Asimina triloba

Some hopeful progress on newly-regrafted #pawpaw -- Shenandoah on the right; KSU Atwood on the left 16 May 2022 #asiminatriloba #native #graftyourown #grafted

I haven't looked at my #grafted #pawpaw trees since last weekend and Wow! What big leaves you have! 14 May 2022 #asiminatriloba #native #graftyourown

Looks like you had great success!

Today was field grafting day for the root sucker #pawpaw -- three different varieties: Wabash, PAG-4, and Mango. I hope they work..... #asiminatriloba #native #treesfromcuttings #grafted #grafting #graftyourown 8 May 2022

Two of my grafts failed so I ordered more scion and reattempted today with another try at Susquehanna on the left add KSU Atwood on the right. #grafting #grafted #pawpaw #asiminatriloba 8 May 2022

This is 30 2.5"x10" treepots planted with last fall's #pawpaw seeds. I've tried two different pots to germinate them but there's no signs of life yet. Not sure why it's taking so long. 7 May 2022 #asiminatriloba #native #treesfromseeds

I first tried to germinate them on 20 March, so it should have happened by now. Maybe I let them dry out in the fridge. 😕

I read that pawpaw seeds need a heat mat to help with germination. Not sure you could do that but it might be worth a try.

Yeah, I've had them on a heat mat until today. @gjones I'll wait another month and see if anything happens.

#pawpaw root suckers are starting to leaf out a little 15 Apr 2022 #asiminatriloba #native

Moved the #grafted #pawpaw trees outside so they could get more ventilation and better drainage. 15 Apr 2022 #asiminatriloba #native #graftyourown

Moved the #grafted #pawpaw trees outside into the shade so they get some better drainage & ventilation. 15 Apr 2022 #asiminatriloba #native #graftyourown

My outdoor #pawpaw rootsucker transplant is waking up. It's rained all week and today it's finally sunny. The little leaves are starting to stretch out. I think I'll be able to graft it in another week or two. 8 Apr 2022 #asiminatriloba #native #spring

I can see some green growth on all 8 of my #grafted #pawpaw -- some looks like leaves and some looks like flower buds. I learned this weekend that the green growth is in fact from energy stored in the scion. It'll be a couple more months before I can be sure the graft was successful. 4 Apr 2022 #graftyourown #newgrowth #alwayslearning #asiminatriloba

Fingers crossed

Eeeeeeeeeeeee! Greeeeeeeeeeeeeen! This is two shots of a single #grafted #pawpaw tree 6 days after grafting. Not sure if the growth is from energy stored in the scion wood or if this is an indication that nutrients are coming up from the roots but either way I'LL TAKE IT! omg SO EXCITED!!! 1 Apr 2022 #asiminatriloba #native #graftyourown

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@emch can you see this one? It triple-posted so i deleted two

No @sushiwaitress 🤪

DEFINITE BUD GROWTH on my #grafted #pawpaw trees! This is two different trees 5 days after I grafted them. I used a cotton swab and dotted the top of the graft with melted candle wax to seal in all possible moisture 1 Apr 2022 #asiminatriloba #native #graftyourown

My new daily obsession: "are these buds longer than they were yesterday? Is that a hint of green under that grafting tape?" 29 Mar 2022 #asiminatriloba #pawpaw #grafted #graftyourown

They look great 👍🏼 how long have you got to wait till you know if they’ve taken?

They told me it takes two weeks for the union to heal if I got enough of the cambium touching @philstalder The scion wood has been in the fridge since it was cut and now it's indoors in warm temps so I don't know if the swelling buds are because of the warm temperature or if it's a sign of healing. The buds definitely look bigger than before.

Ruth, I think you meant the comment to Rich. @richard.spicer.7906

Haha oops! Thanks @philstalder

"Are these buds longer than they were yesterday?" Literally me with my blueberry bush

#pawpaw trees are #grafted and back in the warm sunny storage office. If they all make it, I'll have 8 varieties: Shenandoah, Susquehanna, Sunflower, Overleese, Pennsylvania Golden 4, NC-1, Mango, and Rebecca's Gold 29 Mar 2021 #asiminatriloba #graftyourown

#grafting the last of my #pawpaw #seedlings -- the trick is a long shallow diagonal cut (whip graft) and matching up the green cambium layers of the rootstock and scion. Wrap tightly with biodegradable grafting tape to seal in moisture and keep in a warm location to promote faster healing. Hope it works!!! 27 Mar 2022

@sushiwaitress cam you explain the reasons for grafting them at all? I know you graft apples to bring a tired tree back to life, but what does it do for a pawpaw?

