Ames excerpted from the Januissue of the Small Farm Quarterly. Pawpaw – A “Tropical” Fruit for Temperate Climates (pdf) by Guy K. “We are devoted to the pawpaw, to seeing it take its rightful place as one of the fine fruits of the world.” Many original varieties and lots of info about growing and caring for pawpaws. Sells only to nurseries and seed and fruit re-sellers. Peterson’s Paw Paws Neal Peterson of Harper’s Ferry, WV, nurseryman and pawpaw breeder. We just had 1 foot of wet snow overnight. I hope this year will be another good one, but anything can still happen. Last year I had a nice crop, maybe since they hadn’t spent energy growing fruits the prior year. Tina Barney Here in east central Vermont near the Connecticut River, I’ve lost Pawpaw blossoms two different years, once from super cold over winter (-28F), and the other from super early warmth that let them break dormancy, then a frost in May hit with the blossoms fully open. it seems to be a combo of nasty spring killing the blooms and less than stellar pollinator activity. Scooter Marsh I’ve had a handful of Pawpaw trees for about 15 years, central Michigan, I’ve never had winter damage to trees or buds, but on several occasions have had the trees in full bloom and been hit with below 20* F and ended up with only a half a dozen fruits, a couple years ago I had zero fruit. And then of course, they will need full sun for fruit ripening…. Maybe the pole beans are in an arc only on the south sides of each one. One idea I had was to put pole bean teepees around them for a few (how many?) seasons. I just don’t know exactly where I should put them, or in what configuration/spacing, or how much shading they should have for establishing them, and how to provide the shade. ![]() :I have a bunch of potted pawpaws from several different seed sources, New York, Vermont, Oikos…. Perennial Food, Easy and Reliable Methods for Growing and Propagating Fruits and Nuts.A visit to tree planter Warren Balgooyen.Botanists scour old Northwest homesteads for long-lost apple varieties. ![]() ![]() About the MTCA: where do we go from here?.SOME THOUGHTS ON FRUIT EXPLORING and More.
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