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[Robert Bruns <r.fred.bruns@gmail.com>]

I haven't done the experiment with pawpaws.  With tomatoes, the fruit will often withstand a light frost that kills the leaves.  I would guess that pawpaw fruit would be at least as hardy as a tomato.  Why don't you take in half of the fruit before the first light frost and the other half before the first killing frost and let us know which strategy works better.

 

Fred

On Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 10:04 AM, mIEKAL aND <qazingulaza@gmail.com> wrote:

Fred:  Are you saying that they can be left on the tree thru light
frosts?  Usually we have a couple light frosts before we get the
killing frost later in October...

On Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 8:51 AM, Robert Bruns <r.fred.bruns@gmail.com> wrote:
> To stratify pawpaw seeds, I put them in a plastic bag in the refigerator
> with the mucilaginous coating still on.  The coating gets rotten and moldy
> by springtime, and then it's easy to wash away.  I don't know if it makes a
> difference, but I never let them dry out.  I usually ship a few seeds to
> Seed Savers members, and I put them in a plastic zip-lock bag with a wet
> paper towel.
>
> If it looks like there is going to be a hard frost, you might be able to
> take the fruit inside and let them ripen in  warm location.  I've never
> tried it, because even the later varieties ripen OK outdoors here.
>
> Fred
> central Indiana
> Zone 5b

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