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  • From: "loneroc" <loneroc@mwt.net>
  • To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Pawpaw pollination, early ripening tree source
  • Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2003 19:36:22 -0600

Pawpaw or persimmon?


----- Original Message -----
From: "miekal and" <dtv@mwt.net>
To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2003 4:58 PM
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Pawpaw pollination, early ripening tree source


> > John wrote:
> > Are there any folks on the list who've been successful growing Pawpaws
> > in
> > colder climates (Zone 5)? There was an interesting discussion about
> > these
> > fruits on NPR earlier today and I'm interested in at least trying a few
> > plants up here in coastal Maine. The thing that concerns me most is
> > that
> > the flowers reputedly smell awful and need to be pollinated by carrion
> > flies, which may require nailing a dead possum (or the equivalent) to a
> > nearby tree to attract them. How bad IS the smell when they're in
> > bloom?
> > Is it bad enough that Pawpaw trees should simply not be planted near
> > one's
> > house? What's a safe distance?
> >
> > Any/all feedback appreciated.
>
>
> I'm at a really different stage from most of the old timers here whove
> been growing for a zillion years. For the last 3 or 4 years Ive been
> buying generic pawpaw seedlings & theyve winter killed every year.
> Last year I got PA Golden seedlings from John Gordon & an unnamed (but
> I believe selected) variety from Burnt Ridge. Because Im on pretty
> heavy clay loam here & definite zone 4 I set up the area a little bit,
> used a bag of agricultural grade sulphur on the area around each & also
> used tree tubes. Here in WI we're coming out of a solid 3-4 weeks of 0
> to minus 20 weather & they all look pretty fit.
>
> Unfortunately I also germinated a couple trays of seeds but left em in
> the greenhouse during the mad dash to get everything squared away for
> fall freezes. Typically I move all my first year seedlings into a cold
> basement & plant them out in the fall of the second year.
>
> mIEKAL
>
> www.dreamtimevillage.org | zone 4
>
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