Paw Paw Fruit Trees!!!

Dawningstar1 · January 3, 2011

Last year I got some paw paw fruit from a nice old couple, they gave me a taste of their paw paw banana bread sure is yummie and about fifty seeds, I started some as soon as I got home and low and behold they grew!!!

I gave a few plants to neighbors as I was moving and I planted two on that property before I left!! Spread the joy....

Anyway, the four plants I kept are still in the house, one looks like I might be lucky if it hangs on till spring it really didn't do too much only got to about 6 inches high.... the other ones, two are about two feet high and one had a baby and this seemed to stunt it's growth a little but it is about two feet high the baby about one foot high!!!

I don't know too much about them, I don't think I will transplant them into the ground until the fall of 2011, I figure once May rolls around I will move them to the greenhouse and see how it goes...

I don't know how long it will take them to bear fruit, the gentleman said about three years from seed to production... we shall see... I am going to start a few more in the spring and go from there, if anyone has any advise or knows how this plant grows I would love info.... I found one spot that showed me the flower from them it is very pretty.... can't wait to taste the fruit of my labour and the tree lol

January 3, 2011	#1
Dawningstar1 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Canada Posts: 36	Paw Paw Fruit Trees!!! Last year I got some paw paw fruit from a nice old couple, they gave me a taste of their paw paw banana bread sure is yummie and about fifty seeds, I started some as soon as I got home and low and behold they grew!!! I gave a few plants to neighbors as I was moving and I planted two on that property before I left!! Spread the joy.... Anyway, the four plants I kept are still in the house, one looks like I might be lucky if it hangs on till spring it really didn't do too much only got to about 6 inches high.... the other ones, two are about two feet high and one had a baby and this seemed to stunt it's growth a little but it is about two feet high the baby about one foot high!!! I don't know too much about them, I don't think I will transplant them into the ground until the fall of 2011, I figure once May rolls around I will move them to the greenhouse and see how it goes... I don't know how long it will take them to bear fruit, the gentleman said about three years from seed to production... we shall see... I am going to start a few more in the spring and go from there, if anyone has any advise or knows how this plant grows I would love info.... I found one spot that showed me the flower from them it is very pretty.... can't wait to taste the fruit of my labour and the tree lol __________________ Plant a thought, like a seed it will flourish with love, sunlight, water and shelter from the storm