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.

Hey guys, I’m going to be making ash cakes while camping, the method I always used involved wrapping the dough in leaves before putting besides the fire, assuming you don’t want ash on the cake.

Would pawpaw leaves be acceptable to do this with? It’s the only leaf large enough that I know of nearby and I don’t want to buy grape leaves

Hi all -- sorry if this is been asked before but struggling to find good first hand information. Will a triloba set fruit in zone 9 or does it need more chilling hours? If it won't set fruit would you recommend a parviflora or other more southern species to try?

Thanks!

Which one has better yield? Larger fruit? Grows faster? More shade tolerant? Am thinking of donating one to the community garden, where there's already a seedling growing.

Hello all, I'm looking for some variety recommendations for pawpaw trees. I've never actually eaten one but it seems like a fruit I'd enjoy based on what I've read/heard. I'm thinking 3-4 varieties to start out with, suggestions very much welcomed. I'm in northern Spain, very temperate, rainy, coastal climate. Roughly zone 10A without the heat, typically a handful of days up to 80-85'F, majority of summer being 60s-70s and only a handful of frosts during winter. Not a ton of sun however, many rainy/cloudy days. I'm very rural, with cows nearby and plenty of flies around.

There's a grower a few hours drive from me that seems to have a decent selection with the following varieties:

Allegheny, Benny's Favorite, Halvin, Honeydew, Kentucky Champion, KSU Atwood, Maria's Joy, Marshmallow, Mary Foos Johnson, Prima 1216, Rebecca's Gold, Shenandoah, Summer Delight, Sunflower, Susquehanna, Tallahatchie, Tropical Treat

I'm also open to other varieties that can be found and shipped in the EU, if anyone has other recommendations outside of these ones and suppliers too.

I’m not looking for anyone’s secret stash, but I’ve very really wanted to try papaws for several years after I learned of them. Does anyone have suggestions for finding the fruits or are they willing to share locations for finding the trees in Cook, DuPage, Grundy, Kane, Kankakee, Kendall, or Will counties? It sounds like it may be getting late in the season but I would love to buy some this fall and begin the search for the flowering trees in the spring with my kids. Regardless, thank you in advance for the help.