[NAFEX] PawPaw pollenation

Lee Reich lreich at hvc.rr.com
Wed Apr 7 05:21:02 EDT 2010


I agree with Jerry. Attractants probably would just attract insects to  
the attractant. I used to hand pollinate many of my pawpaw flowers.  
I've noted on my large planting and even on isolated plantings of only  
a couple of trees that nature takes care of pollination needs.

Lee Reich, PhD
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On Apr 6, 2010, at 11:32 PM, Ron Powell, PhD wrote:

> I have used cottonseed meal under my pawpaw trees and it does  
> attract the
> green flies!  Just make piles under your pawpaw trees.  It is also a  
> slow
> release organic fertilizer, so a win, win.
>
> Ron
>
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> To: "'North American Fruit Explorers'" <nafex at lists.ibiblio.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2010 7:47 PM
> Subject: [NAFEX] PawPaw pollenation
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>
>>
>> I know that hand-pollenation works, and the material I've read  
>> comments
>> anecdotially about using roadkill for encouragement of pollenators,  
>> but
>> does
>> anyone here have other ideas or have used roadkill (I'd likely just  
>> use
>> scraps of chicken) and know that it works?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Scott Hills
>> Zone 6b Michigan
>>
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