Pawpaw fruit tree growers are too rare! Don't know what a Pawpaw trees is? Then plz check-out, 06:46 - What’s a Pawpaw tree? Know what a Pawpaw tree is? Then check-out these 5 fruiting plants, and a flowering tree that bloom when the Pawpaw blooms! Loose the roadkill man! ;) 🌻 Learn more about the Pawpaw tree and its extraordinarily wonderful fruit at, heppy.org/pawpaw
@@truefact4439 hey True Fact -- i'm seeing zone 5 as the (safe) upper limit. if you want to do a deeper dive, i placed references at the bottom of my webpage, heppy.org/pawpaw thanks for stopping by & plz sub!
@@Fernandoperez-gs9xx hola Fernando! well, what i'm saying is that plants like the Sweet Scarlet Goumi and native America plum trees (Chickasaw, Mexican, America) will attract pollinators. these other plants' flowers do not pollinate Pawpaw; they simulate the number of pollinators in and around Pawpaw trees. this year, our Chickasaw, Mexican, America and Creek Plums (heppy.org/wildplum) are LOADED with flying bugs (pollinators). I hypothesize that some pollinators will find the Pawpaw flowers and pollinate them too! ;). hope that helps, and thanks for stopping by! plz subscribe ;)
Although the companion plants are blooming simultaneously, they are pollinated by completely different insects. Not sure how this will increase the likelihood of paw-paw pollination success. The pawpaw relies on Beetles and flies specializing in decomposition
i totally get ur point gobucksjb and techically, ur correct! *** the ~5 flies that pollinate Pawpaw are Syrphidae, Sarcophagidae, Calliphoridae, Anthomyiidae, Scathophagidae (according to Illinois Wildflowers). *** this year, our Chickasaw, Mexican, America and Creek Plums (heppy.org/wildplum) are LOADED with flying bugs (pollinators). anything that flies is on our native plums. so the argument is that pollinators teaming to the native plums (& Sweet Scarlet Goumi and Eastern Redbud) probably don't fly to one and only one plant. I hypothesize that some pollinators will find the Pawpaw flowers and pollinate them too! ;). *** flying insects have a similar effect on all flowering plants and a healthy, diverse flowering environment stimulates that ;). hope that helps, and thanks for stopping by! plz subscribe ;)
It's so great! I just search for Pawpaw tree and found your channel! I just bought a farm and only live a couple hours away. The gears in my head are turning...
Don't hang your roadkill...I had raccoons and opossums tearing up my trees. I use a cage trap with the dead inside of it - set it up tripped and they have a hard time getting to the yucky stuff.
I have a large patch in WV..The tres are different size with tallest being about 20 feet. There are about 30 trees but no fruit. I did not check them in the spring to see if they bloomed. I did not know they were there until now. There is not fruit.. Any recommendations for this coming spring.?
@christophertaylor1575 great question. at 20' tall and in WV (y'all got Pawpaw so pollination likely not an issue), i'm guessing it's too much shade. the stand is plenty mature if the tallest is 20'. i have seen solid fruiting in trees in shade (like, along the C&O Canal trail). but typically, Pawpaw don't fruit well if there's too much shade. possibility #2 is that it's a 'turd' patch -- a colony of poor fruiting trees. YES, look for flowers in early early spring (sorta, late winter). there's is a rare bug that eats the fleshy part of the flower (Pawpaw Peduncle Borer). www.petersonpawpaws.com/diseases-pests-butterflys/ overall, I'm guessing it's sunlight. i just passed through Wardensville, Moorefield & Petersburg. GREAT territory!
hola Fernando! well, what i'm saying is that plants like the Sweet Scarlet Goumi and native America plum trees (Chickasaw, Mexican, America) will attract pollinators. these other plants' flowers do not pollinate Pawpaw; they simulate the number of pollinators in and around Pawpaw. this year, our Chickasaw, Mexican, America and Creek Plums (heppy.org/wildplum) are LOADED with flying bugs (pollinators). I hypothesize that some pollinators will find the Pawpaw flowers and pollinate them too! ;). hope that helps, and thanks for stopping by! plz subscribe ;)
GREAT question. I'd plant a 250-39 (aka, Jerry’s Big Girl) -- it's an overwhelmingly excellent tree. Number 2 is the Susquehanna. It's a Neal Peterson variety. That's my $0.02 and thanks for stopping by!
