OK…finally got the Brushy Mtn pawpaw project kicked off with the professionals down at NCSU Herbarium this week. I sent along stem and flower samples, used the only flowers open, seems quite late as the apples started blooming this week.
So I wish to thank Ryan for handling all that scion wood, (I probably need to send him some postage for mailing 60 pieces). Also, Carl has given me guidance to folks/farms in our area with interest and pawpaw knowledge.
I came to this site to work on Limber Twigs, and now, haha, pawpaws!
If I could collect 10 bushels of ripe pawpaws, me and my old good fishn’ buddy Red Slackjaw would brew up some tasty libations, Pawpaw Vermouth, shoot it’s good!
Wonderful, Ryan is a champ for distributing the scion wood! I hope the cuttings do well for everyone. The tree isn’t feeling well, very few bud sets this season. I hope to live long enough for some of you folks’ reporting. It’s a winner of a tree.
Checked the old tree today, collected fully opened flowers for pollen samples. The flowering is extremely sparse across the crown and the flowers are very small and again, dark purple/black.
I’m cooling it in a USPS Priority box and will mail this eve to the NCSU Herbarium as a second sample.