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[Lucky Pittman <lucky.pittman@murraystate.edu>]

Took off for a jaunt through the woods behind the office today at 
lunch.  Looks like as good a crop of pawpaw set this year as I've seen in 
several years.  Most are not ripe yet - probably another week or more off 
from being ready.  Think I found two that had dropped or been knocked out 
already.
I'll usually give the trees a good shake, and if any fall out, I figure 
they're pretty close to being ripe - if not, I'll give 'em a few days and 
come back.
Did find a few growing on a sunny, exposed section of creekbank that had 
singles & doubles that were pretty sizeable, and would yield slightly to 
finger pressure, so I picked those while I was out.

Must be mating season for the box turtles - saw two pair in different 
clumps of pawpaw trees.


Lucky Pittman
USDA Zone 6
Hopkinsville, KY