@@euratunstall3840 eyeball all them flying bugs around an Eastern Redbud, enjoy the Redbud's blooms & color, and gather them Pawpaw! Candidly, I'm really glad to get your feedback! Thanks for stopping by! 🧑🏼🌾🐞
Dont know how but my pawpaw trees finallyproduced flowers,i have a wells,along with some ntive ones i dug up at lake,have some of the species from starks too,but finally got flowers this year,one species flowered befoee the others,the fflowrrs bloomed and dropped just before the others flowered,but somehow 2 of them were pollinated and have 4 pawpaws on them,i did see lots of flies and beetles on them,but ive also noticed the zebra swallow tails,i dont hve goumis,but i did have nankings and redbuds in bloom during the pawpaws,but we have autumn olives everywhere here in my part of tn,so they were in full bloom alongside the pawpaws too,def got good pollination this year on the pawpaws,and service berry tree was flowering then too,and my gooseberries around thay time,o yeah zone 7
Pawpaw, nankings, redbuds, gooseberries and more! Nice part of TN! Lots of life, lots of pollinators and that's all you need. The Wells will produce good fruit and the Native may take a few years. In any case, thanks for stopping by and have fun!
hey Elisa -- thanks for stopping by! six to seven foot fencing; we found that the worst deer are the little ones that nudged UNDER the plastic netting ;) we have lazy deer -- the don't jump, or something ;) plastic netting: this is an example of a plastic type i purchased (amazon): Tenax 2A040006 Deer Net, Black, 7-Feet by 100-Feet. the price jumped to $65 but it's a lot of netting & durable; there's a MUCH cheaper (maybe $25-$30) version that's advertised as "deer netting" but it's very fine material, and totally like bird netting. at the base, we leave 10-12 inches and cover the netting with woodchips. welded wire fence: this is an example of a metal type i now prefer (Tractor Supply): Welded Wire Fence with 2 in. x 4 in. Mesh, 72 in. x 100 ft., 84068. i started to use metal fencing because it's just easier for me to install, especially if you have 1 helper; it's ridged so it needs ... support & stuff because it doesn't sag. stakes/poles: i use rebar because of our large area. buy 20' long pieces at nominal price, delivered, and i cut 20; pieces down to 5' to 7'. as you know, you know ur level-of-patience, wallet, the space ur dealing with, etc. sorry for the small book, and take care!
i won't give this post a 'heart' 'cause that $30 seedling is screwy. sorry to hear about that. finding a large tree isn't easy. and if it's really big, the shipping cost will get u! of the 9 cultivars we have, the Prolific, Wells and Jerry Lehman "250-30" (aka, 'Jerry’s Big Girl') fruited the fastest after planting. the Prolific is the most ... prolific fruiter. some trees are yet to fruit & were planted 2-3 years ago :(. Pawpaw take time.... my trusted nursery sources are here: heppy.org/exotic#nurseries_that_sell_types_of_exotic_fruit_trees_and_other_edible_plants England's Orchard & Nursery & Edible Landscaping got me the biggest trees but i drove to the nurseries. hope that helped TINA!
While trying to control mold on plants. I sprayed them with milk. It helped. But i learned something... I learned milk. The more milk fat, the better. Will draw in flys fast! Within minutes on a july day. Likley is slower in early spring. But it will bring them in fast. It is very short lasting and would need to be applied multiple times during bloom If used for polynation. * The fruit fly/house fly leaves as soon as the milk is gone. But the amount you'll see for 2-6hrs is impressive. I used a 50/50 whole milk to H2o.
You'd be better off just to take a dump under your tree . You draw tons of flies and fertilize your tree at the same time. Contrary to what people say, flies and beetles will devour your excrement and leave behind exactly what your trees need to thrive . Just saying .
the Goumi (heppy.org/goumi) & Wild Plums (heppy.org/wild) are sweet ;). well, the wild plums are sorta sweet. i was just happy to see flowers & buds in Spring! thanks for stopping by!
the ~5 flies are Syrphidae, Sarcophagidae, Calliphoridae, Anthomyiidae, Scathophagidae (according to Illinois Wildflowers). but my sense is that other visiting, flying insects have a similar effect and a healthy, diverse flowering environment stimulates that ;). plus, the Eastern Redbud and American Plum are hard to beat for flowering trees :)
