from experts and they say the seeds won't hardly germinate if they dry out more than 3 days. They said they need to be kept moist at all times as soon as you remove them from the fruit, in a baggie with peat moss. I guess a wet paper towel would work. That's how I store my pecan graftwood each year for my pecan orchard. I would at least want to pay the shipping cost. My email is jamesbarron04@yahoo.com if you want to contact me. I have over 100 fruit and nut trees. I do all my own grafting. If I can get some seedling pawpaw trees growing maybe I can locate some improved variety graftwood to improve them. Too bad the grocery stores don't sell them. They're too perishable when ripe. Thanks
I never planted seeds before I remember eating one and throwing the seeds on front yard mulch then few month later I saw few seedlings growing. If the still there I will let you know. We had a harsh cold snap last month not sure what damage it did.
@@tara281 That's awesome, I'd love to grow Pawpaws too. @Christina Sirr I as well live in the fraser valley and would like to find some seedlings too. Although if you know of somewhere in kelowna that sells them that would be great too as my sister lives there. Very tempting to move to the Okanagan too, love all the great fruit that is grown there. Thanks! Didn't see you replied till I posted already, but thanks. I'll try to get my hand on some for sure
I've heard 3-7 years. Worth the wait! Just need more than one, plant several in a patch... A paw paw patch! 😅🌿🌱🥭🌱🌿 You need a male and female or a way to pollinate... I'm not positive yet, I'm still learning!
And the trees w/the large leaves we use to tare it from the edge to the stim then tist one side around to the other and make drinking cups out in the woods!
Passiflora incarnata, maypop, a type of passionfruit is native to some of this region, too. A little different from P. edulis, but still like another tropical fruit native to here.
My mother talked about eating pawpaw when she was a little girl in virginia near east coast. They also made little people and animals by sticking sticks in them. I'm 77. Always wanted to taste.
How awesome! Did they make dried dolls or just played with them as is? Just curious about all the uses as I'm going to start some seeds this week! I'm really excited as I got them from a seller who harvested them on the Lewis and Clark trail! Maybe the family of the same trees that saved their lives! Townsend channel has an awesome video about this bit of paw paw history!! 💯🌼😃👍🌼💯🌱🌿🥭🥭🥭🌱🌿
How well do they handle the winds of a strong Class 3 or greater Hurricane ? Hurricane Nicholas came through my neighborhood an old growth Pecans where snapping like twigs literally wiped out over a hundred in my County and that was a class 1 Hurricane !
Yes. They grow well in Missouri. I picked wild PawPaws in wet ravines that emptied into the Mississippi when I was a kid north of St. Louis, MO. More like I stood there while my father shook the tree & I scrambled down the ravine chasing them.
There is a nickname for the fruit that refers to a certain bodily fluid. Many people find the smell and flavor offensive. It's nowhere near as bad as durian, however. Personally I think they smell like a mix of guava and banana, but they can be a little "funky". I would love to try one of the named varieties with improved size and taste. I just shake the (wild) trees, and ripe ones will fall. If they don't fall off, they're not ripe enough. I like to freeze the pulp in ice cube trays and add to yogurt or oatmeal.
What do you need for pollination , two different varieties or a male and a female? We had the push ups in about the middle 1960's but they may have had them before that, according to google they are still being sold. Thanks John.
Great video John, I cant wait to get my hand on some seedlings in the spring and get some pawpaw trees growing up here in south western BC. Looks like there are some people already growing them nearby, I'm excited. And cant wait to hopefully try some like what you had. The only pawpaws I've tried were very tiny and kinda hard with only a little bit of flesh I could tell there was potential in them being great, cant wait to experience some higher quality ones and hopefully be growing my own too.
I absolutely love paw paws. My mom had a few, but cut them down - she doesn't like them, and it's her property, so....🤷♂ But now that I have my own place in central Indiana, I'll be getting a couple of trees from a place in KY called Peaceful Heritage Nursery. They have an incredible selection of high quality trees, but they sell out in a matter of hours, so you have to be QUICK! By the way, as far as I've heard/read, yes, you need more than one tree, but they need to be different varieties. So a Susquehanna and a Mango (variety), for example. Or Kentucky State University has a good program, from what I've seen on RUclips. Anyway, I can't wait to have a mini paw paw orchard, and in the meantime, I'll be ordering some online, since I live in southern California. Paw Paws require around 400 chill hours, and well, we simply don't get those temperatures here.
is it easier to grow the paw paw from seeds? I live N/E Wa state...I live 3000 ft up on a mountain, i have ordered paw paw twice, 3 tree each time, and none have survived, what am i doing wrong?
Oooh... Good question! Why not try! Couldn't hurt getting a pack of stratified seeds and trying a patch outside natural and a few inside or something. That would be a cool experiment! I'm getting ready to start a bunch of seeds so I added a ton of paw paw videos in my garden playlist, that might help you research and don't forget their taproot... Many people are starting them in short seed starter tray things, but one lady in my playlist shows the taproot on her seedlings which were barely starting to grow... Yet their root was over a foot deep already! God bless!
