It is very satisfying knowing i now have a bunch of established pawpaw. Any time someone says i cant do something, i find that i have done it. Hopefully this thread serves as inspiration for someone who is tired of being told something isn’t possible. Now that i have multiple varities of seedlings we will see what the future holds. One variety i grew and one variety my mom grew. I also got some from the state of Kansas forestry service which are still alive but far behind the ones we grew. I grew an upland type and it is growing on the hilltop and she grew a lowland type. The lowland pawpaw always have larger fruit. There are advantages to both but nether is domesticated. Wild types made the most sense for me just like clarks crabapple made since to grow from seed. Clark's Crabapple
The pawpaw in this photo i grew from seed that @39thparallel and i gathered. The fruit is from our secret spot where they grow wild. These pawpaw will be able to grow throughout Kansas when i finish the crosses. My pawpaw will likely have misshapen fruit since those unusual genetic characteristics are what allows it to live here in the open. I will cross it back with others later on. The shape below is typical of this type of upland x lowland cross at the location they came from in Kansas.
Since the site is a cross of upland and lowland pawpaw i really dont know which type they will look like as you can see from the box gathered below they grew from
These are river type pawpaw that been washed down stream from various places and grow in the rich fertile valleys that serve as flood plains.