I saved seeds from pawpaws I ate and grew these small trees. Their fruit won't be the same as their parent tree, and they're unlikely to be as good as cultivated varieties. So I got wood from the cultivated varieties so I can have the best fruit. It's basically cloning. @emch

@emch - Most apples are actually grafted to suit a desirable rootstock - if you grow them on their own roots, most will be too vigorous, or not hardy or not suitable long term. Various rootstocks have been developed to suit different end size trees and control the vigour. Similarly with pears and other fruits. Not sure about pawpaw but another reason is usually that you’ll get a fruiting tree much quicker from grafting. @sushiwaitress , what was the rootstock in your case - a straight species?

Some rootstocks also help prevent certain diseases 👍🏼

@richard.spicer.7906 I just grew a pawpaw from seed and used the seedling tree as the rootstock. There really aren't different rootstocks for pawpaw. And you're right, grafted trees bear fruit a few years earlier than trees from seed.

Interesting, @sushiwaitress @richard.spicer.7906

I did it! I was nervous to lop the top off this seedling that I've been growing for a year, but the one-on-one instruction at the Backyard Fruit Growers meeting built my confidence and gave me just enough practice to do it on my own. 26 Mar 2022 #grafting #graft #pawpaw #asiminatriloba #alwayslearning #BackyardFruitGrowers www.byfg.org

So many leaves in one week! Two days till grafting and I'm gonna chop 'em all off.... 😱 24 Mar 2022 #pawpaw #seedlings #grownfromseed #fromseed #treesfromseeds #nativetree #asiminatriloba

So many leaves in one week! Two days till grafting and I'm gonna chop 'em all off.... 😱 24 Mar 2022 #pawpaw #seedlings #grownfromseed #fromseed #treesfromseeds #nativetree #asiminatriloba

Four more sleeps until the grafting workshop with the Backyard Fruit Growers on Saturday. That's when these #seedling #pawpaw will be grafted with named cultivars. And not a moment too soon -- they're really starting to leaf out. 22 Mar 2022 #asiminatriloba #native #treesfromseeds #nativetree

Trying a new technique to #germinate pawpaw seeds. It's late March and I should have started this in January, but better late than never. This is an aluminum foil baking pan from the grocery store and the cheapest #heatmat I could find on Amazon. I cover the pan with cardboard from the recycling to keep the moisture in. Should have germination in one more week. 20 Mar 2022 #seedsowing #seedstarting

Look forward to see the progress😊

#pawpaw #seedling tree leafing out! I brought them inside into a sunny room a month ago and they're definitely awake now. An experienced pawpaw grower told me this would happen, but it's still such a delight to see it actually happen right in front of me. It's almost grafting time! 16 Mar 2022 #asiminatriloba #native #treesfromseeds #nativetree

Yep it looks like they've woken up. What will you graft it onto?

@gjones i have some cuttings (scion wood) from cultivated varieties of pawpaws. These varieties have fewer seeds than the wild ones.

My 13 #pawpaw #seedlings have been upstairs in a sunny room for a couple weeks now, and today I noticed some green tips! They're waking up! 10 Mar 2022 #asiminatriloba #native #treesfromseeds #nativetree

My 13 #pawpaw #seedlings have been upstairs in a sunny room for a couple weeks now, and today I noticed some green tips! They're waking up! 10 Mar 2022 #asiminatriloba #native #treesfromseeds #nativetree

The #pawpaw #seedlings that I started in Feb 2021 spent their first winter in my garage, and today I brought them inside into a sunny storage room in an attempt to wake them up early so I can graft them in a month. 21 Feb 2022 #asiminatriloba #native #treesfromseeds #nativetree #ediblelandscaping #permaculture

What are you grafting them to?

@emch named cultivars of pawpaw.

The biggest of the three #pawpaw root suckers has two new side branches. I think the central leader might have died -- it looks pretty dried up. 21 Feb 2022 #asiminatriloba #native #treesfromcuttings #permaculture #ediblelandscaping

Checked on my transplanted #pawpaw root suckers (gifted from my neighbor) and they look like they might make it. All three of the tiny shoots have little baby leaf buds and new growth tips that definitely weren't there when I got them a year ago. 21 Feb 2022 #asiminatriloba #native #treesfromcuttings #permaculture #ediblelandscaping

It's going to be 28°F tonight (which is cold in America) so I brought in the #pawpaw #seedling trees too. 19 Nov 2021 #asiminatriloba #native #treesfromseeds #nativetree

Is it nessecary to overwinter them indoors? Pawpaw are quite cold hardy. They should be able to handle temps well below 0

They are decideous so will drop all their leaves and bud out in Spring

It shouldn't be necessary to overwinter them indoors, but they are in tall treepots and I'm worried the roots won't have enough insulation because they aren't planted in the ground. This is just temporary until I re-watch a video from a grower I know. @referee101

That makes sense :) we dont experience frost here at all. The lowes the temps drops might be 5 or 6 degrees celcuis ( 41 - 45 degrees farenheit.) but that rarely happens. average is around 10 in winter.

what Zone are you in?

