As a First Nations person from canada thank you everyone for replanting these trees across the US and Canada, it was heart breaking when the american Chestnut was almost wiped out, and when the Scycamores and Redwoods almost went extinct too due to the lumber industry. Keep planting native species everyone :)
I just planted two little paw paws in my back yard. I just learned that the Zebra Swallowtail butterfly larvae depend on paw paw leaves as their main source of food. Paw paws fill an important niche in the natural world of which we are a part. These trees are surely a gift from mother earth. Thanks for your post!
@@WarmFuzzyVibes hi, yes, it's one of the reasons we will be planting two in our yard this spring. We already have swamp milkweed and tons of monarchs as a result. I will be mixing in dill with the milkweed to attract black swallowtails egg laying and planting nannyberry to attract adult tiger swallowtails.
We live in white mountains New Hampshire how do I get seeds. For 2 different varities particuly one a sunflower mango. We have a lot of trees but no paw paws
His energy level went up exponentially over the years. James in these videos is still super helpful but you can just hear the excitement in his videos today.
I was afraid of embarrassing myself and looking "goofy" when I was starting, now I don't care if people think I am nuts, I just go out there and have fun!
I recently started adding native fruit trees to my food forest and my woods. I planted 25 pawpaw seedlings today and I am starting a bunch of native persimmon trees to plant in various areas around my 8 acre property.
I have a few of these randomly growing in my back yard in SW Virginia I never realized how many edible plants grow around us that we completely ignore.. I just also discovered the tree always dropping nuts all over the place is a walnut tree and I absolutely love walnuts.
Just realized this is an old video. You sound like a hostage doing a presentation compared to how alive&enthusiastic you are in your recent videos. Missed Tuck and happy that he's still in your new videos. I could had mistakenthis fruit as a mango.
I have grown fresh pawpaw in Japan for 12 years! Now 2 ton of pawpaw are shipped every years! Our pawpaw is sooo big! last year, we were able to get it 804g !! And i have made processd goods, pudding , jams ,and vinegar!
Central Indiana is where i grew up and ate them, also. Have not seen one in at least 55 years. They were so good. I would save the seeds and put them in the refrigerator and to suck on later. I am not sure why i did that but it was fun then.....oh well. Pawpaws and persimmons are the only two things I miss about Indiana.
There are some in Louisville and I believe in Jeffersonville and Clarksville in the national parks there if your still in central Indiana and there is a Persimmone trees near old Louisville.
Just LOVE fresh ripe Paw Paw fruit. We live in Maryland and kayak up and down the Eastern seaboard where we often find wonderful ripe Paw Paw along our paddles! They thrive in the shady moist under story areas in our region AND provide leaves for the gorgeous Zebratail butterflies whose caterpillars feed exclusively on Paw Paw leaves. I recall in the Autumn of 2017 when we paddled near Mattawoman Creek in Southern Maryland and landed on a shaded beach with Paw Paws falling all over! An hour later, with our sacks full of ripe Paw Paw fruit, we headed home happy! Paw Paw is like the best tastes and flavors of warm banana and mango and papaya in one spoonful.
I’m in Maryland too, Calvert Country. There are Pawpaws everywhere through the woods. I don’t know if you’ve heard of Flag Ponds Nature Park, but it’s packed with pawpaws!
Here in Australia we have related butterflies called the "green triangle butterfly" and the "pale blue triangle' that lay their eggs on our custard apples. I'm super keen to see if my new pawpaw trees get used as a foodplant for the same butterflies. In Papua they have the beautiful "purple spotted swallowtail" that lays eggs on the custard apples so I'll get to test out the pawpaw with that one too :)
Best description of the flavor of a Paw Paw that I've read! , I was trying to remember what butterfly paw paw was a host to - thank you! I have a pollinator garden and grow Milkweed to help the Monarchs (Monarch only Host Plant) and many/any other pollinators I can. I did read Where it can take 5 years before you get fruit from a paw paw tree (I have 5 seeds on my counter, lol). I think I'll maybe purchase a tree that is farther along and enjoy these many benefits! Thanks!
I had my first pawpaw last Saturday at Polyface Farm and it blew my mind. I saved the seeds and hope to grow them in my own food forest in northern Delaware. James, you've been such an inspiration to me and my wife. We're gonna turn our whole yard into a food forest. We'd love to hire you to help us plan and design it
James -- I am IN LOVE with Paw Paws!!! I grew up on my grandparents farm in southern Indiana and we had a Paw Paw forest! They were plentiful in the fall and we would eat our weight in the fruit! When I was little Grandpa and I would have seed contests to see who could spit the seed the furthest. And at the same time we were contributing to building the forest. After graduation, I moved to Ohio and through the years I tried many, many times to transplant seedlings from the farm to my home, but none ever made it more than 6 months. But, happy to say I have a 3 year old tree now and it's growing well. I don't know what the variety is, but I garden a lot and hope it is enough to pollinate my beloved tree. I am a misplaced Hoosier gal and no one in the state of Ohio that I have come to know, realize the Paw Paw is this state's fruit. Except for those folks in southern Ohio near Snowden Lake. Those folks can grow Paw Paws and they celebrate their gems at an annual festival in September. I could go on and on with my love and stories of Paw Paws... I am more appreciative of your channel and what you do and who you are. I respect your passion for growing good food and protecting mother nature along the way. Thank you for sharing your experiences. I think you are terrific and my Grandpa would have been proud to have met you. And Tuck, too!
I place 55gal drums of rendered grease from restaurants, under my paw paw grove. As the BSF waits to lay eggs, they taxi into the blossoms and pollinate the heck out of my trees. Super sweet Tappahannock varietal from Northern Neck. The more times a ovary is “kissed” by a pollinator, the Brix skyrockets.
I Live in Portland OR. Zone 8. I planted a paw paw forest 3 years ago. I have 12 trees of 8 different varieties. I had never got fruit untill a few weeks ago I found 2 flowers on the largest tree(maybe 5 or 6 years old) I am so friggn excited. I fell in Love with the taste years ago after trying them and knew I had to start growing them yesterday. If you want to grow paw paw - which you absolutely do checkout Nursery in Portland called One Green World. They can ship all sorts of excellent quality fruit trees and shrubs across the country. Great website too! Peace🌲🐦🍄❤
I live in Michigan about 20 min. From Paw Paw Michigan which was named after the Paw Paw. We are going to start growing them here in Portage Michigan. Although I have lived near here all my life, I have never seen one or tasted one.
