Paw paw trees

[1dog1cat6chicks]

My daughter made some paw paw bread last fall. It’s a lot like banana bread. Supposedly paw paw cream pie is good too.

 

[Mmanist]

We have a huge Grove of them growing here in northeast Ohio! Deer usually get to them before us! We don't hand pollinate them though.

 

[aurorean1702]

Does anyone have paw paw trees (asimina triloba)? My daughter used to grow these for a local guy who is a huge paw paw proponent, and we now have three in our yard. They’re several years old and this year a couple of them have flowers!!! Which means potential fruit! She tells me I have to hand pollinate them, and I was wondering if anyone had done that and if it works. Please share your experience!

Hi, I've never had to do anything with mine and have about 40 fruits this year. I only planted one and the first 2 yrs it put on a few tiny fruits but they dropped off. The 3rd year it sprouted two more trees from it's root system, then the 4th year, 2022, it put on about a dozen fruits. This year it went crazy! I see that your post is a couple of years old so hope that you're enjoying fruit by now!