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  • From: Liz <liz@allslash.org>
  • To: Healthy soil and sustainable growing <livingontheland@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Livingontheland] Paw paws (was: Re Diversifying the woodlot)
  • Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2008 21:11:06 -0500

At 08:34 AM 2/19/2008, you wrote:

Paw paws do well with shade. The kicker is that they have to find the
canopy--i.e. get into the sunlight--before they fruit. The result:
thickets of long, skinny paw paw trees in the woods that establish their
crowns (and set their fruit) way up there. Not the best setup for
somebody wanting to harvest her paw paws without a fire company's ladder.

Thanks for the info, Harvey. I was going to cut most of the trees in the vicinity of the pawpaws anyway, so they should be okay. I've got 30 year old pines that were planted way too close, and have lost all their lower branches and leaves. Time to make cordwood with them.

Liz in SW VA
http://life-as-a-spectator-sport.com




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