The first time I saw a paw paw here in Alabama I was waaaay back in the forest hunting. I smelled it before I saw it and somehow instinctively I knew what it was. A tiny little bush with 3 or 4 on it. That set me on fire so I purchased one from a tree seller in the middle of nowhere who made quite a handy living out of his tree trailer. That thing took YEARS to grow. It's about15 feet tall today and I learned what 'way down yonder in the paw paw patch' meant. Got those things sprouting all over the place. Unfortunately, neophyte I was I only purchased one so that tree has never produced a single one.
You need a male and female I believe. Don't give up! Get another one or look up how to either self pollinate them or something, I'm still learning but I have saved a ton of helpful paw paw videos in my garden playlist today, as I'm going to start some seeds this week, I'm pretty excited! Been wanting to grow these for three years now! 💯🌼😃👍🌼💯🌱🌿🥭🥭🌿🌱
@@speaklifegardenhomesteadpe8783 Super great to hear from you. Well, my problem is that I'm not young gardener. Those things take forever and a day to even bloom. They are slow and a half. If you have 10 or 15 years then you'll have those things sprouting everywhere like I do. Just wouldn't darn pay for me to get into the pawpaw biz any more. Back when I got mine there was no internet or information. None of that. IF I had have known, and the seller had of known, etc....but that's water under the bridge. You're doing the right thing by getting it right to start. No good way out in the future to learn you made a boo boo. Ha.
@@midwestribeye7820 Aside from a Magnolia now monstrous and a couple of dogwoods I planted early on everything else set down on my property...well, you can eat that fruit. Wouldn't have it any other way! Can't eat it, don't fool with it. UPVOTE! That stuff will be around way after I'm gone.
Yes! I'm so excited, I've been wanting to grow these for years! I found a seller on ebay who sells ones that were on the Lewis and Clark trail (they saved their lives, Townsend channel made a video with the history about the paw paw and Lewis and Clark, it's really cool!) The link won't stay but use this which is his title. I don't know him or anything but I'm very satisfied with his product! Tell him his Ohio buyer sent you lol... I warned him I would be sending my garden community buddies his way! 😅🌼🌿🥭🌿🌼❣️ 👉 25 Plus Pawpaw Tree Seeds Asimina triloba fresh 2021 fully stratified Yum! Good luck and God bless!! ❣️🌼🤗🌼❣️🌿🥭🌿🌱🥭🌿🌱
John, I am starting to grow microgreens but am having trouble finding a sprayer that is food safe to water with in the early stages. Looking for a pump type pressure sprayer or a battery operated one (preferable one gallon but 2 gal if I can’t find one). Do you know of anything like this? Seems most are meant to hold chemicals so they don’t worry about the plastic. I know I can get glass bottles with a manual pump sprayer, but my hands give out using them. If water will be sitting in it, I don’t want any chemicals from plastic leaching into the water, let me know, thanks!
I'm 66 and when I was a little girl I'd eat pawpaws from my grandmother's tree. She died when I was 5, and I haven't eaten one since then...61 yrs! Oh I loved them. That was in southwest Virginia. Hers grew in a shady area that was close to a stream, so the ground stayed moist. One note to mention, some people are highly allergic to pawpaws, so if you've never eaten one, be cautious and don't eat a whole one the first time. My sister breaks out in a "poison ivy" type rash just standing close to a pawpaw tree. I could eat all I wanted and never had an adverse reaction. My grandmother's were smaller than the one you had, and hers was brighter yellow fruit. So tasty!! I didn't know they were still around and will get some to plant!
Can you 'dwarf' your Paw Paw plants for a smaller growing area and how? I live in a constantly cool (50 to 70 degrees F.) climate VERY close to the Pacific Ocean in Half Moon Bay, California. Sounds ideal, hmmm? Where can I get seeds or seedlings nearby, if you know? Sounds like a few coffee grounds in my soil mix might be desirable? Thanks!!!
Hello Keshlalish, about the Pawpaw produced in zone 3-4 Canada could you please give me the name of the producer? I would love to try them here (zone 4 northern Quebec). Thanks a lot!
@@cath.lamontagne5357 i only kn ow one and it's reviews are mixed, it's greenbarn in quebec. from what ive seen they charge quite a penny for bare roots sappling. *my previous comment was before finding out about greenbarn reviews
I just got some from ebay! Couldn't be happier, the guy already had them stratified and they're are a bunch in a bag, moist with soil and a paper towel. I'll go check if he has more!
If the link doesn't stay up, this is his item title... Tell him his Ohio buyer sent you! I let him know I'm sending my online garden community his way! Lol 💯🌼😃👍🌼💯🌱🌿🥭🥭🥭🌿🌱 👉 25 Plus Pawpaw Tree Seeds Asimina triloba fresh 2021 fully stratified Yum!
I fell in love with the Paw Paw a few years ago, and I have now three of them growing. Apparently I developed an allergy to them. Now I have a reaction even holding them : (. This is rare, but they can give some people a poison ivy type reaction. ....just worth mentioning
My sister is highly allergic to pawpaws. Even if she just gets close to a tree she breaks out in a "poison ivy" type rash. I love them and never had any adverse reactions to them.