@@miguelmarquez4192 No. Not at all. Each cultivar tastes different but banana and mango tend to be the main flavors. Also berries, a round about tropical flavor, tutti frutti and even bubble gum.
Thanks for taking the time to do such a nice video; I had my first Paw Paw this year from my sister's land and thought it tasted like banana custard, and one sort of like an papaya, but a little less sweet -- delicious ! Well done! Ignore the people who clicked a thumbs down -- there wasn't a thing wrong with this video it informed and was entertaining! If someone wants to register something they have found lacking in a video take the time to post a helpful comment that is justified and states your opinion or adds a helpful fact to inform fellow viewers -- Or make a video, yourself, so we can critique YOU! Otherwise, move along. . .Me? I'm going to go watch his other videos, starting with "JuJube!
I found a baby pawpaw tree down in the woods below my house (not mine). It only had 2 fruits. I picked them, not knowing what it was. My neighbor said it looks like pawpaw. I tasted of it and my first reaction was "em that's good!" To me it tasted just like banana baby food in a jar. Being very ripe, it also had the same consistency of baby food. I wouldn't change a thing.
Black flies are the primary pollinator for pawpaws. I mulched a lot of vegetable scraps when I had chickens a few years ago. The mulch would get black flies. My pawpaws would get so much fruit they would almost break branchs. Chickens loved the black fly larvae.
You can grow paw paws in southern Ontario. There's a thicket of them at an arboretum. The raccoons love them. I go gather what I can and make custard with them. I tried to grow some but they died due to competition from other plants and too much shade. For better pollination I've read you hang scraps of meat to rot and attract flies that then pollinate the flowers
@@lamoabird This tree is deciduous as you have probably found out by now, so winter is not a problem. For pollination, I cross pollinate my two trees by removing the flower from one that is showing pollen and brush it against one that looks receptive on the other tree. My trees are only six feet high, but had a few fruit last year.
I love this fruit!!! Thanks for the video! My mom in southern Indiana is letting me plant whatever trees I want, and I'm 100% sure paw paws (because you need more than one variety, of course) will be chosen. Persimmons, too. I don't want to go the whole boring apple/pear/cherry route.
Don't know if you're a drinking man, but I can tell you that Pawpaws make excellent wine, one of the best batches of wine I have ever made was a Pawpaw Dandelion wine, I didn't even need to add yeast, as there is plenty of yeast on the skin of the Pawpaws, don't wash them, remove the pits, but I love this fruit and the things that can be done with it. Thanks for the video!!!
I had 2 Pawpaw trees at my last house and gave away more than I could eat. Brought a bunch of seeds to this new home and now in year 3 one is just over 3ft tall. Did not realize they needed the shade cloth till this year so I am behind. They are among my favorite fruits one reason is that I have NEVER seen one sold in any grocery or farmers market.
I can tell that your pawpaw tree is very happy in your food forest James. It must have the perfect balance of nutrients. I am interested in growing these but I can't because I live in Canada where the climate is not correct for them. Thanks for sharing, I have been and continue to be impressed with the unwavering quality of your videos, and of the rich information they provide to gardeners such as myself. Keep up the extraordinary work. I sometimes joke around, as you have likely noticed, but I can 100% honestly say that your channel ranks in my top 5! Sincerely, Lucas
Unless you're very far north you still might be able to. I am in Ontario and I've seen them in the north. I am going to be buying some hopefully not too far down the line! Here is a site that sells them and other native and rare trees. www.nutcrackernursery.com
You can purchase different types of paw paw i am growing on in scotland uk for the last few years and had a few fruit last summer its hardy down to minus 5.
A year later and I can confirm you can grow in Canada live near Algonquin park. You first need to acclimatize them you can purchase these seeds online they should last to -40 even then it takes a few days to kill them so a green house wrap may be needed.
About 4 year's ago I discovered a couple cluster's at our new homestead and didn't know what they were and didn't get them and later found out we have pawpaw trees on a bluff. Now I know I was lucky that I even saw those 2 small cluster's because every I think I'm going to have a bumper crop and get to try pawpaw's and so far late frost destroys the bloom's and I find them brown and dead. I've got to figure a way to protect the blooms next year. I'm miffed that these early warm springs are causing my trees to bud and bloom too early and then a cold stretch happens and freezes the blooms and maybe some very small fruit cluster's and I'm in Kentucky. Nice looking pawpaw tree with lots of fruit you have there.👍
I first discovered Pawpaw Trees on a camping trip out in the woods in Maryland when I was in the Boy Scouts. I described the flavor as being like a cross between a cantaloupe and a banana.
I’m from SC, still really enjoy watching your videos for ideas on what to do in my own food Forrest, love your enthusiasm and love for your craft. Thank you for the motivation and inspiration
Somebody gave my husband this fruit last year at work place. So delicious and I would like to some now but my husband is hesitate to ask. He is not working with my husband. My husband has his phone number but he feels bad to call him. Luckily he gave a branch of the tree to us. It’s growing but too small. I don’t know how long we’ll have to get fruits from this tree. He gave us a lot and I was enjoying them so much. I’m so happy I watched your video. I’m from Niagara Falls , Ontario, Canada. I wish I could be a Neighbor to get some fruits. Thank you so much for the video. He is somewhere in Niagara Area but I don’t know how to find him. Take care and enjoy pawpaws. 🙂
We have pawpaw trees all over in West Virginia. We've made pawpaw bread out of them but removing the seeds tedious. If your trees flower before the bees become active you'll have to attract flies to pollinate them.
Hi! we are growing pawpaw seeds currently in Ontario, Canada. We have never seen the fruit or mature trees before so we appreciate your great video! We realize it will take several years before we see fruit...but excited anyways!
I live in Maryland, where we have paw paws growing in the wild. If anyone is passing through, check out great falls. Or in Richmond Virginia on james river, there is a paw paw island. The deer can’t eat the leaves, but they love the fruit, and replant them everywhere.
I know I'm a little late for this video , but just purchased my first 2 paw paw plants ! Little guys will be planted in a few days, waiting for my shade cloth to come in the mail so they will sit in the shade until it gets here. Cant wait to taste a paw paw in about 5 years ! Lmao
Wow James. Its crazy how much you grown since your earlier videos. In your new videos you no as shy as this video. You also have so much confidence and energy in your newer stuff. Its great to see your progress.
