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I think it was more the length of cold rather than the depth of cold. In the 
past, my pawpaw flower buds have regularly survive to minus 25°F, even once 
when the winter low dipped briefly below -30°F. 

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On May 29, 2014, at 8:07 AM, Home wrote:

> Lost 100% of pawpaw flowers up here in Wisconsin.  Trees just now leafing 
> out very very slowly.  Apparently pawpaws don't have much tolerance for the 
> -28F we had, or 50 days below 0.  C'est la vie.  Actinidia argutas got hit 
> hard too, but I notice a few flowers forming.  Also every variety of peach 
> I have in the ground here is flowerless, tho apricots planted in the same 
> area are flowering.
> 
> ~mIEKAL
> 
> 
> On May 28, 2014, at 9:27 PM, Jwlehman--- via nafex wrote:
> 
>> Hi Hector,
>> 
>> Good to hear from you. Both my Rosseyanka trees were severely damaged this 
>>  
>> winter. Persimmon Leaf Drop still a problem and water logging of the root  
>> systems is not the cause. So I'm back to square one on that problem. 
>> 
>> Pawpaws flower buds took a hit this winter. I'd guess 60% of the flowers  
>> were frozen. I'll get a small crop. 
>> 
>> Let me know if you do or don't also get this through ibilio.org.  
>> 
>> Jerry 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> In a message dated 5/28/2014 11:56:31 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
>> hblack1925@fastmail.fm writes:
>> 
>> Gotcha  Jerry,
>> Trust all is well with you and  Barb.  Our Rossyanka got nipped by the 
>> late 
>> frost but still has quite a  lot of flowers.  We still get leaf drop now 
>> when it heats up, and  distorted leaves, but a good crop nonetheless.  
>> Best 
>> wishes,   Hector
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