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  • From: Evan <kodama@riseup.net>
  • To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] potting up pawpaws
  • Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2011 19:58:37 -0500

Thanks for the advice y'all! I wasn't planning to cage because I figured no
one wants to eat paw paw twigs and leaves, but since I have a couple of extra
around I'll throw 'em over.

cheers,
Evan
Southern Appalachians
2800-3000', Zone 6

On Nov 7, 2011, at 6:35 PM, Alexander Brands wrote:

>
>> 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:
>>
>> [Hide Quoted Text]
>> 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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