This is great I live in southern MD, zone 7a-7b. I’m researching for the best plants and trees to grow for consumption. Thank you 🙏🏽🤗. Edit: I just checked out his website, my gosh his home that was built should have been documented or maybe it was. Definitely want to get that book 👍🏽
try adding vinegar and coffee to acidify your soil. Also pine needles if you can get some. Then wait a season or two. There's some soil amendments out there (John has reviewed them) that supposedly work, but I haven't tried them. They're also expensive.
Wow fascinating info on propagating them from seed. Was always told you should only buy them as a trusted grafted variety to ensure proper fruit quality and health...cool vid! Adding one to my food forrest this year in So Oregon...
Oh how crazy! I just realized the book that told me to only get grafted PawPaws was Michael’s older book Edible Landscaping that my neighbor recently gave me...talk about synchronicity. I guess things have changed since 2013
Can I grow this in Orlando Florida area? Chinese Pawpaw is different, they are not tree or bush, they are vine, like grape vine, but fruits are samilar like mango.
Yup they're easily damaged and don't store well commercially but if you find a small grower, you'll be set! You might be able to buy canned paw paw butter or other canned product that they can ship to you!
I currently have 2 pawpaws about 4 years old surviving in NE Ohio. I have been trying to grow them for the past 20 years ( I have planted about ten of them over the years, but between the cold, wet and people cutting them down by accident (slow growiing and easily overlooked, although in a few cases the person -- not me actually moved the marker before cutting the grass and then forgot... sheer stupidity). They are very slow growing and tend to die off in our cold winters. Mind you even the one that had lived the longest (about 15 years) only reached 3 -4 feet tall.
Learn Organic Gardening at GrowingYour Greens, Real Madagascar Vanilla beans are very expensive! Are these plants/trees a possibility for the cool to warm Coastal Northern California climate? Love your channel! Very detailed information! Thank you so much!!!
Get more than one! We've had one for over ten years now & it's produced six or seven fruit. :( I've tried manual pollination with the luck of six or seven. LOL. We now have some more trees maturing so.... patience.
Would be nice if you included a few seeds with the book, more people would probably buy it if you did! I would! I may still do that, but it would be nice to get the seeds!
Yes. They are about to leaf out in a month. Only two grafted survived out of four. I have about six seedling that are doing fine. They are about 7ft. Hopefully they will bloom soon. I'm in St Paul BTW.
@@terencekopietz8861 I live in Wright county. I'm debating planting some paw paw. Who did you source your grafted and seeds from? I have a few seeds my grandpa gave me from west Virginia. Thanks for the info.
@@truefact4439 I got them from a nursery in Iowa. one grafted one still alive is called RGL4 from a man that grows them in Northfield, MN. The two that died were PA Golden, and NC-1. I got the seedlings from Okios since they were a northern IL/ southern MI seed source. Best shot for MN.
Have you ever made anything with it like you have banana bread do you have you ever made bread with us or any desserts with it this is an awesome segment didn't know this type of fruit would work and different climates I'm south of the Canadian border MN you have a wonderful day hopefully you have more stuff like kind of like that that you can do and different climates
They need a couple of them close together to produce. If it were me, I'd move a few smaller trees to my yard and see if they will produce better that way.
I’ve heard that one reason this tree was not popular is because they can stink. The flowers are supposed to smell bad, however they are bug resistant and can keep insects away from other fruit trees. You can make insect repellent for your fruit trees from the leaves. Mine are now two yrs old and about four feet tall. I’m anxious to see how long it takes to get fruit. Hope it’s not years and years like peaches. Thanks for the information I love your shows. Keep on growing. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻❤️❤️❤️😂🐾🐾🐾🖖🏻💪🏻✌️
They are pollinated by flies and similar bugs, not bees...The flower puts of some rotten meat smell to bring them in. The flower is very beautiful, big, and unique!
Hi John, when is Paw Paw season? When could I find ripe fruit at a market? And is there a market in Northern California one might find them? Will make the trip from Northern Canada during that time.
Theses trees grow all over ohio/west virginia. I used to skip my first few classes all the time to go into the nearby woods to pick them in September-November. Id come to school later in the day with my book bag FULL of these fruits, I always shared with my teachers😂
Easy A huh?? That’s cute...I grow loquats but want to try these down in mobile, al❤️
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You're the reason I have ever heard of this fruit. And I just want to say thanks!
If you’re into finding paw paws in the wild, look at the bottom of ravines. They tend to be right where the land starts to rise, where their feet can be wet if they want. The best ones will be at the forest edge, again usually at the top of a ravine. Paw paws love land with texture. Also, they tend to spread more as clones from rhizomes so if you find one, you’ll likely find a lot more right nearby and they’re all basically the same individual like birches.
thatpat1 For those without imagination or experience, cleared land tends to be flat, at least in the Mid-Atlantic. At least it tends to be the flattest land available. Severe ravines, WHERE PAW PAWS LIKE TO BE, tend to be left wooded. Farmers, because they’re greedy (j/k), like to clear flat land all the way to the edge of ravines, or the TOP of them. That is where you’ll find the most productive paw paws because they’ll have all the things they truly love, water, sunlight and protection from the wind. Not the most of anything, but the most they can get of each without losing too much of the others. So it’s not the top of all ravines, but where they meet the forests edge. Clear enough?
