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David
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Joined: 26 Jun 2008
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Location: Livingston Louisiana

Posted: Wed 29 Jul, 2009 2:52 pm

Harvested a few. These are going to be devoured quickly. I am making some spiced paw paw jam to have this winter also. Saving all the seed from all with few seeds, good flavor and large size. The culls will be seeded and planted for rootstock. That way you have a paw paw with good traits grafted on a good aclimated Louisiana rootstock.....David




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Laaz
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Joined: 12 Nov 2005
Posts: 5679
Location: Dorchester County, South Carolina

Posted: Wed 29 Jul, 2009 5:40 pm

Great stuff. It must be nice having all that stuff growing wild in the woods. Only thing that grows wild in the woods here is poison ivy...

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Disco



Joined: 18 May 2009
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Posted: Fri 31 Jul, 2009 2:31 am

I planted a Pawpaw tree on my property this spring and it took really well. I'm tempted to plant a second one for cross pollination.
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Patty_in_wisc
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Joined: 15 Nov 2005
Posts: 1842
Location: zone 5 Milwaukee, Wi

Posted: Sat 08 Aug, 2009 4:59 pm

Hi David, do you hand pollinate yours? My 2 are now 7-8 yrs old & gave me (for the 1st time) a few blossoms that fell off. Hoping next year I'll get fruit.

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David
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Location: Livingston Louisiana

Posted: Wed 12 Aug, 2009 2:55 pm

Hi Patty
No I do not hand polinate unless................I am making a cross to improve some factor and I feel the cross will do it. I leave it up to the natural polinators...seems to be ants and bugs and flies here. I do not see a lot of bee activity on the blooms. If your trees are grafted trees of a good variety I find that fruit comes in about 3 or 4 years................sometimes a little faster if its a good variety and a very healthy tree. Sorry for the late reply...computer has been giving me fits. Take care and good to hear from you. David
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NolaDave
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Joined: 24 Mar 2008
Posts: 25
Location: Gretna, Louisiana

Posted: Sun 06 Sep, 2009 11:31 pm

David, are there any places nearby to purchase grafted trees? I'm in the New Orleans suburbs, and have only been able to find seedlings.

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David
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Joined: 26 Jun 2008
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Location: Livingston Louisiana

Posted: Mon 07 Sep, 2009 12:42 pm

Yes Dave ////// Not promotion my own biz but I have some grafted trees for sale. I have some of the best that can be found. Let me know what you desire and I shall see what I can fix you up with. This is not the selling forum so I shall not mention prices here...but we can discuss. Thanks for your interest...David
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Laaz
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Joined: 12 Nov 2005
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Location: Dorchester County, South Carolina

Posted: Mon 07 Sep, 2009 3:01 pm

David you can post them in the "sale" forum.

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