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Wednesday, April 27. 2022

You can grow Paw- Paws in most of the US

They are a custardy tropical and subtropical dessert fruit. Flavor is "the Paw Paw has been described as a soft blend of banana, melon, vanilla, and pineapple".  It seems that they can be grown in most of the US (Zones 5-9).


The small tree has tropical-looking leaves, likes damp but not swampy soil.


Several places sell saplings online. 


Like figs, people are often surprised that they can be grown easily in New England. 

Posted by Bird Dog in Gardens, Plants, etc. at 14:00 | Comments (8) | Trackbacks (0)

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Love 'em
#1 Talnik on 2022-04-27 17:35 (Reply)
Saw several of these bearing fruit last year, didn't know the fruit was edible.

Hope to try one. What are indications of being ripe?
#2 DrTorch (Link) on 2022-04-28 10:50 (Reply)
The skin gives slightly when you press it.
#2.1 Talnik on 2022-04-30 15:30 (Reply)
Probably not politically correct any more for some obscure reason but a sing-along standard many years ago as a youngster.

Did I mention MANY years ago?

https://www.songsforteaching.com/folk/thepawpawpatch.php
#3 Dunque on 2022-04-28 11:35 (Reply)
Reminds me of the children's song we used to sing... that was 65 or so years back. "Picking up paw-paws, put 'em in your pocket..." Oh, I see Dunque mentioned that. I doubt that is a song that kids sing anymore.
#4 TheCaptain on 2022-04-28 11:49 (Reply)
Each spring I am out with a chainsaw thinning the rampant spread from three Pawpaw (correct spelling) saplings that I planted naively thirty years ago and are now spreading like wildfire and dropping masses of hideous, elongated leaves every fall. Asimina triloba is a garden thug. If these trees were not near an outbuilding I would do a controlled burn to get rid of them. If you have a farm and want the fruit, "custard apples," proceed. Otherwise run.
#5 Missy on 2022-04-28 15:04 (Reply)
Ditto with Missy's experience, they can be rampant from stolon root spread and fruit drop both. Wife got paw paw fever about 10 yrs ago and put in 3-4 saplings and now there are at least 20, but area is not ideal so largest is only a few inches in diameter.
#6 sch on 2022-04-28 17:32 (Reply)
Interesting, didn't know that. A local garden center had a number of nice-looking saplings for sale a couple of weeks ago. I wonder if the people who bought them knew what they were potentially getting themselves into.
#6.1 Hairless Joe on 2022-04-29 09:23 (Reply)

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