Wild Paw Paws grow along the slopes of ravines in from top to bottom. They like the dappled shade & the water flowing down the sides & a moist micro climate. The grow very tall, slender & are easy to miss. Look up & look for leaf shape against the sky.
This was exactly the info I was looking for!! Excellent post!! 💯🌼😃👍🌼💯
I watched so many videos about the paw paw, but struggled to find the natural Intel to covertly hunt them down, then replicate this in my secret camaflouged food forest to be... Full of natural traps for invasive humans... Lol 😂🤣
Sorry I've had no sleep after hours of paw paw videos 😳
Seriously, I greatly appreciate your info!!
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@@speaklifegardenhomesteadpe8783 Happy to help another permaculture geek! Good luck in your hunt and in cultivating your food forest!
I have read on a few places that state that if you plant one of a certain cultivar, you must have another of a different cultivar completely in order for it to fruit. You do not agree?
This is the most fantastic video that I have seen on Pawpaws. That’s it, you have successfully convinced me.
John, I have lived in VA for over 20 years and just learned of these great fruits this year. so i have scouted out several WILD paw paw patches that i will be hitting next year! I can hardly wait.
We planted a couple paw paw trees here in Michigan where we camp. I finally found some fruits to try couple years ago at a farmers market from wild foragers they were also selling mushrooms. Yum. Hoping ours do well. I will be getting more to plant for my new house.
I like your expressive enthusiasm!! Fun to listen to!!
One of my favorite memories is being with my dear grandfather on a pawpaw picking expedition. I couldn't have been more than 6 or 7 years old ( so, early 1960's??). He taught me the "picking up pawpaws, putting em in the basket" song. It was especially funny to us because we kids called our grandfather PawPaw.
That is such a cool memory!
I love the elderly and consider them treasures
So cool, I called mine that too!
@@victoriaoshea4865 absolutely!! 💯🌼🥰🤗❣️🌼🌿🌱🥭🌱🌿
Your videos often come on autoplay and although i usually am not planning to watch an hour long video when they start playing, i almost always become memorized and hypnotized by your amazing content and b4 i know it, its over! Thx for teaching me how to grow ma greens Jon! 🙌 ❤🌿
This spring I will be planting a food forest in Albany NY and Paw Paw trees will definitely be a part of it. Thanks for all of the great info.
I’m watching this in Albany, NY on March 8, 2021. Peter how are your Paw Paws doing?
@@bonniedoody3831 I planted them in early July last summer which was not ideal but they made it through the hot weather OK I think. We'll see how they come back this spring.
You make my mouth watery... I have bought 2 trees last years but I did not make it... I have ordered 2 more trees and be here by mid February... can't wait to try out
Nothings easy. John gave us chuckle for the day. dreams come true!
a seedling from a Friend. I live in Southwest PA where 🤔 they are native but have never seen any before
I've been planting these for 20 yrs.Finally bought several trees.One made it along with
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Greetings from Ontario, CANADA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wow - I think I'll try to grow one here in Mississippi! Thanks, John! Love your videos.
L J Acree,
Plant 2 or more! Remember, they need a mate for pollination and do what it takes to attract some normal honey bees, not Africanised for obvious reasons!
Herring Run Nursery in Baltimore MD sells them and Tree Baltimore gives them out free a couple times a year along with other native trees and other plants.
We had huge patches of these in our woods. I never knew the fruits were yummy. Wish I had tried em before we moved away:( the more I get into agriculture the more I remember from that property that was real gems I had no clue I had. So sad.
nice
Do you know what bird made that sound?
Paw Paw butter is great and cans well.
My first experience with the pawpaw was on a creek Bank in alabama, when I found one it was half eaten but I picked it up and when I smelled it I had to taste it not even knowing if it was poisonous or not it was completely full of seeds but the taste was amazing I took pictures and done my homework then discovered what it was I found now I look for them every year
Dittos on the creekbank in Alabama. Shoal Creek in the Choccolocco WMA.
So cool! And you are so need for being sensitive and noticing things and curious here's to the human spirit
I was just telling my son about pawpaw on a hike we had a few hours b4 he posted this wow love the syncs I'm in Ohio love your videos
Can you grow a papa tree in zone 7 outside will it survive the cold earth
My husbands family is from Frederick MD. We live in Mechanicsville MD. I’m ordering paw paw trees now. I’ve always wanted to try these.
nail a coffee can to a long pole like bamboo to scoop from underneath the fruit on high branches. We use this for apples all the time.
Helpful info, we are in those zones!
They also grow here in east test about an hour from dallas
I’m in San Antonio Texas do they tolerate our scorching sun and heat ? I bought two they are about 1 1/2 ft tall they were expensive and I’m debating on where to successfully plant them without having the sun kill them and the cold climate kill them during winter. What’s your advise
paw paw perennial perfection ...perfect!!
I am from Paw Paw, Michigan, and believe they will grow this far north.
OH yeah, the Van Buren county conservation district sells the trees at their sales. I've gotten from Fennville before and I've heard they grow a little further north in some patches/groves.
I have 3 pawpaw trees in my yard , planted then 9 years ago from 2 ft tall seedlings that I bought from tytyga nursery online , they are now 15 ft high , we harvest tons of paw paw every summer , large and medium size fruits , best time to eat them is when they fall on the ground same day.
