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  • From: Jwlehman@aol.com
  • To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] PawPaw pollenation
  • Date: Wed, 7 Apr 2010 10:26:15 EDT

In a message dated 4/7/2010 9:46:15 AM Eastern Daylight Time, lucky.pittman@murraystate.edu writes:

but if you placed the roadkill or a dead cow(seems like I remember Donna Hudson telling of a particularly heavy pawpaw crop one year when there was a cow that had died during the previous winter near the pawpaw patch) well in advance of anticipated bloom time, perhaps you could come closer to assuring a ready supply of potential pollinators are ready to work when the blossoms open.                Timing could be the key.   


That certainly makes sense. Draw them to the area then have them available when the pawpaw flowers open. Maybe a few small road kill that will disappear quickly at the very beginning of the flowering period.  Timing would be key. The flowering period here lasts about 2 weeks, depending on weather. Carrion at the very beginning then no more.     

Jerry        




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