Excellent video. Thank you! I have 6 pawpaws in my yard. Two are upwards of 10 ft high...but zero flowers or fruits so far. I've never seen them in the wild...but found a wild orchard along the Potomac River and they were very abundant and tasty. I"m taking that off my bucket list.
I have just planted about 8 n gave away plenty like u say they come up wild. My tree has about 50 I had so many I had to space them to grow larger broke my heart to throw away many for space too tiny n tight on the tree. . But green or yellow pawpaw are delicious. Aunt Mel.
Thank you so much for bragging on the paw paw! They grow wild in the woods all over Mississippi . I always thought that it was common knowledge regarding this fruit as it was so common in my home area. But discovered that wasn't so. I actually had to download pictures and text from Tx A&M website to prove that it was a real fruit and not just silly word in a child's nursery song! Lovely to know that it is valued and appreciated outside of my home area ! Thanks again!!
i stupidly planted only one paw paw 12 years ago started to flower after 5 years but the fruits wpuld always fall off.. i couldnt find another one in my area to plant so i just let it be its super nice to just look at its about 20 feet tall very wide almost looks like a christmas tree.. anyways im in the yard the other day just looking around and i see ONE giant paw paw growing on top of the tree i couldnt believe it im over the moon 😆😆 gives me the motivation to plant another one now
When I was out in Michigan I saw whole wood lots of these. Wish I had brought some seeds back. Are you propagating them from your neighbors seed? Would you be willing to share seed if you have any for this upcoming growing season?
You don’t want them. They really aren’t that good. I’ve been so eager to eat a ripe one for years now, and I had one today. I can’t really reference the taste to anything else, but it was sweet and unpleasant
I found some of these growing when i was a kid and the area was kind of hidden in the forest. I used to eat them and save the seeds to plant in my yard. I have 32 now but they are all the same verity. I bought a few online that are different to help them out a little.
First, your presentations nowadays are much more exuberant than when you did this video. I have been wanting to grow paw paws ever since I got my land. They did fall behind apples, pears and plums first though. This is the year I plan on ordering some trees. I can remember singing the paw paw song as a child in school, which was a major inspiration for wanting to grow them.
Reminds me VERY MUCH of SAPOTE. IF you ever get a white sapote, it is like vanilla custard, so delicious, tropical fruit I have seen only in California.
Pawpaw tree fruit sounds delicious. I know it's suppose to grow in zones 5 to 8 and I'm in zone 9b, but I just planted 6 seeds, 2 different varieties. I received the seeds from someone growing them in zone 9 and getting fruit, so hope I can also.
It's an Eastern American tree that's probably why. I have never had one and I live in the east. I bought two Trees today, only repoted them until next season.
I am incredibly jealous!......wait....what????? in NJ????? holy crap I lived in NJ and now live in Georgia and never heard of them..I found one by accident while I was looking for hidden waterfalls
Nice. We got lucky and had a grouping of pawpaw trees grow naturally in our backyard right along a creek. We didn’t even know it until recently because they don’t grow fruit for a few years. But these trees grow like weeds it feels. Like the more you have the more it fosters growth.
I was given my first paw paws to eat this fall; OMG, I am hooked! I saved the seeds; they are in the fridge now and hoping to plant them in the spring.
@@RyukyuStyle no luck with any of the seeds or the four seedlings I was given earlier this summer. Another friend has two suckers she said I can have - but I should wait until the fall before digging them up. Hoping third time is the charm!!!
When I was a small child, my mother told me I would sit under the pawpaw tree eating up the pawpaws. I would love to have some now,but they won't grow here.
When I'm in Jersey in the spring I hit all the ditches alongside the fields for old asparagus. They grew it 100 years or longer ago and still grows along the side of the road
Mahalo or Thank You in Hawaiian, my cousin asked on her Facebook page what these trees are, my other cousin's sister in Florida said it looked like paw paw, that's how I found your video. Very informative, I have to try one.
Ok James. I might be able to blow your mind I am in Ohio 6a/6b line and my property backs to undeveloped park land that borders past that on a state scenic waterway. Hiking around there,I found the odd maroon flowers and I checked Google Lens to identify pawpaw (there are hundreds of trees!) Now I can't un-see them. I collected wild fruits and saved seeds this year to start my own. Just saw a vlog for rooting cuttings of the same. But in the woods, it was really cool. Every place there was a patch of pawpaw trees, there was also a buckeye tree right there as well, without fail. Nature's companion planting.
This is amazing! I am just learning about the Pawpaw tree now. I would like to plant a few of these in my yard. I can't believe that this healthy fruit is so unknown and not sold fresh seasonally like other fruits and veggies. Aww, silly Humans! I will now be on a quest to find this tree on Long Island
The main reason they aren't sold like others is because they bruise easily and they don't last more than just a few days at most once they are ripe. This makes shipping them EXTREMELY difficult.
If you live in their native range, you might also like them for butterfly gardening--the genus Asimina is the sole caterpillar host for the elegant Zebra Swallowtail.
Good day I live in Bermuda n our pawpaws are delicious yellow n when green we use for soup slice n cook till tender n also making a pie like u would make n apple pie n when done looks like apple n taste like apple pie. I guess u can call it sweet green pawpaw pie 😎. Enjoy ur video . Aunt Mel.
Where I grew up in Indiana and Illinois these grew wild everywhere. I never managed to find one during fruiting so I've never tasted one. Now I live in Pennsylvania and I'm going to see if I can find some seeds and grow some in the wooded area on the back portion of my property! Thank you for this video!
The leaves are toxic, they can be used as natural pesticide. The cows probably get a bad stomach from them, and hence shun them after the initial experience.
In Mississippi they grow wild but are still hard to find, if you split them and remove the seeds add some cinnamon and bake them in the oven, they are super delicious and taste like warm banana pudding, would love to find a starter to grow on my property , have tried several times to grow from seed, so far no luck tho. Thanks for the video .
Groundhog, raccoon, squirrel and possum go after paw paw fruit, also. so get it before they do. you can shake the tree and the ripe ones come down, also. Paw Paw is my favorite fruit in the world. Grows all along the EASTERN USA and other areas. Zebra Swallowtail butterflies need PAW PAW trees to survive - so if you see Zebra Swallowtail Butterflies - you know you have Paw Paw trees nearby. Paw Paws are often in parks and Parkways.