Birds don’t mess with them , squirrels love them.
Taste delicious, the trick u need to plant different trees so they cross pollinate , I heard farmers place dead animals or roadside kills close to the trees to attract flies to pollinate those trees , u can plant them in full sun but they like partial better
Did you order their grafted ones or the regular seedlings? I see they offer 2 grafted paw paw varieties and also the ones planted from seed (ungrafted). I'd buy some seeds if you would want to sell some. I have 8 acres so I have room to grow plenty. I'd like to plant them around my farm pond. I know they grow best along creeks with moisture but I wonder how they do if water stands on them for a month. My pond fluctuates a lot from 1 1/2 acre to a 1/4 acre. I'd like to get them as close as possible to water. It's really hot, dry and sandy here (Texas) so I need to get them as close to water as possible
I will send u the seeds for free
I bough mine as seedlings, they did not look like grafted. So I guess they where grown from seeds.
Mine are in partial sun shaded with big cypress trees for half of the day.
Planted in hard clay but far away from water.
I never had to water them or fertilize them.
I live in Tennessee climate zone 7a.
They grow in the wild here.
You might not be able to grow them in warmer climate.
I think they like cold humid climate.
@@muhamedfaour3710 I've been researching how to plant from seed from experts and they say the seeds won't hardly germinate if they dry out more than 3 days. They said they need to be kept moist at all times as soon as you remove them from the fruit, in a baggie with peat moss. I guess a wet paper towel would work. That's how I store my pecan graftwood each year for my pecan orchard. I would at least want to pay the shipping cost. My email is jamesbarron04@yahoo.com if you want to contact me. I have over 100 fruit and nut trees. I do all my own grafting. If I can get some seedling pawpaw trees growing maybe I can locate some improved variety graftwood to improve them. Too bad the grocery stores don't sell them. They're too perishable when ripe. Thanks
I never planted seeds before
I remember eating one and throwing the seeds on front yard mulch then few month later I saw few seedlings growing.
If the still there I will let you know.
We had a harsh cold snap last month not sure what damage it did.
Love pawpaws!! And yes my friends in Kelowna have several mature pawpaws, I have some 3yo trees in summerland bc. Thanks for all the info :)
Was wondering if they grow here, yum!! 💕
Christina Sirr they grow in the Okanagan very well :)
@@tara281 do you know of a good source for pawpaw seedlings or seeds in the valley, by any chance? Thx:)
Christina Sirr I’ve found them at garden works, there is also a guy at the Kelowna farmers market who sells them every spring (bob I believe)
@@tara281 That's awesome, I'd love to grow Pawpaws too.
@Christina Sirr I as well live in the fraser valley and would like to find some seedlings too.
Although if you know of somewhere in kelowna that sells them that would be great too as my sister lives there.
Very tempting to move to the Okanagan too, love all the great fruit that is grown there.
Thanks!
Didn't see you replied till I posted already, but thanks. I'll try to get my hand on some for sure
How many years does it take to produce the fruit
I've heard 3-7 years. Worth the wait!
Just need more than one, plant several in a patch... A paw paw patch! 😅🌿🌱🥭🌱🌿 You need a male and female or a way to pollinate... I'm not positive yet, I'm still learning!
And the trees w/the large leaves we use to tare it from the edge to the stim then tist one side around to the other and make drinking cups out in the woods!
I used to live WV and found a couple trees by accident. I’d love to grow one at my home now. Any chance they’d survive in Colorado above 6000 ft?
Passiflora incarnata, maypop, a type of passionfruit is native to some of this region, too. A little different from P. edulis, but still like another tropical fruit native to here.
Can you use its leaves and as a ipm and leaf foliar
My mother talked about eating pawpaw when she was a little girl in virginia near east coast. They also made little people and animals by sticking sticks in them. I'm 77. Always wanted to taste.
How awesome! Did they make dried dolls or just played with them as is? Just curious about all the uses as I'm going to start some seeds this week! I'm really excited as I got them from a seller who harvested them on the Lewis and Clark trail! Maybe the family of the same trees that saved their lives!
Townsend channel has an awesome video about this bit of paw paw history!!
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Might be able to get some canned paw paw butter or other canned product from a small grower shipped to you!
God bless and keep you!
How well do they handle the winds of a strong Class 3 or greater Hurricane ? Hurricane Nicholas came through my neighborhood an old growth Pecans where snapping like twigs literally wiped out over a hundred in my County and that was a class 1 Hurricane !
They need protected from strong winds from what I'm finding as I research.
Can I grow these in Missouri where there is Frost in the winter?
Ben dover yes! I’m growing them in Canada where we gets months of frozen ground :)
Yes. They grow well in Missouri.
I picked wild PawPaws in wet ravines that emptied into the Mississippi when I was a kid north of St. Louis, MO.
More like I stood there while my father shook the tree & I scrambled down the ravine chasing them.
Zone 8... We have one, love it :)
Can you please tell me what is a pop up fruit? the first fruit that you showed.
I am am interested but I live in Nevada. Alkaline soil will it live ?
There is a nickname for the fruit that refers to a certain bodily fluid. Many people find the smell and flavor offensive. It's nowhere near as bad as durian, however. Personally I think they smell like a mix of guava and banana, but they can be a little "funky". I would love to try one of the named varieties with improved size and taste.