7a. @referee101

I've got a pdf document that I got from somewhere focusing on Fruit trees and other edibles specifically for areas that experience frost. Cant remember How I got it though. Would like to send it to you. Theres some interesting info in there with some rare fruit. You might find it interesting.

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://ucanr.edu/sites/2017MGConference/files/271008.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwjqts6xmKb0AhVHZcAKHd9UD2gQFnoECCMQAQ&usg=AOvVaw3DldARxZbPAf8qNq0yENYh

wow yay thank you Tian!! @referee101

Aha. I found info on caring for potted pawpaw trees during the winter from Kentucky State University (where there is the only pawpaw research department) and it turns out that keeping them from freezing while they're potted is pretty important! Much hardier in-ground. https://m.facebook.com/ksu.pawpaw/posts/3815715388460375?locale2=sw_KE #advice

Good job plant Mom 💕

Gonna have a go at #lasagnegardening -- this is layer 1: cardboard to smother grass and weeds for my first patch. Some logs from a fallen tree and some rocks I dug up while planting this guy are anchoring down the #cardboard #usewhatyouhave 4 Sep 2021 #permaculture #lasagnagardening

Probably should have removed the shade cloth from my #pawpaw root sucker transplants a few months ago, but better late than never. #ediblelandscaping #edible #native #nativeplant #treesfromcuttings #nativetree 4 Sep 2021

So this one grew from a root sucker?

@referee101 yes it did, in my neighbor's yard. He dug it up and I planted it in my yard. Not sure if it'll make it, because pawpaw transplants don't usually work (so I've heard). It's an experiment to keep me entertained until the seedlings get big.

Nice! I assume thats where you got the seeds / seedlings from? I see the permaculture bug got to you too😄 You should look up the gardening channel on youtube and look at what James accomplished in New Jersey.

My neighbor's trees have never fruited! It's such a tragedy! I saved my seeds from pawpaws I bought last year. @referee101 I want to meet James and Tuck and visit them someday! It was their pawpaw video that got me started.

If he only have one tree then it wont set fruit. He needs 2 trees that are genetically different. Growing them from seed produces genetically different trees. If you plant your then someday his might set fruit

It's so crazy @referee101 because he has two trees that he grew from seed. They are definitely big enough to fruit AND they had buds last spring. Maybe he'll have to hand pollinate them. Being a root sucker, mine is a clone of his. But I'm going to get us some scion wood this spring and maybe in a couple more years we'll both have fruit.

I heard Paw paw can take 8 - 9 years to fruit if grown from seed.

@referee101 it's possible that's the reason. I can't remember how old his are. I'm going to graft my seedlings, which has the added benefit of making them fruit a couple years sooner.

@sushiwaitress You are lucky if you can get scions. I'm the only person in my country with paw paw seedlings atm. 😅

I forgot to mention , Bees aren't you're usual pollinators for these trees. Beetles, fly's and ant are. If you lack any of those in you're area then you might need to consider hand pollinating flowers.

Pawpaws are loving this shady spot. Now gotta figure out where to put them all! #pawpaw #asiminatriloba #native #treesfromseeds #nativetree #gyo 19 June 2021

Took a peek under the shade cloth and gave them a slosh of ferts this evening 13 May 2021 #pawpaw #asiminatriloba #native #treesfromcuttings #nativetree

#yum #101uses

#pawpaw progress 6 May 2021 #native #edible #nativetree #asiminatriloba #shadecloth #fruittree

#pawpaw progress 6 May 2021 #native #edible #nativetree #asiminatriloba #shadecloth #fruittree

#pawpaw progress 6 May 2021 #native #edible #nativetree #asiminatriloba #shadecloth #fruittree

#pawpaw got it made in the shade. 😎 And I was thrilled to see that all four root suckers, scrawny as they were, all have some honest-to-goodness green leaves 30 Apr 2021 #shadecloth #asiminatriloba #treesfromcuttings #nativetrees #native #edible

Five and a maybe #pawpaw #seedlings #grownfromseed #fromseed #growyourown #gyo #treesfromseeds 29 Apr 2021 #growtent #native #nativetree #asiminatriloba

