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[Deb S <debs913@gmail.com>]

Pawpaws are not pollinated by bees, they are pollinated by flies.
Hang some roadkill under your pawpaw and the carrion flies will
pollinate it.  Or in a pinch, you could hand pollinate with a
paintbrush!

On Sun, Mar 27, 2011 at 1:48 PM, Melissa Kacalanos <mijwiz@yahoo.com> wrote:
> I have one maypop here in zone 5a, and I'm sure there are no others in the 
> neighborhood. It set lets of fruit, and some of them even had time to 
> ripen. They were delicious.
>
> Melissa
> Ithaca, NY
>
> --- On Sun, 3/27/11, Hal Love <lovehd@comcast.net> wrote:
>
>> From: Hal Love <lovehd@comcast.net>
>> Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Pollination problem
>> To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
>> Date: Sunday, March 27, 2011, 11:24 AM
>> Since you say "The plant", I assume
>> you only had one? Maypop is self-incompatible, and you would
>> need a second different maypop for cross-pollination. Even
>> with two plants and fruit set, the fruit would likely never
>> ripen in a zone 4 growing season.
>>
>> Hal
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Jim Fruth" <jimfruth@charter.net>
>>
>> To: "NAFEX" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
>>
>> Sent: Sunday, March 27, 2011 9:02:51 AM
>> Subject: [NAFEX] Pollination problem
>>
>> I would love to try growing pawpaws here since the USDA has
>> declared my
>> area to now be in zone 4. I am hesitant because I've had
>> problems with
>> pollination with other fruits I've tried. I'll pick Maypop
>> as an example.
>> The plant grew well and bloomed profusely but the local
>> bees failed to
>> recognize the flowers as flowers, giving it no pollination.
>>
>>
>> Jim Fruth
>> Brambleberry Fruit Farm
>> 4002 Davis Street
>> Pequot Lakes, MN 56472
>> 1-218-831-7018 (My Cell)
>>
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