I just shake the (wild) trees, and ripe ones will fall. If they don't fall off, they're not ripe enough.
I like to freeze the pulp in ice cube trays and add to yogurt or oatmeal.
Found some in the oak timber in ks. The fragrance and taste was magical.
They really are fragrant! Kind of like a perfumed mango thing going on.
What do you need for pollination , two different varieties or a male and a female?
We had the push ups in about the middle 1960's but they may have had them before that, according to google they are still being sold. Thanks John.
Great video John, I cant wait to get my hand on some seedlings in the spring and get some pawpaw trees growing up here in south western BC. Looks like there are some people already growing them nearby, I'm excited. And cant wait to hopefully try some like what you had. The only pawpaws I've tried were very tiny and kinda hard with only a little bit of flesh I could tell there was potential in them being great, cant wait to experience some higher quality ones and hopefully be growing my own too.
I have read that you must wait until they are slightly soft before picking them, sort of like peaches. Do not pick when they are hard.
I would love to try this in Colorado. What about the Kiwi in Colorado?
There are cold hardy kiwi--they are much smaller around the size of a large grape. The skin is edible and very delicious.
I went to his pawpaw festival in 2019 but I didn’t see you there?!
I absolutely love paw paws. My mom had a few, but cut them down - she doesn't like them, and it's her property, so....🤷♂
But now that I have my own place in central Indiana, I'll be getting a couple of trees from a place in KY called Peaceful Heritage Nursery. They have an incredible selection of high quality trees, but they sell out in a matter of hours, so you have to be QUICK!
By the way, as far as I've heard/read, yes, you need more than one tree, but they need to be different varieties. So a Susquehanna and a Mango (variety), for example. Or Kentucky State University has a good program, from what I've seen on RUclips.
Anyway, I can't wait to have a mini paw paw orchard, and in the meantime, I'll be ordering some online, since I live in southern California. Paw Paws require around 400 chill hours, and well, we simply don't get those temperatures here.
is it easier to grow the paw paw from seeds? I live N/E Wa state...I live 3000 ft up on a mountain, i have ordered paw paw twice, 3 tree each time, and none have survived, what am i doing wrong?
Nothing, I have been trying for years!!!
Just love your channel!
Good video!
I have two that are seed grown 🌱 Had hard time finding grafted varieties. I’ll keep looking.
I had been wondering about paw paws in Arizona. Worth a try I guess
i heard paw paws taste great! im planting one later this year
Fruit sorbets for those who don't know fresh fruit yet, you're great brother
Which pawpaw is right if I want to grow one and I want to get a sweet juicy fruit that is easy to grow with few seeds?
Can you grow this in Alaska?
Oooh... Good question! Why not try! Couldn't hurt getting a pack of stratified seeds and trying a patch outside natural and a few inside or something. That would be a cool experiment!
I'm getting ready to start a bunch of seeds so I added a ton of paw paw videos in my garden playlist, that might help you research and don't forget their taproot... Many people are starting them in short seed starter tray things, but one lady in my playlist shows the taproot on her seedlings which were barely starting to grow... Yet their root was over a foot deep already!
God bless!
The first time I saw a paw paw here in Alabama I was waaaay back in the forest hunting. I smelled it before I saw it and somehow instinctively I knew what it was. A tiny little bush with 3 or 4 on it. That set me on fire so I purchased one from a tree seller in the middle of nowhere who made quite a handy living out of his tree trailer. That thing took YEARS to grow. It's about15 feet tall today and I learned what 'way down yonder in the paw paw patch' meant. Got those things sprouting all over the place. Unfortunately, neophyte I was I only purchased one so that tree has never produced a single one.
You need a male and female I believe. Don't give up! Get another one or look up how to either self pollinate them or something, I'm still learning but I have saved a ton of helpful paw paw videos in my garden playlist today, as I'm going to start some seeds this week, I'm pretty excited! Been wanting to grow these for three years now!
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@@speaklifegardenhomesteadpe8783 Super great to hear from you. Well, my problem is that I'm not young gardener. Those things take forever and a day to even bloom. They are slow and a half. If you have 10 or 15 years then you'll have those things sprouting everywhere like I do. Just wouldn't darn pay for me to get into the pawpaw biz any more. Back when I got mine there was no internet or information. None of that. IF I had have known, and the seller had of known, etc....but that's water under the bridge. You're doing the right thing by getting it right to start. No good way out in the future to learn you made a boo boo. Ha.
@@OvGraphics if you plant for future generations, you will leave a wonderful and 'fruitful' legacy.
@@midwestribeye7820 Aside from a Magnolia now monstrous and a couple of dogwoods I planted early on everything else set down on my property...well, you can eat that fruit. Wouldn't have it any other way! Can't eat it, don't fool with it. UPVOTE! That stuff will be around way after I'm gone.
Has anyone found these? I can’t find where to buy them
Yes! I'm so excited, I've been wanting to grow these for years! I found a seller on ebay who sells ones that were on the Lewis and Clark trail (they saved their lives, Townsend channel made a video with the history about the paw paw and Lewis and Clark, it's really cool!)
