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Larry Caldwell
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I have been doing some online research on pawpaws, and apparently they don't all taste the same. I thought I would start with 2 or 3 varieties.
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I have been doing some online research on pawpaws, and apparently they don't all taste the same. I thought I would start with 2 or 3 varieties.
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dmccarty
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And finding any to try is problematic.
I was reading a conservation report about some land near us. In the report they had a map that marked the location of a Paw Paw tree!
I might try to find it. :laughing:A few months back I found a few videos from one of the big seed/plant companies about growing Paw Paws. Here is one of them but they had more from the same company.
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbAyMVqF0H8]When to Pick Pawpaw Fruit Video - YouTube[/ame]
I think I found some other Paw Paw videos as well...
What I read was the Paw Paw's need shade to grow from seed and small saplings but they like the sun to produce more fruit.
Later,
Dan
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O.K. Those are just HUGE compared to the wild ones we have. If I run across any in the stores, I'll try them again next fall. :thumbsup:
MikeA57
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If you plant peach trees, how big are they and how long till they produce? We had peach trees when I was growing up and there is nothing like just walking past, grabbing a peach and biting into it. I'd love to plant a couple.
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It depends on how big the trees are when you plant them and how well you take care of them. Typically it takes about 5 years for a fruit tree to start bearing. You can shorten that time frame as much as 2 years with fertilizer and irrigation. Generally it's a good idea to pinch off the first fruit crop so the tree puts more energy into wood.
Larger trees get expensive fast. Smaller trees take longer to fruit, but cost a lot less.
Later today I will be heading off to the local nursery to purchase about a dozen fruit trees to start my orchard. Since we had a mild winter/early start to spring I don't know how good the selection will be.
It took a lot of work to prep the area. I have a goat (what was I thinking) and so had to run about 260 ft of study fencing to close off an area of about an acre above the pond. Three sides were already fenced. Friday the two young guys that I've hired to give this old lady a hand with stuff around the place got all the holes dug so it should be a pretty easy job of getting the trees planted.
It took a lot of work to prep the area. I have a goat (what was I thinking) and so had to run about 260 ft of study fencing to close off an area of about an acre above the pond. Three sides were already fenced. Friday the two young guys that I've hired to give this old lady a hand with stuff around the place got all the holes dug so it should be a pretty easy job of getting the trees planted.
Good luck, hope you find the trees that you"re looking for. I know things sold out fast around here. You also might consider mail ordering bare root stock. Starks and Millers seem to have good quality & selection.
Oh. yeah; welcome to TBN. :thumbsup:
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Larry Caldwell
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Yeah, it's late to be planting trees. They take the transplant shock a lot better if they are still dormant, and have a month or so for the roots to settle in before they start leafing out. Plus, any bare root trees will have been dug for months and will have used up their reserves already.
I would be surprised if you have a single local nursery. Chances are you have several in a 30 mile radius. It's worth a call to find out what they have left. If one nursery doesn't have what you want, keep shopping! I think my orchard came from 5 different nurseries, and this winter I'll be mail ordering trees that are just not available locally.
My cherries and a couple of apple trees came from a local farmer who brokers in grade B bare root stock and sells them for $8 apiece. Grade B is just a smaller tree, though there is some variation. With a little sorting, I ended up with good looking cherry trees. A couple of the apples are still pretty small, but I have hopes that with irrigation and fertilizer they will catch up.
You can white wash the trunks of small trees to keep them from getting sunburned.
If you can't get everything planted this year, don't be too concerned. If you put bare root stock in early next spring, in a year you won't be able to tell the difference between those trees and the ones you are planting now.
ustmd
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We have had much better luck planting in the fall after the trees have gone dormant--for us, it is late Oct/early November.
Over the last 10 years, we have put in peaches, loquats, nectarines, plums, apricots, persimmons, apples and pears.
With the apples, we are having bad luck--lots of fungus/die off. Everything else is going great-all things considered. The drought last year hammered our tress. We lost several peaches that were 5-8 years old and just starting to hit their stride. Lots of other trees were set back. We did have a banner year for plums. One tree must have given us 30-40 lbs of plums. We have been making jam, jellies, spicy plum sauce, and chutneys for the last 2 weeks.
Chuck52
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Solly,
Try Vintage Virginia Apples for a really good selection and knowledgeable folks. They are not cheap, and they're done shipping for this season, but they have a heck of a selection and their descriptions list more information than most. All you'll find locally this late will be potted trees, which can do fine, but most folks who plant lots of fruit trees say bare root plants are better. Check out the Orchard forum on GardenWeb.
I have about 15 different apples, some more than one tree, five peaches, a couple plums, three pears, six sweet and pie cherries, mulberry, heartnut, pecans, Carpathian walnuts, native and improved hazelnuts, blueberries, blackberries, grapes.....makes me tired just listing them. For the fruit and nut trees, I've bought from Millers, Starks, Vintage Virginia Apples and Burnt Ridge. The grafted pecans were from a place called Forest Keeling, I think. I planted the grafted pecans about 9 years ago and I do believe I am finally going to get a couple nuts from the Colby. I just turned 63, but mom is going strong at 92, so maybe I'll get a pecan pie from my own trees before I croak.
Chuck
Try Vintage Virginia Apples for a really good selection and knowledgeable folks. They are not cheap, and they're done shipping for this season, but they have a heck of a selection and their descriptions list more information than most. All you'll find locally this late will be potted trees, which can do fine, but most folks who plant lots of fruit trees say bare root plants are better. Check out the Orchard forum on GardenWeb.
I have about 15 different apples, some more than one tree, five peaches, a couple plums, three pears, six sweet and pie cherries, mulberry, heartnut, pecans, Carpathian walnuts, native and improved hazelnuts, blueberries, blackberries, grapes.....makes me tired just listing them. For the fruit and nut trees, I've bought from Millers, Starks, Vintage Virginia Apples and Burnt Ridge. The grafted pecans were from a place called Forest Keeling, I think. I planted the grafted pecans about 9 years ago and I do believe I am finally going to get a couple nuts from the Colby. I just turned 63, but mom is going strong at 92, so maybe I'll get a pecan pie from my own trees before I croak.
Chuck