Bee Man

I planted 5 trees of mostly different cultivars last year. Four of them seem to be doing well and one hasn’t grown much at all. It’s very likely that the one you bought is just a seedling, meaning that it was grown from a seed so there’s no telling what the fruit will be like. The named cultivars all have their own characteristics that have been selectively chosen over years. I would plant the one you bought and graft a scion (small stick from a desirable or known cultivar) onto it when the leaves are beginning to emerge from your tree and are about 2” long. That will give your scion the best change of survival. I did this with two of my trees last spring and they both took. These were the first grafts that I’ve ever attempted and it was honestly pretty easy.

If you haven’t yet, join the PawPaw Fanclub International Facebook group page. Some on there are a wealth of knowledge. I purchased my scion wood from one of the guys in that group.

Also, pawpaws don’t necessarily need to be planted in shade. They are an understory tree and prefer shade, but as they get older they will produce much more fruit if they’re in full sun. It’s kind of ugly, but I bought some 42” welded wire from Home Depot and made a cylinder around each tree, then wrapped them in burlap. The burlap gives them enough shade to survive the first 2-3 years. Then you can expose them to full sun. It sounds like a pain, but I’m hoping it will be worth it when they all start fruiting.

Honestly, I’ve never tasted a pawpaw. There are numerous cultivars that all have different tastes and everything that I’ve read is that people either love or hate them. Hopefully by planting several varieties, I’ll have at least one type that I love.

Lastly, depending on where you live, you may be interested in attending the annual Gulf South Pawpaw symposium that’s held near Chalmette. I made it two years ago, but missed the recent one this past November. They have several guest speakers who are experts on pawpaws. They give away a couple pawpaw trees to everyone who attends which is pretty cool too.

This made me laugh out loud!

I’ve seen them at Louisiana Nursery.

Botox?

Smoking a pork shoulder. Pulled pork tacos coming this evening.

Let’s gooooo!

I’ll check it out. Thanks.

This is the first time hearing of shishito peppers. Where do you purchase them? Or do you plant the seeds?

Thanks fellas!

I never had very good success, so I asked the local nursery and they said that 90% of their customers go with the Dasher II’s. I planted them last year and had really good success.