The link won't stay but use this which is his title. I don't know him or anything but I'm very satisfied with his product! Tell him his Ohio buyer sent you lol... I warned him I would be sending my garden community buddies his way! 😅🌼🌿🥭🌿🌼❣️
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Good luck and God bless!!
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John, I am starting to grow microgreens but am having trouble finding a sprayer that is food safe to water with in the early stages. Looking for a pump type pressure sprayer or a battery operated one (preferable one gallon but 2 gal if I can’t find one). Do you know of anything like this? Seems most are meant to hold chemicals so they don’t worry about the plastic. I know I can get glass bottles with a manual pump sprayer, but my hands give out using them. If water will be sitting in it, I don’t want any chemicals from plastic leaching into the water, let me know, thanks!
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If one lives in the south-west, how do I find seeds to plant?
Cool! Never even saw a paw paw. Cool!
What other fruit trees have deep tap roots?
Fuyu Persimmons have a tap root
Almost all trees
Can these be air layered?
can you grow it in east center Texas
We looked forward to the paw paws ripening every year. The only American fruit they remind me of is persimmons,
If you live in California you can grow Cherimoya, which is related to Paw Paw and similar.
I'm 66 and when I was a little girl I'd eat pawpaws from my grandmother's tree. She died when I was 5, and I haven't eaten one since then...61 yrs! Oh I loved them. That was in southwest Virginia. Hers grew in a shady area that was close to a stream, so the ground stayed moist. One note to mention, some people are highly allergic to pawpaws, so if you've never eaten one, be cautious and don't eat a whole one the first time. My sister breaks out in a "poison ivy" type rash just standing close to a pawpaw tree. I could eat all I wanted and never had an adverse reaction. My grandmother's were smaller than the one you had, and hers was brighter yellow fruit. So tasty!! I didn't know they were still around and will get some to plant!
Can you 'dwarf' your Paw Paw plants for a smaller growing area and how? I live in a constantly cool (50 to 70 degrees F.) climate VERY close to the Pacific Ocean in Half Moon Bay, California. Sounds ideal, hmmm? Where can I get seeds or seedlings nearby, if you know? Sounds like a few coffee grounds in my soil mix might be desirable? Thanks!!!
They really like warm to hot humid summers you might not be able to get them to ripen.
in canada we have some retailer that have trees that produce and survive in zone 4 close to zone 3 now
Hello! Who are these suppliers? I'm interested in getting one.
Hello Keshlalish, about the Pawpaw produced in zone 3-4 Canada could you please give me the name of the producer? I would love to try them here (zone 4 northern Quebec). Thanks a lot!
@@cath.lamontagne5357 i only kn ow one and it's reviews are mixed, it's greenbarn in quebec.
from what ive seen they charge quite a penny for bare roots sappling.
*my previous comment was before finding out about greenbarn reviews
i saw a few seeds for sale but prices were zany. are you selling seeds?
I just got some from ebay! Couldn't be happier, the guy already had them stratified and they're are a bunch in a bag, moist with soil and a paper towel. I'll go check if he has more!
Yes he has more. Not sure if the link will stay up, but here it is... I'll post as reply to this actually...
If the link doesn't stay up, this is his item title... Tell him his Ohio buyer sent you! I let him know I'm sending my online garden community his way! Lol 💯🌼😃👍🌼💯🌱🌿🥭🥭🥭🌿🌱
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I lived in Frederick (Thurmont to be exact) the majority of my life. My family still lives in the area
I am trying it in the Quebec city region! I know, I like risk, will see.
Neat seeing the sun chokes in the background as well.
I fell in love with the Paw Paw a few years ago, and I have now three of them growing. Apparently I developed an allergy to them. Now I have a reaction even holding them : (. This is rare, but they can give some people a poison ivy type reaction. ....just worth mentioning
The "poison ivy" type poison (actually an allergan) is in and just under the skin. The same is true for mangos.
My sister is highly allergic to pawpaws. Even if she just gets close to a tree she breaks out in a "poison ivy" type rash. I love them and never had any adverse reactions to them.
Cashews are the same until they're roasted.
Did a search, I see sauces, jelly, jam, glazing etc can be made from the paw paw
This is great I live in southern MD, zone 7a-7b. I’m researching for the best plants and trees to grow for consumption. Thank you 🙏🏽🤗. Edit: I just checked out his website, my gosh his home that was built should have been documented or maybe it was. Definitely want to get that book 👍🏽
There's a little town in Illinois called Pawpaw , lots of Pawpaws there.
I’m in the DFW area with very alkaline soil. Have you heard of any varieties that work well in alkaline soil?
try adding vinegar and coffee to acidify your soil. Also pine needles if you can get some. Then wait a season or two. There's some soil amendments out there (John has reviewed them) that supposedly work, but I haven't tried them. They're also expensive.
I'm in DFW area also. Sulfer will also acidify soil and is a needed element if your soil calls for it in a soil test
Paw paw tree self pollinated or we need both Male female plants?
Wow fascinating info on propagating them from seed. Was always told you should only buy them as a trusted grafted variety to ensure proper fruit quality and health...cool vid! Adding one to my food forrest this year in So Oregon...
