Is this just humidity and heat damage? Its been very hot and rainy the past month.
Looks super healthy! KSU Chappell grows top growth faster than any other variety, even Mango. Should flower next year.
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Hard to say exactly, but may be minor Phyllosticta. Nothing to worry about.
friend back east was able to send me a fairly tall pawpaw, is like 3 or 4 feet tall. she says it’s an Allegheny, that are what she grows and it’s one she grew out. I’ve been putting off getting it in the ground because it’s been hot and dry but I think it’s time.
of my original trees only 2 remain from the seedlings, one is dying I think. the other is about 6 inches tall and pushing. I’ve also still got the bigger one that was sent by @Osteen and it’s thriving.
think I’ll plant this new one today, since the weather has gotten a little easier
Fruit has continued to improve on this young grafted tree. When they drop intially theyre just pure sweet(like candy), and as they ripen on the counter it develops a much richer flavor closer to Susquehanna. Flesh density is good(I don’t like gooey or runny pawpaw flesh), even at this riper stage it has a slight bite.
This fruit was 196g and 13g of seed
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Hi folks, no real idea what I’m doing but… native Southerner who one day decided I needed to be able to go “way down yonder” in my own pawpaw patch. We’ll see if that ever happens!
So… I got a bunch of volunteers dug up from a friend’s two trees, marked so I could see if I ended up with at least one of each for fertilization, and then I left them in grow bags for too long while I figured out then semi-planned where to plant them. (More than a year.) They weren’t all making it and eventually I broke down and bought one from a local nursery.
All are unnamed, and in the ground my last #1 died during the drought earlier this summer. My last #2 looks astonishingly good, and I’m cautiously optimistic that my “store bought” extra is going to make it, too. It suffered horribly during the drought – I belatedly figured out it was getting a little too much afternoon sun.
All are unknown varieties. I’ll see if Pawpaw #1 comes back next year from the root (dubious but I’ve been surprised before).
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Had no idea it was so complex! There are a couple of abandoned Pawpaw’s here. I drove by them a month ago. Some fruit on 1 tree. Will have to check them out for fruit. Have not picked in 10 years+. From what I recall they are late harvest…but can’t remember.
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I better check on them abandoned Pawpaw’s tomorrow. Maybe some are ready!
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Nice!!
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My pawpaws are about a foot tall grown from seed this year. I haven’t counted recently, but have about 15 plants in 5 gallon containers. I’ll set them out later this fall.
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Wow…that is impressive!
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So I’ve been contemplating for weeks whether to plant a few of my grafted seedlings now or wait for spring. They’ll have little additional root growth this season and they’ll be going in an area that gets heavier vole traffic during the winter months with snow cover. I also worry about heavy snow with the young grafts and possible breakage.
Cons of keeping them inside include keeping them moist, dormant in the basement, and keeping the occasional rodent that sneaks in down there from getting a chew or two on them. I had 2 young seedlings chomped off in my basement last year.
I’m tempted to just put them in the ground. What would you zone 5 and 6ers out there do?
This Urea 46-0-0 is pretty potent, took a handful of the white granules and mixed them into some large pots with 10-20 grafted seedlings in them to give them nitrogen to get some more green growth this summer be4 hardening off for the fall. I saw leaves turning colors and falling off the next day on my grafted persimmon/pawpaw plants.
Also sprinkled granules into a bed of smaller hot peppers to give them some growth with same outcome.
Prob should have read a bit more how much to apply :).
Wonder if I can dilute the extra nitrogen out of the soil by watering it more.
EDIT: Hmmm as i was watering the pot, i could have swore I smelled fumes. Think that was the Urea? How strong is this stuff?
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I’ve only been doing about 2.5oz (2 39cc cups) of granules in a 5 gallon bucket of distilled water from my basement dehumidifier. Sometimes I add a little Neptune’s Harvest fish & seaweed fert to the mix. I pour some around the drip line of each tree. I was doing it every other day for awhile until the leaves responded deep green and then I backed off to weekly until I stopped at the beginning of August.
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I prob put 2 handfuls per pot since i got a 50lb bag and assumed it was not crazy strong. I assume that was ammonia i was smelling?
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Fruiting time. I am interested in buying pawpaws from someone who has many varieties so I can try one of each. I realize not all ripen at the same time so I might need two orders. Anyway looking for ones that are ripe and have no issue paying for fast shipping so there is no spoilage. Willing to wait till the best time to get as many as possible and then a later order getting late ripening. Of course please label so I know which is which. Let me know what you have and what you want per pound and PM me. I am in Texas and there are no pawpaw festivals anywhere near me. If anybody is willing and able, please let me know, thanks!
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I think it is photo period related dormancy. I am growing in Texas. They drop their leaves in October if I recall and we are very warm in that time sometimes 80’s and stay 90’s. But they all drop at the same time. Soil would still be warm at that time.
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I would be very concerned if they survived the trip. I know theres an orchard in a MD that was shipping a lot overnight but I think they focused on the NE. Fruit ripe enough to pick is already starting to soften up. I could ship you a few fruits but it would probably be expensive and I’m not sure they would make it in edible condition.
I have Nyomis Delicous, Susquehanna, Barrets Best, Shenandoah, Tallahatchie, and Prima. Out of those Im still waiting on most of the Susquehanna and Prima crop.
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I didn’t really expect much from Nyomi’s Delicious since it wasn’t from a dedicated breeding program, but its been a very pleasant surprise. Second variety to start dropping fruit and its got good flavor, not too many seeds, and a nice round shape. It’s first year producing(planted spring 2020) so I havent gotten any one pound fruits yet.
Critters seem to go after this one too. I’ll cut one open this evening to show off the inside.
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