10 or 11 years ago we planted the seedlings. Just twigs. After years of fertilizing, covering from frost, and generally babying we are reaping the rewards. Life is good.
Sent from my SM-G960U using Tapatalk
10 or 11 years ago we planted the seedlings. Just twigs. After years of fertilizing, covering from frost, and generally babying we are reaping the rewards. Life is good.
Sent from my SM-G960U using Tapatalk
Paper targets aren't your friends. They won't lie for you and they don't care if your feelings get hurt.
they grow wild here around creeks and in swamps. Absolutely hog candy but they get gone quick. BTW, they taste great.
"My main ambition in life is to be on the devil's most wanted list."
Leonard Ravenhill
They grow in the bottoms here but don't always fruit. The yard is much closer.
Paper targets aren't your friends. They won't lie for you and they don't care if your feelings get hurt.
I've always wanted to try paw paw. But I never see them in the supermarket. I hear they taste like a banana? Are the ones pictured ripe or do they need to ripen more? I seem to remember that they need to turn black to develop the flavor. I have no idea where I heard that but it was when I was a child.
Those fell off the tree and smell ripe. They taste awesome. Like a banana, a mango, and a pineapple had a baby. They are actually a tropical fruit but have evolved to grow here. They go way back as fossils.
You won't see them in supermarkets because they don't ship well, very soft, and have a short season. I have heard that microbreweries make beer out of them. You can sometimes find them at farmers markets.
I have read that specialty ice cream shops pay $3 a pound for them.
Sent from my SM-G960U using Tapatalk
Paper targets aren't your friends. They won't lie for you and they don't care if your feelings get hurt.
HOG CANDY!!!! I'll have to plant some!
HOLLYWOOD Collector Left hawg 405#, right one 315#, had my elderly neighbors granddaughter treed and why I got the call. Both charged, one from 20' and one from 40'. Thanks to the good Lord and Samuel Colt I won. May God bless our Lawmen & Soldiers!
Got 3 of them here cant beat the coons to them
Did you know they are North America's largest fruit? I didn't know it until I moved out here near the town of Paw Paw.
There's a whole big thicket of them in a creek bottom near here. I remember noticing them because the leaves of the trees looked "tropical" to me. Apparently they grow from shoots off each other, forming pure stands, almost like bamboo. I've always wanted to dig one up and transplant it. Never tasted one...I'll have to ride over there and see if I can find a ripe one.
They have a surprisingly long tap root, even young. If you decide to transplant, it's best to get a very small (foot tall) one and dig DEEP to get it out. Yes, that means years until fruiting, BUT they graft same as any other tree. Just be sure to graft from different trees, make a variety of grafts, even perhaps on the same parent tree. Paw Paws are not self-fertile OR self-compatible, one must be fertilized by a non-relative tree. Some are called self-compatible, but they concede fertilization rates are much lower in those.
I was going to try to grow Paw Paws, having found some wild and enjoyed them, but can't at my new house (yet).
It's still on my mind as a long term plan.
BDGR
They were planted in mass in LA years ago as an orchard crop, but that effort failed as they were too soft to be shipped. Yes, where you find one you will find more as said above, they grow off shoots from each other.
"My main ambition in life is to be on the devil's most wanted list."
Leonard Ravenhill
I ate a paw paw once, reminded me of banana. Very good.
I read the post title and thought grandfathers we dyeing. Never heard of a paw paw in my part of the world.
Disclaimer: The above is not holy writ. It is just my opinion based on my experience and knowledge. Your mileage may vary.
Where is dear little Suzie? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHu8VKD4Cvk
"My main ambition in life is to be on the devil's most wanted list."
Leonard Ravenhill
" Pickin up paw paws putting them in my pocket , putting them in my pocket, putting them in my pocket ... picking up paw paws putting them in my pocket ... way down yonder in the paw paw patch!"
My Paw Paw didn't have no paw paw patch .. just pecan trees and Maw Maw ... I never saw one or even thought they were a real thing ...just some silly little song we sang in grade school ... nice to know a paw paw is a real thing .
This is an example of the wonderful information gleaned from this site ... insanity isn't required for membership ... but it sure adds to the enjoyment !
Thanks for posting ... I never knew what a paw paw was /is
Gary
Certified Cajun
Proud Member of The Basket of Deplorables
" Let's Go Brandon !"
Missouri has a paw paw fest coming up. I think it is southeast of me never been. I have some on the place but never seem to get a ripe one.
I would not recommend transporting ripe paw paws in your pocket.
Sent from my SM-G960U using Tapatalk
Paper targets aren't your friends. They won't lie for you and they don't care if your feelings get hurt.
Only time I'd ever heard of a Paw paw was in the Jungle Book song.
"Luck don't live out here. Wolves don't kill the unlucky deer; they kill the weak ones..." Jeremy Renner in Wind River
BP | Bronze Point | IMR | Improved Military Rifle | PTD | Pointed |
BR | Bench Rest | M | Magnum | RN | Round Nose |
BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
LRN | Lead Round Nose | LWC | Lead Wad Cutter | LSWC | Lead Semi Wad Cutter |
GC | Gas Check |