Any tips, suggestions, experience with transplanting pawpaws? I have some growing wild in my area and would love to rescue a few from getting decimated by wildlife, hunters and ATVs. I've read online about taking caution due to their deep and fragile taproots. Other than that, not much else I've read. Do you think it's safe to use willow extract to promote root establishment? Thanks!
I'm subscribed and have alerts set, found you from your compost tea video. I foster guinea pigs, and I've read research papers that say their poo is a pH of 6. Looking forward to having them help me maintain their/our garden!
I am so jealous of southern climate conditions. Granted there are drawbacks, but up here paw paws would have to be in a special geothermal greenhouse year round. amazing channel bud, salute from North Ontario.
@@WesleyJSnellgrove I wouldn't recommend trying to dig-up their taproots. They are way too easy to break, and you'd be the next person in line decimating them...by accident. Thankfully, it's very easy to grow from seed. Just make sure to keep the junk around the seed while planting (some of the fruit and the "gel" like coating around the seed). Just put it all in the ground. I have never tried with willow water to propagate the seeds, but if you keep the gunk around the seed it has a pretty high success rate with propagating. Also, if you have squirrels or other small critters....they will be interested in the seeds. I just planted extras knowing that they'd do a heavy thinning to get both the seeds and the fruit surrounding them when they're planted. Or, if you have a greenhouse then you're pretty fortunate...and that will keep the critters away as they grow. Best of luck!
It's PawPaw season up here in Cincinnati. My own patch is 30 trees strong ... and I ... "bandit plant" 50 a year around the county each and every year for 23 years now. Vacant lands. Public/state parks. Along rivers as I canoe down them. Wind breaks between giant commercial fields ... Yeah. Sue me.
Love this! When I researched pawpaws a couple years ago, I couldn’t find anyone creating cultivars! Actually, I found the opposite. Everything I read was saying that due to the complete lack of selectively bred cultivars, growing pawpaws successfully was nearly impossible. I was left to believe that it takes 7-10 years for a tree to produce its fruit… if it ever does. That many trees never do produce fruit and if they do, the flavor, texture and size of the fruit could still be a complete miss due to their genetic diversity. By all accounts, I was under the impression I would never grow pawpaws of my own land. Now, I’m literally excited at the prospect. Thank you 🙏
Black currants are highly controlled or outright banned in some states due to their being an alternate host to pine rust. Most any state whose forestry relies on eastern white pines, specifically thinking about New England, won't let them be planted. That's possibly why the native Concord grape came to fill the same flavor niche in juices, jellies, and baking that black currant fills in Europe.
Oh, so that's why. I did a google and read that in Norway it was the other way around. They prohibited the import of white pines to protect commercial black currant orchards, because it's such a susceptible host of the fungus. The endemic pines of Norway have a high degree of resistance. Lucky us, I'd rather grow black currants than white pine 🙂 BTW, they're called sun berries in Norwegian ("solbær"), even though they are dark and prefer some shade and moist soil. The related gooseberries have a more descriptive name, stinging berries ("stikkelsbær").
@@ximono Yeah, my British brother-in-law introduced me to black currants through Ribena and it's a huge shame for us we can't grow them. Or rather, many places can, but those more Europhilic states in the East can't, so no one does. We rarely even see the fruit in stores.
This was an edifying video. All these seem like sound choices (that I have seen mentioned elsewhere). Related to this: I started growing jostaberries last year - a hybrid of black currants and gooseberry. Best of both worlds - the currant flavor is paired with more sweetness and the larger size of the gooseberry (but without the latter's thorns). Despite some late summer disease affecting the leaves they are doing well in my NE Ohio yard. They grow vigorously in part shade. Also, I have been growing bush cherries - I have had a few "juliet" bushes for three years now and got my first crop this year, and the fruit is semi-sweet and flavorful. I got 4 pawpaws but they are still quite small. The first couple years I had a cloth over them to protect them from the sun, but I took off the protection this year and the leaves are currently yellow and dropping off now, even though they only get about 4 - 4.5 hours of direct mid-day sun. If you could share how long the young trees need to be protected I would appreciate it.
I fell in love with Pawpaws after a farm tour and taste here in NJ. The ones I ate had hints of cinnamon and custard. West Farm Nursery if your interested. Charlie sells all sorts of grafted varieties. Another fruit tree I just planted is the Che tree. Absolutely pest free, my trees have dark green leaves that looked perfect, and from what I’ve been told the fruits are delicious. The are self fertile and mine were grafted on Osage orange.
omg thank you so much for name dropping nursery,need more people like you. not enough list their nursery and it's not easy to find good ones online,takes time and occasionally investment.
I'd been listening to, rather than watching, the video and was so confused by the talk of exporting pawpaws to countries like NZ and Australia. Growing up in the Australian tropics, we ate a lot of pawpaws... but that's just what we call papayas! I'd be interested to try one of the American pawpaws - they sound delicious.
I like pushing my growing zone. I'm in Western Washington ( 8b) and I have oranges and lemons. Their frost cover are going to be ball shaped and made to look like pumpkin for the first few weeks then snowmen... lol. Just received my sugar cane and an olive tree.