Oh how crazy! I just realized the book that told me to only get grafted PawPaws was Michael’s older book Edible Landscaping that my neighbor recently gave me...talk about synchronicity. I guess things have changed since 2013
Can I grow this in Orlando Florida area? Chinese Pawpaw is different, they are not tree or bush, they are vine, like grape vine, but fruits are samilar like mango.
I heard Florida varieties don't taste good or don't fruit big fruits at all.
This guy is pretty cool. Good attitude.
I so wished this fruit would be available at grocery stores. 😎
Someone was saying the don’t really store well. Probably why you don’t see them in stores.
Yup they're easily damaged and don't store well commercially but if you find a small grower, you'll be set! You might be able to buy canned paw paw butter or other canned product that they can ship to you!
I currently have 2 pawpaws about 4 years old surviving in NE Ohio. I have been trying to grow them for the past 20 years ( I have planted about ten of them over the years, but between the cold, wet and people cutting them down by accident (slow growiing and easily overlooked, although in a few cases the person -- not me actually moved the marker before cutting the grass and then forgot... sheer stupidity). They are very slow growing and tend to die off in our cold winters. Mind you even the one that had lived the longest (about 15 years) only reached 3 -4 feet tall.
Do you have paw paw living still?
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Real Madagascar Vanilla beans are very expensive! Are these plants/trees a possibility for the cool to warm Coastal Northern California climate? Love your channel! Very detailed information! Thank you so much!!!
Get more than one! We've had one for over ten years now & it's produced six or seven fruit. :( I've tried manual pollination with the luck of six or seven. LOL. We now have some more trees maturing so.... patience.
Would be nice if you included a few seeds with the book, more people would probably buy it if you did! I would! I may still do that, but it would be nice to get the seeds!
We are in Minnesota on the edge of zone 3 and 4 .....will this tree grow here?
I have 5 year old trees growing in St Paul, Mn. They haven't flowered yet but soon. They survived the 2018 / 2019 winter with some dieback.
@@terencekopietz8861 Hello Terence. Are your paw paw still alive in Minnesota?
Yes. They are about to leaf out in a month. Only two grafted survived out of four. I have about six seedling that are doing fine. They are about 7ft. Hopefully they will bloom soon. I'm in St Paul BTW.
@@terencekopietz8861 I live in Wright county. I'm debating planting some paw paw. Who did you source your grafted and seeds from? I have a few seeds my grandpa gave me from west Virginia. Thanks for the info.
@@truefact4439 I got them from a nursery in Iowa. one grafted one still alive is called RGL4 from a man that grows them in Northfield, MN. The two that died were PA Golden, and NC-1. I got the seedlings from Okios since they were a northern IL/ southern MI seed source. Best shot for MN.
John, I know it's been a year since you made this video, but , my wife is allergic to mangos. Do you think they would have the same effect for her ?
Its not even related to mango so who knows.
I am growing seedlings of the purple passion in AL for sale. I have like 500 plants
Will the pawpaw make a good windbreak?
I doubt it. It doesn't look that strong. You can probably keep it near a home.
Definitely not. They do best at the forest edge where there’s bigger trees to protect them but they still get a lot of light.
Have you ever made anything with it like you have banana bread do you have you ever made bread with us or any desserts with it this is an awesome segment didn't know this type of fruit would work and different climates I'm south of the Canadian border MN you have a wonderful day hopefully you have more stuff like kind of like that that you can do and different climates
They grow wild all through the woods where I live. It's very rare to see or get much fruit off of them. How can I get them to produce?
They need a couple of them close together to produce. If it were me, I'd move a few smaller trees to my yard and see if they will produce better that way.
Or move them to my yard....🤪
I’ve heard that one reason this tree was not popular is because they can stink. The flowers are supposed to smell bad, however they are bug resistant and can keep insects away from other fruit trees. You can make insect repellent for your fruit trees from the leaves. Mine are now two yrs old and about four feet tall. I’m anxious to see how long it takes to get fruit. Hope it’s not years and years like peaches. Thanks for the information I love your shows. Keep on growing. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻❤️❤️❤️😂🐾🐾🐾🖖🏻💪🏻✌️
They are pollinated by flies and similar bugs, not bees...The flower puts of some rotten meat smell to bring them in. The flower is very beautiful, big, and unique!
Thats not true at least it doesn't stink to humans unless you put your nose directly in a flower and still doesn't smell like meat.
Does pawpaw and sugar Apple related ?
Sherry Lu yes
D L I see..... that’s why they look 👀 so alike
I had sugar Apple before always want to try pawpaw 🤤
Hi John, when is Paw Paw season? When could I find ripe fruit at a market? And is there a market in Northern California one might find them? Will make the trip from Northern Canada during that time.
I can't wait to see if my pawpaw trees make to next year. And my mulberry trees to.
Paw paw beer. That sells me.
I've always wanted to grow some paw paws. How do they taste?
Nevermind. John said it lol.
@@joeboxter3635 Any idea on which variety John was eating?
When I was a kid I remember a paw paw tree , but the fruits weren’t this big - about the size of a pecan .
How about zone 8a/b in the desert?
Deserts are different than any other zone because of the intense heat in the summer and very low humidity.
We have a grove of them growing wild on our farm.
@@joeboxter3635 honestly, they're so far down in the woods, the animals end up getting most of them before me.