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[Lee Reich <lreich@hvc.rr.com>]

Pawpaw fruit can be left on trees through light frosts. And eventually, if they get near enough to ripening, they can be harvested to finish ripening indoors.

Lee Reich, PhD

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On Sep 28, 2010, at 10:04 AM, mIEKAL aND 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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