PawPaw question - transplant ok?

[DroppingFruit]

The other pawpaw thread I was reading today said people have better luck transplanting pawpaw right after they start pushing growth in spring, Not while dormant.

Starting pawpaw seeds

I second Paully’s idea. Neal Peterson, pawpaw breeder, told me to wait to transplant pawpaws in Spring until there’s an inch of new growth AND transplant them into warm soil. So I laid black plastic over the soil where I eventually planted them to let sun warm it up. Got all takes.