What Paw Paw varieties are best for pacific northwest?
eukofios
12 years ago
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Wanted: paw paw, apple, plum, hardy figs and hardy pomagranate
Comments (5)I am in zone 6 but I am looking for things hardy to zone 7. The palm i have is a Saw palmetto from what I can tell from the parent plant. I would be glad to send pics of the parent plant....can't seem to find out how to email directly to people yet. I am in charleston sc so as far as the figs hardiness, it got down to the low twenties and snowed last year and it showed no damage and had a ton of figs. I am unsure of the variety of my fig. It is red inside with greenish brown skin when ripe. On all my stuff I am happy to send first....See MorePaw Paw pollination
Comments (20)Seriously, Murky, what you just suggested is brilliant! GREAT IDEA! For one, you are 100% right, I've already got fruit tree fever bad enough that I KNOW I'm going to learn how to graft this summer! I'll probably be doing silly things like taking scion from one tree and putting it on another and vice versa, even though I'll have both varieties in full, just so I can practice and learn to graft. Second, your plan would leave me with some good sized paw paws in a few years, at which time I can 1) do what you suggested and topwork them with better variety if I need to. Also, since I have plenty of space in my "orchard" I can still buy and plant some better varieties in the next few years if I want to. Then if the seedlings don't work out, I can either cut them down or rework them. In short, your suggestion would only cost me about $30 dollars now and would give me several options in a few years, whereas if I do nothing and/or just keep looking for the "right" pawpaw, I may easily let a year or two slip by with no progress. Can I please ask one related but slightly off topic question? I have a good looking mature, but healthy, crabtree that is probably 6-8 inch diameter trunk. I'd like to topwork it into a good fruiting apple, which I've read is very possible. But here is my question....which would be FASTER (in terms of getting a good fruit producing apple tree that is producing a good crop)....topworking my crabapple or cutting it down and just planting a new, potted, 5-6 foot apple tree? On one hand, the top worked tree obviously already has a large, well developed root system that could support a new top graft. But on the other hand, a 5-7 foot tall tree that already has SOME roots that are ready to start spreading/growing seems like it is at least 2 years ahead of the small scion I'd need to graft onto the 3-4 foot stump, and there graft would take some time to heal and start growing (I assume). I've wondered about this for a long time and for other situations I have. So, in short, is it faster to plant a good, tall, root balled tree or to cut down a decent tree and top work it with new scion. (This assumes I have both available, and that the topwork graft is successful). Thanks...See Morepollinating a paw-paw
Comments (28)Over the past several weeks, my sunflower paw-paw had 15-20 flowers and I used my brush to extract yellow pollen from the older (black looking w/ leaves falling off) flowers and paint on to the younger just-opening flowers. The several fruit that looked promising last year were eaten by rodents so I'll have to do a better job of caging the fruit that I hope will grow this year. Wild Haired Mavens, I wish you luck w/ your LA paw paw. They don't do well in direct sun light (I lost 4 last year because my canopy fell off while I was away) and regardless of the species (hopefully sunflower), make sure to hand-pollinate when the flower open to get the best chance of fruits. In the meantime, paw-paws are related to cherimoya (similar taste from what I've read), which I would recommend purchasing if you can find it. They're my personal favorite fruit and can be bought from Home Depot (make sure you buy two to cross pollinate)....See MorePawPaw, cherimoya... In New Orleans?
Comments (5)Help!! Have been looking for PawPaw trees! Does anyone have a source, what are the growing conditions! I know I will need two trees, but dn't know the size of this tree or its growing conditions. Can anyone tell me something about this tree? Have heard about it since I was a child, but no one coudl tell me much about it!!! Thank you!!!!!!!...See Morefabaceae_native
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