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  • From: nottke1 <nottke1@earthlink.net>
  • To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Paw-paw taste, and why bother
  • Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2011 11:24:37 -0400 (GMT-04:00)

Michele,
There is still time, if you act now, to collect a few scion sticks from other
pawpaw patches, and store them in a ziploc bag in the fridge for a month.
Then in mid-late April graft them onto any of the trees in your patch that
are at least 5 feet all. In 2013 they will bloom and cross pollinate your
native stand.
Jim
============
>I have a small colony of wild pawpaws in my back yard--they were there at
>the edge of the woods when we bought the house. For over ten years, they
>bloomed but never set fruit. So the last couple of years I started to
>fertilize them along with my other fruiting plants. They started setting
>fruit, and last summer I was able to keep the fruit away from the critters.
>It was quite tasty--The fruit is worth the fuss. Pawpaws need pollination
>from non-related trees, so although I don't know of other trees in the area,
>I guess they're around.
>
>Michele in SW Ohio





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