I am probably need to keep some pawpaw seeds/plants in pots for up to 2 years (and hopefully no more than that). What is the best way to do that? I know they have super long taproots, what is the best type of pot to use? Will I be able to keep it in one size pot or will I need to start smaller and go to a larger pot after a year or so?
Right now they are seeds in a plastic bag and are just starting to germinate, so I feel like 2 years is possible.
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I haven’t done this with pawpaws but I would do an air-prune setup, maybe a deep pot with a screen bottom, but pawpaws want lots of water, so maybe they need their Taproot to get down deep into the ground water.
You could try planting them in some kind of tubes and uncurl the Taproot and put it down a hole you make, at the bottom of your hole you’re going to plant it in, with a digging bar.
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Hey heads up our Peaceful Heritage pawpaw scions are now available: https://peacefulheritage.com/products/pawpaw-scion-wood-naturally-grown
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Thanks Blake! I will look. Would also love references from thread on places that sell scion.
Nice weather today, transplanting a sucker that popped up summer 24, and severed this spring.
No idea if this will work well or not. Thats part of the fun of having extra rootsuckers. I think it’ll be fine, but I am not worried about it wither way.
If you could buy a cultivar on its own roots, would you pay more vs a grafted tree?
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Yes. Not having to worry about a grafted tree dying would be a nice perk.
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I’d pull all those leaves off and give it some kelp extract if you have any, mulch heavily, and stake it so it doesn’t move around.
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Any Northern growers have experience with varieties that just will NOT ripen fruit due to late ripening?
You could ask mr. Jerzy Oreszczuk about this topic.
He tested a lot of clones in short season conditions (eastern Poland).