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Hal Love wrote:

> Our pawpaw crop is probably the worst ever. Wild pawpaws are probably 
> the most common understory plant around here, and usually start to drop 
> abundant fruit about this time each year. This year, I have seen one 
> single fruit among hundreds of trees along our road. Usually, the fruits 
> drop onto the pavement and splat, often covering sections of road with 
> pawpaw mush. I noticed large numbers of flowers on the trees this past 
> spring, so there must have been a problem with pollinators. Anyone else 
> notice a lack of pawpaws?

Pawpaws are notoriously poor pollinators.  However, with a little help 
from growers, they will bear in good numbers.  Siting of plants also 
will have an impact.  Wild pawpaws are an understory tree and typically 
will not fruit as well as those grown out in the sunlight (like most 
orchard trees).