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[Alexander Brands <abb7@Lehigh.EDU>]

> Message: 2
> Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2011 07:20:06 -0500 (EST)
> From: Jwlehman@aol.com
> Subject: [NAFEX]  potting up pawpaws
>
> In a message dated 11/5/2011 2:19:03 PM Eastern Standard Time,  
> kodama@riseup.net writes:
>
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> I recently received some grafted Paw-Paw's in the mail and was  
> hoping they'd be large enough to transplant straight to a sunny spot  
> in the field, but they're not ready for prime time yet. So I'm  
> looking for suggestions regarding potting up paw paws to grow out  
> until large enough to set into a permanent location. I understand  
> paw paws are difficult to transplant, and I've already failed once  
> before in potting up paw-paws and having them live, though that was  
> more due to my neglect than anything with the transplant.
>
> Hello Evan,
>
> You didn't say if they arrived bare root or potted. Size?  Grafted  
> or seedling? Where are you located, midwest or Arizona?

> Generally I agree with another writer, plant them now where you want  
> them permanently. Be sure to mulch heavily if in an area where temps  
> drop lower than 20 F this winter. Do not expose the roots to a hard  
> freeze either in pots or in the ground. Generally they don't need  
> shading after the first year from seed. But if they are bear root 1  
> year seedlings, providing shade the first year such as with a tree  
> tube would be a good safety measure.



I agree with Jerry, and would like to add that if you plant them in  
the ground now, put a cage around them.  I don't think rabbits like to  
eat paw paw branches, but they don't know that until they take a bite.  
 For a small grafted plant, that one bite can be the whole scion.   
For a non grafted seedling, not as big a deal, but it will set them  
back a little.

Alex

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