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  • From: Lucky Pittman <lucky.pittman@murraystate.edu>
  • To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: [NAFEX] pawpaw ripening
  • Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2003 13:54:50 -0500

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




  • [NAFEX] pawpaw ripening, Lucky Pittman, 09/11/2003

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