When l was a kid we sang a song in school called picking up paw paws. I LIVE in zone 9 near the L Pacific Ocean and l shall check to see if they can surbive here. We can grow figs and cherries.
I just bought two pawpaw trees a few weeks back. I have really tall mulberry trees so they will get plenty of shade. Now I wanna try the fruit even more. In the process of replacing junk trees and bushes with fruit bearing ones. Why have a normal short hedge when it could be blueberries? Why have a decorative bush when you could have a decorative Fig Bush? :P Plus it's currency for when the apocolypse hits.
I have 6 of these coming when the spring hits. I don't need 6 lol. I'm only keeping 3 and gonna give 3 away. But It was almost as cheap buying 3 as it was 1 and I ordered from 2 different nurseries. Can't wait to see them grow fruit. Even if it can take over 6 years. Lol
3 years ago I planted 3 sprouts that came up around a friends trees. This is the first year for fruit. Was looking on line for when they would be ripe. I'm in Eastern Nebraska. The trees have grown well, about 12' tall now. Looking forward to them, have never eaten one.
Everywhere we have done controlled burns on our land in east Texas has dwarf paw paws popping up. Already lost count how many we've found and just burned another 8 acres. Amazing fruit. Enjoyed the video, thanks!
Victoria Nguyen I am an hour north of Houston. You can buy seeds online, just make sure you prepare them properly. Sorry I can't help more but I have done nothing but burn the land to get them to pop up naturally, didn't even plant any seeds!
I was just at my friends in Cambridge, Ontario, Canada and they grew a paw paw tree from seeds! It took it 5 years before it beared some fruit. They gave some to me to try I enjoyed the fruit and now im going to try to grow a paw paw tree, I live in St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada.
5 Years does not sound too bad. I bought 3 trees from a nursery 2 years ago, and probably next year I will have the first fruits. (one tree had blossoms this year but threw them away in early spring) I now have a ton of seeds from pawpaws I bought I probably will put them into the soil.
I’ve got two. In my food forest. They are only three years old and had a couple flowers this spring but didn’t produce any fruit. Maybe next year.. I pick wild ones every year at a secret spot we go hiking. Delicious
I live in Oregon, zone 8 & I'm going to try & cultivate these in pots say 30 to 50 gallon pots so they don't get gigantic. Kinda expensive for a 2-4 foot sapling. Figured it would be a fun experiment regardless.
What a fantastic video! I am starting a food forest here in Tennessee and would love to grow these! I have never tried them but I have heard that they work wonders for cancer! As soon as you opened up the soft one, I immediately thought it looked like Durian! I have never tried Durian but it's definitely on my fruit bucket list as I am a very high raw vegan and have seen many fruitarians go crazy for them! Thank you so much for sharing this information!
Paw Paws can be made into a jam too! Haven't made it myself yet - been looking for a tree - think I found one in town where I live (western Missouri) glad to know how to tell when they are ripe. thanks
The reason I was first attracted to the PawPaw tree is that I heard they attracted a particular type of butterfly. I want to add to my garden for that reason as many plants attracting butterflies require sun. I live in the mountains so my pawpaws would be planted for understory.
Maddux Null omg 70 acres! What i wouldn't do to just have 4 acres of land to build my future of having lots of tame animals and PLENTY OF FRUIT TREES 😍😍, You're so lucky
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As a First Nations person from canada thank you everyone for replanting these trees across the US and Canada, it was heart breaking when the american Chestnut was almost wiped out, and when the Scycamores and Redwoods almost went extinct too due to the lumber industry. Keep planting native species everyone :)
I just planted two little paw paws in my back yard. I just learned that the Zebra Swallowtail butterfly larvae depend on paw paw leaves as their main source of food. Paw paws fill an important niche in the natural world of which we are a part. These trees are surely a gift from mother earth. Thanks for your post!
@@WarmFuzzyVibes hi, yes, it's one of the reasons we will be planting two in our yard this spring. We already have swamp milkweed and tons of monarchs as a result. I will be mixing in dill with the milkweed to attract black swallowtails egg laying and planting nannyberry to attract adult tiger swallowtails.
I am planting two and an American Hazelnut, Pecans, and American Chestnuts.
agreed. I want these in my yard with a Muscadine vineyard in the back.
We live in white mountains New Hampshire how do I get seeds. For 2 different varities particuly one a sunflower mango. We have a lot of trees but no paw paws
His energy level went up exponentially over the years. James in these videos is still super helpful but you can just hear the excitement in his videos today.
I was afraid of embarrassing myself and looking "goofy" when I was starting, now I don't care if people think I am nuts, I just go out there and have fun!
Everyone gets good at stuff with practice. My other favorite YouToober “The Millennial Gardner” was the same way
@@jamesprigioni Let's GO!
I recently started adding native fruit trees to my food forest and my woods. I planted 25 pawpaw seedlings today and I am starting a bunch of native persimmon trees to plant in various areas around my 8 acre property.
I have a few of these randomly growing in my back yard in SW Virginia I never realized how many edible plants grow around us that we completely ignore.. I just also discovered the tree always dropping nuts all over the place is a walnut tree and I absolutely love walnuts.
It's sad how much we've forgotten due to industrialization.
Black walnut tree ? You can tap them for sap too
I would like some seeds of Paw-Paws!
Just realized this is an old video. You sound like a hostage doing a presentation compared to how alive&enthusiastic you are in your recent videos. Missed Tuck and happy that he's still in your new videos. I could had mistakenthis fruit as a mango.
I have grown fresh pawpaw in Japan for 12 years! Now 2 ton of pawpaw are shipped every years! Our pawpaw is sooo big! last year, we were able to get it 804g !!
And i have made processd goods, pudding , jams ,and vinegar!
6 Years on. What a video for the Pawpaw! Thanks!
Central Indiana is where i grew up and ate them, also. Have not seen one in at least 55 years. They were so good. I would save the seeds and put them in the refrigerator and to suck on later. I am not sure why i did that but it was fun then.....oh well. Pawpaws and persimmons are the only two things I miss about Indiana.
I miss Pizza King, lol
@@jeffh9626 my mom has worked at pizza king fir 30 years lol
There are some in Louisville and I believe in Jeffersonville and Clarksville in the national parks there if your still in central Indiana and there is a Persimmone trees near old Louisville.
