The Paw Paw taste test
Published 2023-10-29
Timestamps:
00:00 Taste Test
06:52 Description of the flavor
08:59 Don't eat the skin
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10:52 Germinating Seeds
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All Comments (21)
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These are native to my area but you can’t find them anymore. I’ve been growing them from seed and trying to re-establish them on my property. I’m currently trying to re-establish a lot of native species on my property.
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If you can successfully sever and transplant a runner they grow way faster than a seedling. Usually is a full year process though (cut the root in the ground, wait a year, then dig it up).
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Greenbarn nursery out of Quebec was selling paw paw seeds that they claimed were zone 3 hardy! They were out of stock this year though. Thank you for helping spread this amazing fruit! It makes sense not to sell them yet. In another 7 years you can have hundreds available that are well tested for your zone.
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I live in Poland and own 3 pawpaw trees in pots. I think they still need ca 10 years to bear fruits, but now I will know how to eat it. Thanks for sharing 👍
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I have two in a pot. This is their second winter. Last year I buried the pot and covered with straw. They survived but super slow at waking up in Spring. I think I will bury the pot again this winter in the same spot. They are approx 9-12 inches high. They were grown from seed. Next spring I think I will plant in the ground. So excited to grow in my suburban yard.
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If you have a decent number of paw paw seeds, you can germinate and start all of them efficiently in a small space using air pruning boxes. Sean from Edible Acres has great videos on air prune boxes
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Hello my friend! Hope you had a great summer! :)
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Super sweet video. I planted about a dozen pawpaws this year and I’m so excited for when me and my family get to do this in about a decade lol
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Congratulations on your Pawpaw harvest. I'm still waiting for my trees to mature a little more. I'm 67 years old and remember as a child native Pawpaw trees on our farm between Ottawa and Cornwall. My father who had been born on that farm, identified the tree though he did not tell me if they ever ate the fruit. The fruit looked so odd and undesirable on the ground, that I never tasted it. I live on the farm next door and have never seen a Pawpaw here until I started planting them. I suspect as fencelines were cleared for more farmland, the last of the native trees disappeared.
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Congratulations on first harvest.
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I have about 15 to 20 behind my house. Mine are anywhere from 3’-15’ tall. The deer get most and bears get a bunch.
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💙 I thought I recognized Gardening in the North. Already subscribed.
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Such a nice video and community in the comments!
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A banner day for you! Congrats!
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Congrats on the great harvest! Love the plan for developing cold hardiness! Thanks for sharing this and all your knowledge. I will be starting my food forest next spring/summer in zone 4 so your videos are great inspiration.
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Lovely video - Thanks for sharing and keep up the good work!
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Awesome video Clean family fun
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Hi Keith... I was just reading Diana Beresford-Kroeger's book, The Sweetness of a Simple Life, pg 274 where she was talking about Pawpaws, and how she discovered a way to readily germinate what are typically difficult to germinate seeds. She lives just south of Ottawa. If you haven't read this gem, you'd really love it. I'm seriously considering planting some of these seeds this year... and I'm 79. I'm building a large screen cage to keep raccoons off the pear trees I've ordered. (my short term life goal is to live to 125... then decide what I want to be when I grow up). The shelter is a repurposed Shelter Logic frame covered with 1"x1" hardware cloth. I built my Toronto-based daughter one last fall... should work well. I'll email you a pic. Apparently the trees grow to 30' so Ill have to prune it into some modified shape to live within the cage. I'm in zone 4 with a good microclimate... kept a Japanese Maple alive for ten years, but it didn't thrive, just survived, with lots of winter TLC.
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There is a town named after these in Michigan. Or, I guess, the town was named after the Paw Paw river that was named after the fruit.
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The problem with seeds is that they have a wide genetic diversity. The size and quality of paw paws varies widely. If you have a small space, like a suburban environment just buy a tree that has a good reputation.
