It's PawPaw time

[part-time-Farmer-NC]

Anyone else's PawPaw's dropping? I got these on our pawpaw patch I planted several years ago. 3rd or 4th year fruiting. These have a taste similar to if a Mango/Pineapple/Banana had a baby... Texture is definitely like a banana. Most northern growing tropical fruit.

We have been able to sell these to folks around here who like me had heard of them but never tasted em.

What do you make with your PawPaw fruit?

 

[MossRoad]

I've got the trees. Never get any fruit. Something's eating them before they ripen.

 

[part-time-Farmer-NC]

Do they actually make fruit and it never ripens? Critters eat them very quickly when they fall. I have been making pawpaw runs 3-4 times a day to steal them away from the critters.

If they never actually make fruit and you see the purplish flowers in spring, YOu can do as I did the first year, tie up a dead fish (crappie for me) and that attracts the pollinators (flies). Only did that once they've been pollinating them since. May not have had to do it then but... ???

 

[riptides]

Make cakes out of them. They are a lot of work though.

We have a trail on the property called paw-paw trail. Have not seen any this year, but have not looked hard either.

 

[JeepHead]

I have several fruiting trees in my woods. I have eaten them several times but not one of my favorites. I give them away when I hear of people wanting them.

 

[tacticalturnip]

I've never heard of them; they certainly remind me of mangos.

 

[MossRoad]

Do they actually make fruit and it never ripens? Critters eat them very quickly when they fall. I have been making pawpaw runs 3-4 times a day to steal them away from the critters.

If they never actually make fruit and you see the purplish flowers in spring, YOu can do as I did the first year, tie up a dead fish (crappie for me) and that attracts the pollinators (flies). Only did that once they've been pollinating them since. May not have had to do it then but... ???

They make fruit, but the fruit disappears off the trees. Just like my apples, peaches, cherries, pears, grapes, etc... I told my wife we should just skip trying to raise fruits and vegetables and just eat all the critters.

 

[MossRoad]

The Indiana Banana!

Pawpaw – the Indiana Banana?

The winter months give us a little extra time to think about new things, including our home landscape for the coming year. Some people have installed backyard orchards, choosing the more typical fruit varieties you might find in Indiana, including apple, pear or tart cherry. Have you heard of...

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[part-time-Farmer-NC]

I feel your pain. Deer, squirrels, groundhawgs, crows and rabbits all come for the smorgasbord here. I found it is because they suffer from a mineral deficiency. So, I have found a way to give them a high velocity lead inoculation. I only have to inoculate em once...

 

[Eagle1]

I feel your pain. Deer, squirrels, groundhawgs, crows and rabbits all come for the smorgasbord here. I found it is because they suffer from a mineral deficiency. So, I have found a way to give them a high velocity lead inoculation. I only have to inoculate em once...

Sure seems that lead deficiency is the root cause for a lot of thievery