Just LOVE fresh ripe Paw Paw fruit. We live in Maryland and kayak up and down the Eastern seaboard where we often find wonderful ripe Paw Paw along our paddles! They thrive in the shady moist under story areas in our region AND provide leaves for the gorgeous Zebratail butterflies whose caterpillars feed exclusively on Paw Paw leaves. I recall in the Autumn of 2017 when we paddled near Mattawoman Creek in Southern Maryland and landed on a shaded beach with Paw Paws falling all over! An hour later, with our sacks full of ripe Paw Paw fruit, we headed home happy! Paw Paw is like the best tastes and flavors of warm banana and mango and papaya in one spoonful.
I’m in Maryland too, Calvert Country. There are Pawpaws everywhere through the woods. I don’t know if you’ve heard of Flag Ponds Nature Park, but it’s packed with pawpaws!
Here in Australia we have related butterflies called the "green triangle butterfly" and the "pale blue triangle' that lay their eggs on our custard apples. I'm super keen to see if my new pawpaw trees get used as a foodplant for the same butterflies. In Papua they have the beautiful "purple spotted swallowtail" that lays eggs on the custard apples so I'll get to test out the pawpaw with that one too :)
@@89765209 so is Elkneck State Park
Best description of the flavor of a Paw Paw that I've read! , I was trying to remember what butterfly paw paw was a host to - thank you! I have a pollinator garden and grow Milkweed to help the Monarchs (Monarch only Host Plant) and many/any other pollinators I can. I did read Where it can take 5 years before you get fruit from a paw paw tree (I have 5 seeds on my counter, lol). I think I'll maybe purchase a tree that is farther along and enjoy these many benefits! Thanks!
I had my first pawpaw last Saturday at Polyface Farm and it blew my mind. I saved the seeds and hope to grow them in my own food forest in northern Delaware. James, you've been such an inspiration to me and my wife. We're gonna turn our whole yard into a food forest. We'd love to hire you to help us plan and design it
James -- I am IN LOVE with Paw Paws!!! I grew up on my grandparents farm in southern Indiana and we had a Paw Paw forest! They were plentiful in the fall and we would eat our weight in the fruit! When I was little Grandpa and I would have seed contests to see who could spit the seed the furthest. And at the same time we were contributing to building the forest. After graduation, I moved to Ohio and through the years I tried many, many times to transplant seedlings from the farm to my home, but none ever made it more than 6 months. But, happy to say I have a 3 year old tree now and it's growing well. I don't know what the variety is, but I garden a lot and hope it is enough to pollinate my beloved tree. I am a misplaced Hoosier gal and no one in the state of Ohio that I have come to know, realize the Paw Paw is this state's fruit. Except for those folks in southern Ohio near Snowden Lake. Those folks can grow Paw Paws and they celebrate their gems at an annual festival in September. I could go on and on with my love and stories of Paw Paws... I am more appreciative of your channel and what you do and who you are. I respect your passion for growing good food and protecting mother nature along the way. Thank you for sharing your experiences. I think you are terrific and my Grandpa would have been proud to have met you. And Tuck, too!
I place 55gal drums of rendered grease from restaurants, under my paw paw grove. As the BSF waits to lay eggs, they taxi into the blossoms and pollinate the heck out of my trees. Super sweet Tappahannock varietal from Northern Neck. The more times a ovary is “kissed” by a pollinator, the Brix skyrockets.
One thing you should mention for forest gardeners like myself is that bears will seriously do ANYTHING to get the fruit
Good to know thanks!
so grow them
@@bottle17528 ?
Grow food for the bears outside of your space so they ain't interested in going near you. Then scare em off whem they do come around
Eat the bear.
I Live in Portland OR. Zone 8. I planted a paw paw forest 3 years ago. I have 12 trees of 8 different varieties. I had never got fruit untill a few weeks ago I found 2 flowers on the largest tree(maybe 5 or 6 years old) I am so friggn excited. I fell in Love with the taste years ago after trying them and knew I had to start growing them yesterday. If you want to grow paw paw - which you absolutely do checkout Nursery in Portland called One Green World. They can ship all sorts of excellent quality fruit trees and shrubs across the country. Great website too! Peace🌲🐦🍄❤
I just ordered a LSU Purple Fig tree from them! I got my paw paw trees from Burpee in Pennsylvania. Good to know One Green World has paw paws!
Pawpaws were George Washington's favorite fruit. And its the largest fruit native to north america.
maybe cuz he had wooden teeth.
JEIL actually his dentures weren't wooden, they were made from teeth salvaged from dead people and animals
Lucas Pompey That makes it better, then.
Thomas Jefferson had a patch of paw paw trees on his estate at Montacello.
Chilled pawpaw were mentioned by Thomas Jefferson as a favorite. He grew them at his estate in Virginia.
I live in Michigan about 20 min. From Paw Paw Michigan which was named after the Paw Paw. We are going to start growing them here in Portage Michigan. Although I have lived near here all my life, I have never seen one or tasted one.
Found some on the ground at an arboretum. Like a vanilla mango. Good in custards and steamed pudding. Grow here in southern Canada too.
John Ransom do they all have that "vanilla mango" flavor? Is that what i can expect if i find a tree? Thanks for the description btw
I live in Toronto, where can I find/buy this fruit to try ?
@@nguyenthu2562 cant buy it, no shelf life, google search a farm that has them
@@miguelmarquez4192 No. Not at all. Each cultivar tastes different but banana and mango tend to be the main flavors. Also berries, a round about tropical flavor, tutti frutti and even bubble gum.
James, I'm so excited, discovered the edge of our woods has paw paw trees.
YESS!! Nice find!!
Wow, it is so weird, you not being so hyped up. Still a great video, but your new video's put me in such a good mood and i learn stuff!
Thanks for taking the time to do such a nice video; I had my first Paw Paw this year from my sister's land and thought it tasted like banana custard, and one sort of like an papaya, but a little less sweet -- delicious ! Well done! Ignore the people who clicked a thumbs down -- there wasn't a thing wrong with this video it informed and was entertaining! If someone wants to register something they have found lacking in a video take the time to post a helpful comment that is justified and states your opinion or adds a helpful fact to inform fellow viewers -- Or make a video, yourself, so we can critique YOU! Otherwise, move along. . .Me? I'm going to go watch his other videos, starting with "JuJube!