Three #pawpaw #seedlings pushing up in the grow tent 25 Apr 2021 #asiminatriloba #native #treesfromseeds

Invested in some 40% shade cloth. Weighted it down with rocks in hopes the cicadas won't choose my baby #pawpaw trees to lay eggs in. #asiminatriloba #shadecloth 19 Apr 2021

#pawpaw #treebuds #newgrowth #spring #asiminatriloba #treesfromcuttings 19 Apr 2021

#midwesternnative

EUREKA! A pawpaw seed has peeked up its little stem and it's only mid-April!!! This is one of twelve that are starting their lives out in the cozy basement grow tent. The twelve that are living outside so far are still dozing under their soil. #pawpaw #asiminatriloba #native #nativetree #treesfromseeds #growyourown #gyo 16 Apr 2021

#kermitarms

I planted 3 unrelated Pawpaws in my backyard and they are doing quite well.

@DelbertYoung how old are your trees?

About 3-4 years old - I started them from seeds of Pawpaws that I ate. 2 from Columbus, Ohio and one from Athens, Ohio. My trees are all unrelated, this ensures fruit later on. I planted them in my backyard in Medina, NY.

Mine are still only about 4 feet tall.

A tiiiiiiny tip of green on what I thought was a dry dead stick -- yaaaaaaaay! Super happy about this because you need two different #pawpaw trees to get fruit. #asiminatriloba #native #nativeplant #edible #ifitwantstoliveitllfight 16 Apr 2021

#pawpaw #asiminatriloba 16 Apr 2021 #nativeplant #native #ediblelandscaping

Baby #pawpaw #leaves getting bigger and more real 13 Apr 2021 #asiminatriloba

Just booked #vaccine appointments for hubby and I for next week, and my most-hoped-for plant is making #leaves... #spring is full of #hope! 10 Apr 2021 #covid19 #covid-19 #almostover #letmeout #pawpaw #asiminatriloba

Great news!

Congratulations to the both of you👍both hubby and I are 2 weeks fully vaccinated.

@crabby58 wow, that must feel amazing! L'chaim! (To LIFE!)

Thank you 🙏 it's very comforting, a sense of relief and we are still careful. The best of luck to both of you👍

@sushiwaitress. Thank you. I love all your edible plants, some l haven't heard off. Lovely to speak to you. 👍

My skinny little #pawpaw stick appears to be making leaves! #asiminatriloba 8 Apr 2021

Super 🌟

I'd saved #pawpaw seeds from last fall, kept them in the fridge all winter and then dumped them all in a pot of soil and put them on a warming mat in the grow tent for 6 weeks. Shook some sprouted seeds out of the pot today and put them into their separate 14"x4" stuewe treepots. 3 Apr 2021 #asiminatriloba #seedling #weekendproject

#progress

Outstanding! #midwesternnative #101uses #yum

I think maybe this #pawpaw transplant might be showing a sign of life... 2 Apr 2021 #asiminatriloba

#midwesternnative

I think maybe this #pawpaw transplant might be showing a sign of life... 2 Apr 2021 #asiminatriloba

Hello baby darlings, mommy loves you so much. I hope you grow... 💞🌱💕💗🤞 27 Mar 2021 #pawpaw #asiminatriloba #native

Baby #pawpaw need shade for the first couple years, but they need full sun to fruit. So i built myself a tree shelter out of some wire caging/fencing material that my neighbor put out for the trash and which I scrounged just in time before the garbage truck came. I had an old XL t-shirt that I won't wear in public, so I cut it down the side and hooked it on with twist ties #reuse #recycle 27 Mar 2021 #repurpose

Very resourceful 👍

Planted my two #pawpaw shoots this morning, both in the same hole. Mixed soil with peat, compost and cow manure and gave them a good soaking 27 Mar 2021 #asiminatriloba #treecrops #hopehopehope #nativeplant

Love seeing your project, magic reusing and make do with invented bit. Super upcyling of the tshirt. Paw paw perfect

OMG OMG OMG my neighbor dug up some #pawpaw suckers from his back yard and brought them over! I know to keep my expectations low because they don't often survive transplantation, but if they live, this puts me years closer to my own fruit.... #hopehopehope #asiminatriloba #wishlistnomore #freeplants #sharingiscaring #omg #bestdayever 26 Mar 2021

Yay! How about using some help, like a plant starter in the water?

@dirtgirlworld i tasted my first pawpaw ever last fall and I'm OBSESSED

@columbiariver great idea! 💡😉🤞

#midwesternnative

Oh wow I hope they do well for you.