mIEKAL, someone showed me a pawpaw patch in Illinois across the
Mississippi River from Dubuque, Iowa last year. Couldn't tell you how
to get there though . . .
There are also Pawpaw trees along the railroad tracks on the banks of
the Mississippi River in Eagle Point Park in Clinton, Iowa. I hope
this helps!
Chris Rice
zone 5a
Northern Illinois
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> Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2011 10:18:47 -0600
> From: mIEKAL aND <qazingulaza@gmail.com>
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> Subject: Re: [NAFEX] paw paw
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> Anyone know where there are wild patches along the Mississippi at the
> northern MOST range? I'd love to see an older grove in fruit.
>
> re: germination
>
> I stratify my seed in the fridge until March, plant up in pots & put
> in the greenhouse & get pretty close to 100% germination by end of
> May, beginning of June except for a few stragglers that I tend to
> discard.
>
> I was reading one account of someone who kept their pawpaws in the
> greenhouse the whole first year, potted up in compost in very deep
> over sized pots & they were getting 3-5 feet of growth by fall. The
> most I've been able to attain in the first year is 9" to 14"....
>
> ~mIEKAL