I found a baby pawpaw tree down in the woods below my house (not mine). It only had 2 fruits. I picked them, not knowing what it was. My neighbor said it looks like pawpaw. I tasted of it and my first reaction was "em that's good!" To me it tasted just like banana baby food in a jar. Being very ripe, it also had the same consistency of baby food. I wouldn't change a thing.
Black flies are the primary pollinator for pawpaws. I mulched a lot of vegetable scraps when I had chickens a few years ago. The mulch would get black flies. My pawpaws would get so much fruit they would almost break branchs. Chickens loved the black fly larvae.
I've never heard about it before! thanks ! It looks like mango tho!
You can grow paw paws in southern Ontario. There's a thicket of them at an arboretum. The raccoons love them. I go gather what I can and make custard with them. I tried to grow some but they died due to competition from other plants and too much shade. For better pollination I've read you hang scraps of meat to rot and attract flies that then pollinate the flowers
What arbortorium?
I am growing paw paw on vancouver island, B.C, Canada. Zone 8 and growing like crazy!
Nice!!! I hope it is a big producer for you in the future
david stock I live in the Fraser Valley. Does it need a special care and spot in the garden or is it easy to grow? Protection in the winter?
Which type of Pawpaw do you grow in your area?
Do u need more than 1?
@@lamoabird This tree is deciduous as you have probably found out by now, so winter is not a problem. For pollination, I cross pollinate my two trees by removing the flower from one that is showing pollen and brush it against one that looks receptive on the other tree. My trees are only six feet high, but had a few fruit last year.
I love this fruit!!! Thanks for the video!
My mom in southern Indiana is letting me plant whatever trees I want, and I'm 100% sure paw paws (because you need more than one variety, of course) will be chosen. Persimmons, too. I don't want to go the whole boring apple/pear/cherry route.
Thank you for this video! I love paw paws. They grow in GA where I’m from and we call them hillbilly bananas. 🍌
cool name. love it.
Don't know if you're a drinking man, but I can tell you that Pawpaws make excellent wine, one of the best batches of wine I have ever made was a Pawpaw Dandelion wine, I didn't even need to add yeast, as there is plenty of yeast on the skin of the Pawpaws, don't wash them, remove the pits, but I love this fruit and the things that can be done with it.
Thanks for the video!!!
I had 2 Pawpaw trees at my last house and gave away more than I could eat. Brought a bunch of seeds to this new home and now in year 3 one is just over 3ft tall. Did not realize they needed the shade cloth till this year so I am behind. They are among my favorite fruits one reason is that I have NEVER seen one sold in any grocery or farmers market.
I was growing 2 trees in San Antonio when I lost my home. The trees were almost ready to begin producing.
I can tell that your pawpaw tree is very happy in your food forest James. It must have the perfect balance of nutrients. I am interested in growing these but I can't because I live in Canada where the climate is not correct for them. Thanks for sharing, I have been and continue to be impressed with the unwavering quality of your videos, and of the rich information they provide to gardeners such as myself. Keep up the extraordinary work. I sometimes joke around, as you have likely noticed, but I can 100% honestly say that your channel ranks in my top 5! Sincerely, Lucas
Unless you're very far north you still might be able to. I am in Ontario and I've seen them in the north. I am going to be buying some hopefully not too far down the line! Here is a site that sells them and other native and rare trees.
www.nutcrackernursery.com
You can purchase different types of paw paw i am growing on in scotland uk for the last few years and had a few fruit last summer its hardy down to minus 5.
LucasGrowsBest add a greenhouse and you can
A year later and I can confirm you can grow in Canada live near Algonquin park. You first need to acclimatize them you can purchase these seeds online they should last to -40 even then it takes a few days to kill them so a green house wrap may be needed.
always learning something new from your videos!
About 4 year's ago I discovered a couple cluster's at our new homestead and didn't know what they were and didn't get them and later found out we have pawpaw trees on a bluff. Now I know I was lucky that I even saw those 2 small cluster's because every I think I'm going to have a bumper crop and get to try pawpaw's and so far late frost destroys the bloom's and I find them brown and dead. I've got to figure a way to protect the blooms next year. I'm miffed that these early warm springs are causing my trees to bud and bloom too early and then a cold stretch happens and freezes the blooms and maybe some very small fruit cluster's and I'm in Kentucky. Nice looking pawpaw tree with lots of fruit you have there.👍
What a beauty James!
oh wow. I came here for the pawpaw. But I am like, I love this super cute, chilled version of you. Your personality has changed over the years.
I first discovered Pawpaw Trees on a camping trip out in the woods in Maryland when I was in the Boy Scouts. I described the flavor as being like a cross between a cantaloupe and a banana.
Thanks! Just planted 3 of them this year.
I’m from SC, still really enjoy watching your videos for ideas on what to do in my own food Forrest, love your enthusiasm and love for your craft. Thank you for the motivation and inspiration
They are delicious I had my first one when I was 12 and have loved them ever since they are so good ...............
Somebody gave my husband this fruit last year at work place. So delicious and I would like to some now but my husband is hesitate to ask. He is not working with my husband. My husband has his phone number but he feels bad to call him. Luckily he gave a branch of the tree to us. It’s growing but too small. I don’t know how long we’ll have to get fruits from this tree. He gave us a lot and I was enjoying them so much. I’m so happy I watched your video. I’m from Niagara Falls , Ontario, Canada. I wish I could be a Neighbor to get some fruits. Thank you so much for the video. He is somewhere in Niagara Area but I don’t know how to find him. Take care and enjoy pawpaws. 🙂
We have pawpaw trees all over in West Virginia. We've made pawpaw bread out of them but removing the seeds tedious. If your trees flower before the bees become active you'll have to attract flies to pollinate them.
Paul Courts how do you attract the flies? Just in case
@@mycharmedunicorn8715 lunch meat in the branches would work
Hi! we are growing pawpaw seeds currently in Ontario, Canada. We have never seen the fruit or mature trees before so we appreciate your great video! We realize it will take several years before we see fruit...but excited anyways!
I live in Maryland, where we have paw paws growing in the wild. If anyone is passing through, check out great falls. Or in Richmond Virginia on james river, there is a paw paw island. The deer can’t eat the leaves, but they love the fruit, and replant them everywhere.
