Just acquired two dormant paw paw trees. Supposedly two years old. Shenandoah and Allegheny. Or they’re just sticks in dirt and tree pots. If they are legit, how should I store them over the winter?

I got 16 paw paw seeds and was thinking about going my ahead and prepping the spots I want to plant them outdoors and sowing the seeds. Will I be able to put them outside in the soil for the winter for cold stratification and then germinate in the spring? If so how deep would I put each seed?

Hi there,
I live in victoria australia and recently I have though about getting a pawpaw tree. While I have a great spot for it, I realise that people say you need more than one tree for adequate pollination.

Now, 3 things.

1. Some people say there are varieties that are better at self pollinating, how reliable are they and which variety is best?

2. If I do get 2 trees, can I plant them super close together to minimise space consumtion?

3. If I get a variety not known for it's self pollination, will I never get fruit or will it just be less of a harvest than if I had multiple.

The reason I ask this is because, I don't mind about getting a huge harvest or not, however I would like to at least get to know what the fruit tastes like 😅.

Mainly, I just want this amazing tree, it would just be really cool.

Has anyone tried to increase the cold hardiness of pawpaw and is it more hardy when grown from seed ?

Sorry, I'm kinda new to reddit so I hope I'm not breaking a rule.

We have some older wild pawpaw trees, but they aren't great producers, each tree only gives about 2-3 fruits a year or so. Some of this is just due to them growing in a shaded place in the woods by a creek, but I'm thinking a different cultivar might do better with the same rootstock. Can you just start grafting onto an established tree and hope for the best, or is there something obvious I'm missing? I figured the turnaround for getting fruit would be way faster this way instead of waiting for a whole new tree grown from seed or sapling.

Hi everyone! I let my neighbor use my pull through driveway to back their trailer up and when I got home, I noticed they promptly ran over one of the pawpaw trees I planted in the spring. They severed the 18" tall plant from the ground. Is there any hope this will grow back or should I dig up the roots and plant a new one?

I just planted 5 trees, and I'm looking to get some tree tubes to go around them. What size tubes would ya'll suggest? I was thinking of ordering from Tree Pro, and they have a number of height options between 1 and 6ft.

Just got my two new pawpaws from one green world. I have seen vids when other growers have planted pawpaws they mix in castings into hole or other organic material, then add the tree and fill, then mulch. But the instructions say not to add anything to hole and just to put castings or fertilizer on too when planted then mulch. What has been your planting process?

So, I had some pawpaw pulp in the fridge for at least 3 weeks. I thought they were just fermented, so I proceeded to bake them into cookies, thinking anything harmful would get killed off.

They smelled & tasted good. I ate 1 last night, & I was feeling a bit ill. I thought maybe it was my general sensitivity to baked pawpaw pastries (doesn't happen with fudge, jam, etc), or it could have been the chili I had (the turkey meat didn't taste great & the beans a few days old). I took some DigestZen, balsamic vinegar, baking soda, & kombucha. Woke up fine & didn't have diarrhea. So the cookies should be fine, right?

Wrong. My mom ate 1 cookie this evening, & is currently puking her insides up. I also had that same chili tonight & only have a bit of heartburn. Welp, I just threw around 40 cookies in the dumpster.

I guess the lesson here is that the pawpaw wasn't fermented, it was rotten, & rotten doesn't bake off. I feel pretty bad about this. She'll probably never eat a pawpaw cookie ever again. Next time, I will not let any pulp sit in the fridge for more than a week.

BTW, everything else I've made with pawpaw, good or bad, has never caused this reaction b/c I never cooked with old pawpaw before, & I won't do it again.

Hello, I was getting bored of growing Common Pawpaw (Asimina Triloba) and wanted to dabble into other Pawpaw varieties that are lesser famed. Does anyone know of any Pawpaw variety that is a broadleaved evergreen like Southern Magnolia, Live Oak, and Hollies?

I’ve been planting seeds all over the place this fall! My area in NY is on the edge of their range and there isn’t many in the area, no wild ones that I’m aware of. To change that I’ve been planting with vigor.

However, Im fairly new to paw paws and their cultivation. In what conditions (soil, sun, moisture) have folks had success when direct sowing? How deep did you plant them? What was your success rate?

I still have a bunch of fruit to eat and seeds to plant before the ground really freezes!

Just got in five young pawpaw trees. The instructions on the box just to say plant immediately. But wondering if it’s the right time to put them in the ground or if I should pot them for now. I’m in NW Louisiana (Bienville Parish)

Hi, I've been dreaming of planting some pawpaw trees for a while now. I rent from my aunt, which is cheap for me, but unfortunately I don't have my own garden to plant out trees (I can use her greenhouse and stuff though).

She does have a large horse pasture where I would be allowed to plant trees, but they would need to be safe for horses as far as toxicity goes. Unfortunately I haven't been able to find good information about this topic online (one source says they are good pasture trees, one says mammals usually don't eat them at all, one says they are highly toxic to mammals) so: Are pawpaw plants (the leaves and bark, etc) toxic to horses, and are they stupid enough to gnaw around on them?

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I bought a small pawpaw saplings the other day, but I'm not sure if it will live through the winter, should I keep it inside for the winter or plant it?

Hi, I will be in Cincinnati on nov 10th weekend for work. Have never tasted the fruit. If anyone in this area still has fresh paw paws left, would love to buy!

So I am going to be a first time planter of pawpaws. I bought 3 different species of pawpaw trees ( Ksu -atwood, Allegheny, and Maria's joy). I am looking for all tips, tricks, or hints you guys can give.

I am in zone 6B and will receive them in a couple days. I am unsure if I should overwinter in their banded pots or just plant and insulate with mulch. Let me know some tips either way. Thanks in advance and I am excited to start this pawpaw journey!

Update: I have them in the ground. I have about 4-5 inches of mulch on top with none of it touching the trunk of the tree. I planted with manure compost, earthworm castings, and some organic sea and land soil mixed with my natural soil. Now it's water and hope for making it through the rest of fall and winter. They are about 5.5 inch grafted trees so hoping because so small will reduce some of the transplant shock.