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OstarasEggs said:
Thank you!!! We designed and changed our minds and redesigned for months :) Tony has the brain for these type of things! He did a brilliant job. We will be adding some pretty designs to the outside. Yes PawPaws are great trees! Our one mother tree has grown a little grove around herself and we plant squash and tomatoes between them with herbs for the chickens. Happy pawpaw harvesting! We are always excited for their short season. It is one of our favorite native fruit. - Kat
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I have a question for all of you pawpaw experts...I know you have to have two to produce fruit. Do they have to be two different varieties?
 
triciayoung said:
I have a question for all of you pawpaw experts...I know you have to have two to produce fruit. Do they have to be two different varieties?
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You would need two trees to get fruit, they don't have to be right next to each other or different variety though. They can grow from seed but it does need to be cold stratified and I have noticed a somewhat low germination rate. They grow pretty quickly but don't get too tall and make good shade. They're nice for shading a coop or run. Not many insects bother them. There is more than one kind of tree that's called pawpaw. We're talking about asimina triloba - american pawpaw.
 
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triciayoung said:
I have a question for all of you pawpaw experts...I know you have to have two to produce fruit. Do they have to be two different varieties?
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Have had them y whole life but no expert...So here is what I learned from a man here in Ohio who has been cultivating them for 40 years....they are prehistoric, and you do need more than one pawpaw tree for fruit...BUT what helps produce even MORE fruit is to have as many varieties as possible. I've been looking into gathering a few more varieties since what most nurseries and farmers produce are 1-2 types that are common here.
 
OstarasEggs said:
Have had them y whole life but no expert...So here is what I learned from a man here in Ohio who has been cultivating them for 40 years....they are prehistoric, and you do need more than one pawpaw tree for fruit...BUT what helps produce even MORE fruit is to have as many varieties as possible. I've been looking into gathering a few more varieties since what most nurseries and farmers produce are 1-2 types that are common here.
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Thank you so much.
 

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