Hello. This is my first time buying pawpaws and I'm concerned about how it'll end up since I keep reading about how fragile these trees are. I've bought these trees from a guy who harvested them in Alexandria (Louisiana) and I'm planting them near New Orleans.

I bought 2 pawpaws about a month or so ago and I could never find the right time to plant them due to a constrained schedule, but I'm planning on doing so tomorrow. One of them is absolutely flourishing and is growing new leaves, while the other (in the picture) has been wilting away for almost 2 weeks and its leaves have recently started to dry out in addition to the top of its stem turning black. Both of my pawpaws have been kept in the exact same environment right next to each other for the whole time and they've been cared for in exactly the same way. All the materials for planting have been prepared, I just need advice on what to do for this specific tree. What are the possibilities for recovery at this stage if I plant it tomorrow? How should I help it recover and what should I watch out for after it's been planted? Thank you in advance.

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Hello, I've been looking into getting a couple of pawpaw trees for my yard but am unsure what would be the best type or what would survive best in my location. I live in cache valley at the northern end of Utah, technically my growing zone is between 5a and 5b but some years I seem to be in a cold spot that might toe the line of 4b. I plan on planting so other trees to create a wind break to protect them in the winter. Is there any other things I would need to do as well and are there any specific cultivars that are best suited for a location like this?

Hey everyone, hoping someone can answer my question on cold stratification. I live in zone 5 and just got my seeds in. Do I need to wait until fall to begin cold strat? If I begin now the 70-100 day mark that I’m reading online would take us to mid summer, and by the time the seed sprouts I feel like fall Weill be here and it’ll be too young and immature to survive the winter. What should should I do?

Hello everyone. I have some pawpaw that is entering the male stage right now and would like to pollinate another stand- but the second one is not even receptive to pollen yet (female flowers are still very green and pistles are not sticky). I collected pollen on Saturday- if I hold this pollen and wait the extra couple days, will they already be not viable? Thanks for any tips.

I am growing two potted pawpaws (central europe) and they are in their 3rd year now. 2 weeks ago they started getting their leaves and today I noticed that on one plant some leaves have those weird spots. Also, the leaves with the spots seem less waxxy than the others. Can someone identify what this is?

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There is a corner of my property that my neighbor had planted with garden and was maintaining a bed on - approx 1500 sq ft of my property. After some discussion and dispute, I uprooted “his” garden and replaced it with a grove of paw paw trees and a line of Angry Oranges (nasty thorny citrus tree from Siberia) - this act legally re-established my control of the property and vacated all of his claims of adverse possession (yes, he threatened that with lawyers).

This fall his lawn guys were doing some clean up and they uprooted my KSU Atwood at the very corner of the property but clearly within my side. Looks like pretty much everything else is intact excepting my prized KSU Atwood.

Is it worth reigniting the border war?

I have had a susquehanna planted for two years now with little growth. The root stock is alive and budding though. Should I let it grow and see what I get and maybe top work it? Or should I dig it up and start new?

I got a paw paw for my garden. It will be in a bed with raspberries, blackberries, strawberries, blueberries, and mulberries. I understand that paw paws will not fruit if there aren't two trees. Will they still grow? Do the other nearby plants help with the pollinating? My neighbor has bees if that helps.

I was hoping to get some insight as to what to do in regards to my pawpaws. I planted 2 two year old trees last late spring/early summer in zone 5a. They stayed green all season into October and one even had some new growth. All of my other trees and bushes in my yard have already budded, but my pawpaw babies still haven’t shown any life. I’ve got two new plants ready to plant so I was just wondering when I should call it for these trees?

Who culls their clusters, and to what extent? And WHEN do you usually do it? I have read some people using nail clippers. Of course you could only do this on trees where you can reach the fruit easily. I have never tried it, but on some of my trees I get clusters of 4-6 that would prob be better as a 2-4 cluster. Thought I may give it a try this year!

I know that drying ripened pawpaws can cause nausea when eaten, however the native Americans had a method to dry pawpaws that worked. I’m wondering if drying them unripe prevents whatever bad component that causes nausea from coming out in the drying process. It may be worth a try?

I have 4 young pawpaws (2 years old) do I need to cover them with shade cloth again this summer? Thanks for any help.

I woke up yesterday morning to find both of my recently planted pawpaw seedlings had their tips broken off. It was windy out so not sure if that's what did it or something else. They were both starting to bud out at the time of the break. I was able to find one of the tips, which was about 1/3 of the tree. I decided to try grafting it back on by making the tip into a wedge and the rooted end into a V and then wrapping with teflon tape.

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Should I keep the graft on or should I just accept the loss and let it try and regrow?