I do that whenever it trends above 90
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Went to this one this past weekend.
Judging, it’s a tuff job but somebody’s got to do it!
Hat’s off to the Indiana Nut & Fruit Growers Association for sponsoring such a fine event. Fruit, food, music.
The Bluff is a historic little site where the WPA made a trail all the way down to the Wabash river.
When you get to the bottom you may opt for the road, the climb back up is not for the faint of heart.
They’re already planning next year’s event for the same weekend.
If you’re close enough pencil it in for next year.
Here’s another one you can still attend.
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Have you ever had an ice cream bean fruit? I’ve often wondered if the paw paw tastes similar.
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You mean paw paw and ice cream bean? Wow, that’s pretty cool. I was researching his region of Portugal and his climate is very similar to Anderson Valley region of Mendocino County in Northern California. I’d like to explore the feasibility of growing ice cream beans too. Though the jabuticaba is by far the cold sensitive tree I’d most like to grow. I wouldn’t even try it outside in Oregon, but maybe I can pull it off in Mendocino.
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Hi! What can i do? 
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@jsteph00921 had a question about if there are similarities,between Ice Cream Bean and Pawpaw,maybe flavor wise or texture,not sure?
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Well i think they are totally diferent in flavor, size, texture… the flavor of Inga vulpina that is the one i know is floral, fresh, sweet and juicy. The texture is fluffy as cotton candy. Pawpaw is not so juicy. Is meaty, very very sweet like a good mango and the flavor of sunflower var. is very mangoish… i hope i helped… 
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It did help. So you think the paw paw has the taste of mango? That inspires me to keep going with my cultivation endeavors.
I’ve also been researching your area’s climate. Is the largest town indicative of the climatic conditions in the entire region, or do you have significant elevation changes that have profound influence? In my area the difference between the coast and 30 miles inland is 2 growing zones. It’s that much more temperate at the immediate coast. The downside of that is the fact it doesn’t warm up nearly as much. Which is a bummer for things like most garden vegetables.
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I fermented the seeds for 5 days from some I collected in order to get the pulp off easily. Much easier than scraping it off each seed. I believe it helps reduce mold spores, etc. for better storage - at least it does for tomato seeds.
Not really sure what I’ll do with this since they are just from wilds (although good flavored wilds), but I hate just throwing seeds away.
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Pawpaws just creep first few years in many places, not all. They will probably accelerate next few years but keep up gobs of N in March and May. What state are you in? How much sun do your pp get? How deep and wide is your mulch? I put hardware cloth cage around base of trunks (keeps mulch and gnawers off trunk) then 6 to 8 ft diameter mulch circles 6 to 10 inches deep.
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I’ve heard the seeds lose most of their viability if they dry out completely.
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Early report is that Wabash has won best pawpaw today at the Ohio Pawpaw Festival.
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Yes. These went right from the ferment into a ziplock in the fridge as soon as I washed them off and made sure there was no remaining pulp.
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I’m growing the paw paw in western Oregon. They get all day sun and the average high is around 90 in July and August. I cover them with a shade cloth during the hottest months.
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Hope i can beat the animals to these Sunflower. Its been a light crop here. Hoping next season is my big pawpaw year but the trees have really taken off with a ton of growth.
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Those look fantastic. They sure look like they would taste good.
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I’ve been going on Pawpaw hunts for wild specimens. I found some “specimens in the wild”, but they were put there by the county, so I’m not sure they count.
And a smaller one further in
My Pawpaw trees are just about the only thing the local deer don’t maul and have zero protection. Is rodent girdling a concern with them? The one above probably can use protection from whoever does the landscaping. The shrubs they didn’t cage are eaten half to the ground.
Anyone have a picture of whatever (temporary?) structure is left after the fruit drops? I saw a couple shrively black bits I wasn’t sure what they were. I wasn’t sure if it was from fruit somebody picked already or just some dried up mangled petiole or something.
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