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my gainesville #1 paw paw had a few very small broken branches, and I just so happened to have a few paw paw seedlings that I planted this winter...that got weed whacked by the lawn mower man....I grafted them recently, and looks like one is taking! I'll be excited if I have two gainesville #1 trees now!
Quote from: ASaffron on March 21, 2015, 10:32:29 PMmy gainesville #1 paw paw had a few very small broken branches, and I just so happened to have a few paw paw seedlings that I planted this winter...that got weed whacked by the lawn mower man....I grafted them recently, and looks like one is taking! I'll be excited if I have two gainesville #1 trees now!it is cleft graft you´ve used?
Definately looking to purchase 3 Peterson Paw Paws!!!!!!!! probably going to wait next year, The only thing thats upsetting about them, is they add to the fruits which coincide with my Mango Harvest....Pluots, Figs, Mangos, Dragon Fruit, Cherimoya....I cant eat them all at once.
Quote from: ClayMango on March 23, 2015, 11:54:19 AMDefinately looking to purchase 3 Peterson Paw Paws!!!!!!!! probably going to wait next year, The only thing thats upsetting about them, is they add to the fruits which coincide with my Mango Harvest....Pluots, Figs, Mangos, Dragon Fruit, Cherimoya....I cant eat them all at once.freeze them for later use...eat a little of each to be well rounded with a wide variety of nutritional and medicinal benefits.
I don't know about whole fruits, but pawpaw pulp freezes well. It's also a star in homemade ice cream. I'm excited that 3 of my seedlings are leafing out - I managed not to kill them over their first winter!
Quote from: ASaffron on March 23, 2015, 12:30:21 PMQuote from: ClayMango on March 23, 2015, 11:54:19 AMDefinately looking to purchase 3 Peterson Paw Paws!!!!!!!! probably going to wait next year, The only thing thats upsetting about them, is they add to the fruits which coincide with my Mango Harvest....Pluots, Figs, Mangos, Dragon Fruit, Cherimoya....I cant eat them all at once.freeze them for later use...eat a little of each to be well rounded with a wide variety of nutritional and medicinal benefits.Which fruits freeze well? I know Lychee taste amazing when Frozen, the drop in flavor is almost non existent...I wa shocked when i bought a bag of Frozen Lychee at how close it tasted to fresh Lychee.
yes. cleft..also i've seen people use saddle and splice graft.sure veneer would work too..and several other grafts.Quote from: sanitarium on March 23, 2015, 10:10:07 AMQuote from: ASaffron on March 21, 2015, 10:32:29 PMmy gainesville #1 paw paw had a few very small broken branches, and I just so happened to have a few paw paw seedlings that I planted this winter...that got weed whacked by the lawn mower man....I grafted them recently, and looks like one is taking! I'll be excited if I have two gainesville #1 trees now!it is cleft graft you´ve used?
Quote from: ASaffron on March 23, 2015, 11:49:51 AMyes. cleft..also i've seen people use saddle and splice graft.sure veneer would work too..and several other grafts.Quote from: sanitarium on March 23, 2015, 10:10:07 AMQuote from: ASaffron on March 21, 2015, 10:32:29 PMmy gainesville #1 paw paw had a few very small broken branches, and I just so happened to have a few paw paw seedlings that I planted this winter...that got weed whacked by the lawn mower man....I grafted them recently, and looks like one is taking! I'll be excited if I have two gainesville #1 trees now!it is cleft graft you´ve used?Nice. Mine are starting to push already too. I really liked grafting them. The wood seemed nice and soft so getting good cuts was very easy. I ended up doing all whip and tongues. Assuming the grafts keep looking good I should have allegheny, shenandoah, Susquehanna, wabash, Collins, gainesvie 1 and mango. The mango is putting out a bunch of flowers now. Hoping to try a fruit this season.
Quote from: Triloba Tracker on March 23, 2015, 02:26:07 PMI don't know about whole fruits, but pawpaw pulp freezes well. It's also a star in homemade ice cream. I'm excited that 3 of my seedlings are leafing out - I managed not to kill them over their first winter!Anthony, you should try your hand at grafting. Now would be the perfect time to gather cuttings from your favorite tree.
Pawpaw PollinationThis picture is of a pawpaw flower in the receptive stage. The petals are cut away to expose the sexual parts. The large green mass at the bottom is the immature anthers. There are 5 stigma protruding up through mass. If pollinated there is a possibility of 5 fruit. A flower with only say three stigma will develop only three fruit if all are pollinated.When the petals are still green, the flower is not receptive (female). You want the petals to turn maroon (some green showing is okay). You want the stigmas to be swollen and glisten. The petals will be rather tight. The ball of anthers will be green and tight. When the flower changes to the male stage, the petals flare out more widely, petal color can be darker; the ball of anthers darken and loosen and begin releasing pollen.The next picture is of a flower which is past the receptive stage and the anthers have matured. The green mass has turned gray and if you look closely pollen is on the petals. The problem is getting this pollen to flowers that are receptive.This is easy to do. Most flowers hang up side down. Simply take a small bottle such as a prescription bottle hold it under the flower and rake the anthers which contain pollen into the bottle. Be careful to not break off the stigma and ovary which is under the anther mass. Don't worry about separating the pollen from the anthers. Now take a Q-tip or tiny paint brush pull off some of the cotton, not all, Then twist into a smaller ball, dip into the pollen mix and touch to the stigma of receptive flowers. You will get anthers and pollen, but the flower doesn't care and the pollen will find the stigma. Pollen isn't available when the first flowers open due to the delay of maturing anthers. But again that is no problem as the bloom period is nearly two weeks. So don't try pollinating until several days after the first flowers open.
Discovered a volunteer paw-paw (?) growing too close to my greenhouse.
Long way from any joy, but I have a Maria's Joy and a Susquehanna planted earlier this spring...Ed, what would you say the difference was between Susquehanna and Wabash in terms of flavor?
Galka,nice find!save the seeds (or collect as many seeds as possible) those wild pawpaws can be valuable for sale or trade!