I know I'm a little late for this video , but just purchased my first 2 paw paw plants ! Little guys will be planted in a few days, waiting for my shade cloth to come in the mail so they will sit in the shade until it gets here. Cant wait to taste a paw paw in about 5 years ! Lmao
Wow James. Its crazy how much you grown since your earlier videos. In your new videos you no as shy as this video. You also have so much confidence and energy in your newer stuff. Its great to see your progress.
Excellent video. Thank you! I have 6 pawpaws in my yard. Two are upwards of 10 ft high...but zero flowers or fruits so far. I've never seen them in the wild...but found a wild orchard along the Potomac River and they were very abundant and tasty. I"m taking that off my bucket list.
I have just planted about 8 n gave away plenty like u say they come up wild. My tree has about 50 I had so many I had to space them to grow larger broke my heart to throw away many for space too tiny n tight on the tree. . But green or yellow pawpaw are delicious. Aunt Mel.
Thank you so much for bragging on the paw paw! They grow wild in the woods all over Mississippi . I always thought that it was common knowledge regarding this fruit as it was so common in my home area. But discovered that wasn't so. I actually had to download pictures and text from Tx A&M website to prove that it was a real fruit and not just silly word in a child's nursery song! Lovely to know that it is valued and appreciated outside of my home area ! Thanks again!!
i stupidly planted only one paw paw 12 years ago
started to flower after 5 years but the fruits wpuld always fall off.. i couldnt find another one in my area to plant so i just let it be its super nice to just look at its about 20 feet tall very wide almost looks like a christmas tree.. anyways im in the yard the other day just looking around and i see ONE giant paw paw growing on top of the tree i couldnt believe it im over the moon 😆😆 gives me the motivation to plant another one now
You can hand pollinate with a brush. Just have to be careful not to over do it.
+Matias Urrutia that's a good tip! Thanks for sharing that
Q-tips work very well for that
When I was out in Michigan I saw whole wood lots of these. Wish I had brought some seeds back. Are you propagating them from your neighbors seed? Would you be willing to share seed if you have any for this upcoming growing season?
You don’t want them. They really aren’t that good. I’ve been so eager to eat a ripe one for years now, and I had one today. I can’t really reference the taste to anything else, but it was sweet and unpleasant
Where in Michigan?
Love them! Last had them as a kid living in Tennessee. I recently bought 2 tiny trees that'll hopefully make it a fruiting size her in San Diego.
I found some of these growing when i was a kid and the area was kind of hidden in the forest. I used to eat them and save the seeds to plant in my yard. I have 32 now but they are all the same verity. I bought a few online that are different to help them out a little.
First, your presentations nowadays are much more exuberant than when you did this video. I have been wanting to grow paw paws ever since I got my land. They did fall behind apples, pears and plums first though. This is the year I plan on ordering some trees. I can remember singing the paw paw song as a child in school, which was a major inspiration for wanting to grow them.
Reminds me VERY MUCH of SAPOTE. IF you ever get a white sapote, it is like vanilla custard, so delicious, tropical fruit I have seen only in California.
Now I know what fruit this is that we got today. Thank you!
I'd only ever heard of pawpaws from Disney's A Jungle Book!
What a stupid name, I wouldn't plant it if it grows gold.
Pawpaw tree fruit sounds delicious. I know it's suppose to grow in zones 5 to 8 and I'm in zone 9b, but I just planted 6 seeds, 2 different varieties. I received the seeds from someone growing them in zone 9 and getting fruit, so hope I can also.
I was thinking to plant this tree, but was not sure about the taste. Your video helped me to make a decision. Thank you!
There are many improved varieties that taste so much better than wild ones. most but not all wild ones are small and seedy.
@@donniechilo3966 Thank you
I've grown them for years. I love the fruits and the trees. A ripe paw paw has a delicious tropical fragrance too.
NEVER HERD OF IT BUT IT SOUNDS SO DELICIOUS 😋 I want one now but I live in California and never seen one
They are very delicious and super healthy.........
It's an Eastern American tree that's probably why. I have never had one and I live in the east. I bought two Trees today, only repoted them until next season.
I am incredibly jealous!......wait....what????? in NJ????? holy crap I lived in NJ and now live in Georgia and never heard of them..I found one by accident while I was looking for hidden waterfalls
Nice. We got lucky and had a grouping of pawpaw trees grow naturally in our backyard right along a creek. We didn’t even know it until recently because they don’t grow fruit for a few years. But these trees grow like weeds it feels. Like the more you have the more it fosters growth.
My first Pawpaw tree sappling just arrived yesterday. I can't wait to plant it today!! Thanks for sharing this video.
I was given my first paw paws to eat this fall; OMG, I am hooked! I saved the seeds; they are in the fridge now and hoping to plant them in the spring.
how did that go btw? i see this was posted 3 years ago. did you have success growing them from seed?
@@RyukyuStyle no luck with any of the seeds or the four seedlings I was given earlier this summer.
Another friend has two suckers she said I can have - but I should wait until the fall before digging them up. Hoping third time is the charm!!!
Is there any way to get seeds from 2 different varities
When I was a small child, my mother told me I would sit under the pawpaw tree eating up the pawpaws. I would love to have some now,but they won't grow here.
When I'm in Jersey in the spring I hit all the ditches alongside the fields for old asparagus. They grew it 100 years or longer ago and still grows along the side of the road
I don't know that fruit in europe, thank's for sharing, formidable !!!!
Mahalo or Thank You in Hawaiian, my cousin asked on her Facebook page what these trees are, my other cousin's sister in Florida said it looked like paw paw, that's how I found your video. Very informative, I have to try one.
What a treat of a video. I've had four varieties in for a year now. I hope they do as well as those trees are.
Awesome! I'm glad you liked it. I hope it was kind of like a look into the future for you 😁
Great info.!!!! I have 7 trees and they are now taking off!!!
Ok James. I might be able to blow your mind I am in Ohio 6a/6b line and my property backs to undeveloped park land that borders past that on a state scenic waterway. Hiking around there,I found the odd maroon flowers and I checked Google Lens to identify pawpaw (there are hundreds of trees!) Now I can't un-see them. I collected wild fruits and saved seeds this year to start my own. Just saw a vlog for rooting cuttings of the same. But in the woods, it was really cool. Every place there was a patch of pawpaw trees, there was also a buckeye tree right there as well, without fail. Nature's companion planting.
