Paw Paw in south Fla?

[gnappi]

Anyone had success with it?

[Epicatt2]

Anyone had success with it?

Last October I ordered two different cultivars of Asimina triloba from a nursery in the NW US.  They arrived bareroot and dormant last month.  They got planted out about three weeks ago (and flagged so the naked 'twigs' wouldn't get mowed by accident) but they haven't yet broken their dormancy as of this writing.

I'll post later on when I start to see activity.

I'm waiting with bated breath (and hook). –with apologies to Mary Rodgers!

Paul M.
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[mannadiars]

same here, havent broken out of dormancy, it lost the leaves during winter....

[StelaG]

Not sure about south Florida.  I know there is some low chill hour ones found growing in Central Florida but they aren't the same as the ones grown in Ga or further north.  They grow very slow and have long tap roots so they are normally direct sowed from seed.  Not very many people offer them but there is a group on FB specifically for Florida growers.  We have a tiny one growing from seed we ordered on Etsy from a Florida grower, a couple of years back. 

[D-Grower]

Here in north florida I have 2 trilobas planted. One has broken dormancy but the other hasn't. They flowered the last 2-3 years but no fruit set. They flower kinda staggered from each other is probably why. They may have flowered together this year but only one branch on one of them was developing flowers and I accidentally snapped it off dragging a tarp over other plants around it one of our last frost nights. The other has much more flowers and on many branches. Sourced from Just Fruits and Exotics and I believe they said they are seedlings from locally found wild trilobas. Could be wrong but I'm pretty sure that's what the claim was.

There are several other wild pawpaws here. One species I'm told is some kinda hybrid that naturally occurs here from the people on the FL pawpaw Facebook page. Looks a lot like a triloba but maybe a bit of a difference in leaf shape. Trees only get up to around 4ft tall from what I've seen in the wild though. Angustifolia are everywhere here though too. Hard to get seeds though. Animals get them so fast once they ripen.

[Epicatt2]

My two pawpaw cultivars, which I mentioned earlier in this thread were still dormant after planting them out about three weeks ago.

A check yesterday showed that one of the two has broken dormancy, so I'm sure the other will soon folllow.

The two cultivars that I chose are 'Sunflower' and 'Mango'.  The former is from Kansas and the latter was a selection from Georgia.  I opted on them because they were the most southern selections I could find.

Hoping for some fruit eventually from them.  Don't know how fast these will grow here in 9b.

Fingers X-ed!

Paul M.
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[StelaG]

I believe ours is Asimina Obovata that we grew from seed.  We had a few of the seeds germinate but all but one died.  Come to find out they are very sensitive to any kind of root disturbance and everyone says its best to direct sow the seed in the ground rather than in a pot.  Of course I put them into a seed tray.  They begin to sprout in Nov. 2022.  Pictures are when they sprouted and the only one that has survived to now. 

[Epicatt2]

I believe ours is Asimina Obovata that we grew from seed.  We had a few of the seeds germinate but all but one died.  Come to find out they are very sensitive to any kind of root disturbance and everyone says its best to direct sow the seed in the ground rather than in a pot.  Of course I put them into a seed tray.  They begin to sprout in Nov. 2022.  Pictures are when they sprouted and the only one that has survived to now. 

Sorry to hear that your A. obovatas all died but one, Stella.  That's so frustrating.

The A. obobata that I got went into the ground and so far hasn't shown any activity.  Because it was dormant and looked like a dead stick, I marked it with a tall visible flag, like surveyors use.  Hopefully now that it has warmed up mine will leaf out sson.  (My dormant A. trilobas have just leafed out after planting them out about three weeks ago.)

As to potting Asiminas, they can be started in a tall, say 12- or 14-inch, narrow tree pot and when the time comes to plant them out, slice the tree pot open vertically so the whole  of the taproot and column of potting mix can be lifted out in its entirety and gently planted into an accordingly deep hole.  That way root disturbance is minimal so that the survival rate is far more likely.

OK — HTH

Paul M.
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