This is amazing! I am just learning about the Pawpaw tree now. I would like to plant a few of these in my yard. I can't believe that this healthy fruit is so unknown and not sold fresh seasonally like other fruits and veggies. Aww, silly Humans! I will now be on a quest to find this tree on Long Island
The main reason they aren't sold like others is because they bruise easily and they don't last more than just a few days at most once they are ripe. This makes shipping them EXTREMELY difficult.
If you live in their native range, you might also like them for butterfly gardening--the genus Asimina is the sole caterpillar host for the elegant Zebra Swallowtail.
Good day I live in Bermuda n our pawpaws are delicious yellow n when green we use for soup slice n cook till tender n also making a pie like u would make n apple pie n when done looks like apple n taste like apple pie. I guess u can call it sweet green pawpaw pie 😎. Enjoy ur video . Aunt Mel.
Where I grew up in Indiana and Illinois these grew wild everywhere. I never managed to find one during fruiting so I've never tasted one. Now I live in Pennsylvania and I'm going to see if I can find some seeds and grow some in the wooded area on the back portion of my property! Thank you for this video!
Here in northern Florida there are native pawpaw bushes in the fields and cow pastures. The cows don't eat the leaves.
The leaves are toxic, they can be used as natural pesticide. The cows probably get a bad stomach from them, and hence shun them after the initial experience.
In Mississippi they grow wild but are still hard to find, if you split them and remove the seeds add some cinnamon and bake them in the oven, they are super delicious and taste like warm banana pudding, would love to find a starter to grow on my property , have tried several times to grow from seed, so far no luck tho. Thanks for the video .
Groundhog, raccoon, squirrel and possum go after paw paw fruit, also. so get it before they do. you can shake the tree and the ripe ones come down, also. Paw Paw is my favorite fruit in the world. Grows all along the EASTERN USA and other areas. Zebra Swallowtail butterflies need PAW PAW trees to survive - so if you see Zebra Swallowtail Butterflies - you know you have Paw Paw trees nearby. Paw Paws are often in parks and Parkways.
When l was a kid we sang a song in school called picking up paw paws.
I LIVE in zone 9 near the L Pacific Ocean and l shall check to see if they can surbive here. We can grow figs and cherries.
I just bought two pawpaw trees a few weeks back. I have really tall mulberry trees so they will get plenty of shade.
Now I wanna try the fruit even more.
In the process of replacing junk trees and bushes with fruit bearing ones. Why have a normal short hedge when it could be blueberries? Why have a decorative bush when you could have a decorative Fig Bush? :P Plus it's currency for when the apocolypse hits.
I have 6 of these coming when the spring hits. I don't need 6 lol. I'm only keeping 3 and gonna give 3 away. But It was almost as cheap buying 3 as it was 1 and I ordered from 2 different nurseries. Can't wait to see them grow fruit. Even if it can take over 6 years. Lol
Your right like no other Try freezing them when unfrozen there delicious they takes just like custard
3 years ago I planted 3 sprouts that came up around a friends trees. This is the first year for fruit. Was looking on line for when they would be ripe. I'm in Eastern Nebraska. The trees have grown well, about 12' tall now. Looking forward to them, have never eaten one.
I am in eastern nebr. Also. Love pawpaw . Want to share info???
Everywhere we have done controlled burns on our land in east Texas has dwarf paw paws popping up. Already lost count how many we've found and just burned another 8 acres. Amazing fruit. Enjoyed the video, thanks!
Where in east Texas?. I want to grow Paw Paw tree.
Victoria Nguyen I am an hour north of Houston. You can buy seeds online, just make sure you prepare them properly. Sorry I can't help more but I have done nothing but burn the land to get them to pop up naturally, didn't even plant any seeds!
I was just at my friends in Cambridge, Ontario, Canada and they grew a paw paw tree from seeds! It took it 5 years before it beared some fruit. They gave some to me to try I enjoyed the fruit and now im going to try to grow a paw paw tree, I live in St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada.
5 Years does not sound too bad. I bought 3 trees from a nursery 2 years ago, and probably next year I will have the first fruits. (one tree had blossoms this year but threw them away in early spring)
I now have a ton of seeds from pawpaws I bought I probably will put them into the soil.
I’ve got two. In my food forest. They are only three years old and had a couple flowers this spring but didn’t produce any fruit. Maybe next year.. I pick wild ones every year at a secret spot we go hiking. Delicious
I live in Oregon, zone 8 & I'm going to try & cultivate these in pots say 30 to 50 gallon pots so they don't get gigantic. Kinda expensive for a 2-4 foot sapling. Figured it would be a fun experiment regardless.
What a fantastic video! I am starting a food forest here in Tennessee and would love to grow these! I have never tried them but I have heard that they work wonders for cancer! As soon as you opened up the soft one, I immediately thought it looked like Durian! I have never tried Durian but it's definitely on my fruit bucket list as I am a very high raw vegan and have seen many fruitarians go crazy for them! Thank you so much for sharing this information!
Thank you 🙏
We live in Toronto.
I googled to buy but
It's very expensive here.
Paw Paws can be made into a jam too! Haven't made it myself yet - been looking for a tree - think I found one in town where I live (western Missouri) glad to know how to tell when they are ripe. thanks
Awesome, I may have to try that! Your welcome, thanks for watching!
I've never had Paw Paw fruit. I have friends that grow it up in central Michigan though.
I just gathered almost 3 dozen last weekend foraging
The reason I was first attracted to the PawPaw tree is that I heard they attracted a particular type of butterfly. I want to add to my garden for that reason as many plants attracting butterflies require sun. I live in the mountains so my pawpaws would be planted for understory.
A recent book named aptly Paw Paw by Andrew Moore is a great read combining horticulture, culture, anthropology. Paw Paws now are growing in Oregon.
I've gotten so used to the energy you have in your newer videos, idk how I feel about this energy
James, I love your fruit trees' forest. One day, I'll do something like that.
We don't have bears here, just birds, a lot of them.
'Possums and 'coons also compete for this fruit.
The variety of Paw Paw changes the flavour, I've had some that taste more like banana and some that taste more like mango
You are my favorite gardener
I got 70 acres in Wv and has a ton of paw paws
Lucky!! Any delicious wild ones?
Sure is. I like putting them in a custard
Maddux Null omg 70 acres!
What i wouldn't do to just have 4 acres of land to build my future of having lots of tame animals and PLENTY OF FRUIT TREES 😍😍,
You're so lucky
I would love to pick some of those. I can never find any around here during season.
Wow! May I have some cuttings or small trees?