I read Blake's book Pawpaws two years ago, and last year I started two pawpaw root stocks in my back yard. I'm keeping an eye out for the varieties he recommends the most highly to graft on to the trees soon.
Chokeberries(Aronia), Rose hips(Rosa rugosa +several species), Elderberries(Sambucus), Chicasaw plum(Prunus angustifolia), Hackberry(Celtis occidentalis or laevigada), Figs...
Thank you for this info! I've been looking for something like this as I have picked up trying to grow fruit I can take with me when I move. And shout out to your kitty cat!
.. others have mentioned Paw-paws resistance/tolerance of juglone poisoning from black walnuts... so might be a useful tree to 'pair' with Walnuts in more polyculture fields. Last week Blake Cothren spoke of figs being harvested from the current year's growth, so topping out at 6 to 8", but didn't say for harvesting from 4 to 6-year-old plantings for Paw-paws, whether or not Paw-paws or mulberries could be grown as say coppiced/large bush sized plants, rather than leaving to become mature single stem trees. I am thinking on several things but also for working at 'tall bookshelf' heights as much as you were for not bending down too much (I like that 'easy life' idea.).
I only just ordered paw paws, so I don’t know... but we had mulberries in our yard for 10 years and I can say even when you chop them down, they will thrive, so,, copacing...yes.😋
@@PHNursery Our experience with local mulberry stock mirrors that of some other folks I follow: insane growth rates that requires heavy and diligent pruning.
@@gunning6407 Yep, mulberry growth is often very intense and would require dormant and summer pruning to keep under control, but it can be done to facilitate smaller specimens with easier harvest.
get one then,no reason not to,plant in an emptey area,it drops fruit absolutely everywhere when it's ripe,you'll pick as many off the ground as you do the tree over the season. or plant next to a nice neighbor and share lol
@@bloodlove93 I plan on it me and my neighbor have one on our property line right now actually, (I found out because I was trimming other trees and almost tipped it off entirely. We've agreed to let it exist but all the other non fruiting trees get to be fire wood.
We purchased some honey berries from a fruit and seed catalogue - maybe Fedco or Territorial who no longer carried them because of the possibility of them being invasive. We yanked ours out and are growing loganberries instead.
Black currants are absolutely amazing. For marketing if you have a large European immigrant population in your area you can easily sell to them as black currants aren't really sold here in the fresh form. You'll most likely find black currants in the US in the dry state
I don't know how cold hardy they are but loquats (Japanese plums) grow like gangbusters in the south GA/north FL area (zone 8/9). No pests, great production.
Be aware of the two kinds of persimmons. One is astringent and the other non-astringent. Non astringent you eat like an apple. Astringent you generally let them get Very soft and then scoop out the inside pulp and use for whatever (on icecream is good and jam is yummy)
That’s because the fruits don’t ship or store well. They are, essentially, backyard-to-house - and they must be handled gently. They are grown for people, not profit, but they can be made into amazing products. 🤤
🌳 I'm so glad mulberries made the list, I love that tree! I'm surprised figs didn't make the cut. Maybe they aren't so resilient in some areas? (Central Texas here)
Hardy kiwi (Actinidia arguta) is excellent, but will not reliably produce fruit in our region due to their tendency to bud early and get frosted on in spring. Success varies.
🤣 We drink all kinds of juice in the UK, but orange is undoubtedly the most common. Blackcurrants are usually for cordials, not juice though. I have a first year blackcurrant and red currant on our allotment and we're starting golden currants from seed in spring. Not sure paw paws would accept our climate though, maybe I'm the very south.
Actually I think Papa's would do great on the British isles. Keep in mind Papa's evolved in America's Eastern climate witch is hectic to say the least. Paw paw should do fine just look at the import laws to make sure it's not restricted for some reason. I'd honestly recommend to go for two or three different varieties of paw paw and get several examples of each
Just bought a 4' pawpaw at the local wholesale nursery. I wonder how old it is? Thinking of grafting a scion from another individual to get better fruit set.
Black currants are illegal to grow in parts of the u.s. in va. We cant order due to pine rust. Its a bogus law that is still on the books and producers will not send to va.
@@joshwilson4032 Rules vary by state, but OH for example allows cultivars of black currant that carry a resistance gene. Crandall is a named selection of a different species, though, the N American native Ribes odoratum aka clove currant.
He grows passiflora incarnata. I ordered several of them from him. Good looking plants. I grow them mostly for the gulf fritillary butterfly in my area so no fruit yet. I am hoping to get some next season if the caterpillars will share.
I have a native strain of P. incarnata that is inexorably taking over our central Ohio food forest. A single seedling has colonized a 30'x30' patch in under 5 years and can put on 3'+ of growth in a week. It is *bonkers* watching it take over. I sell fresh leaf to a local herbalist, so I'm getting some yield, but... approach with caution?
Does anyone have evidence in fall vs spring translating of paw paws? The general advice for magnolia and relatives is to prefer spring moves over autumn, but... I'm wondering how much it really matters? I have a bunch of trees that I need to move this fall due to travel plans...
According to KSU, pawpaw trees can be successfully planted in autumn. However, that was a KY study only. May not be the best idea further north, we're not sure yet.
Japanese beetles wrecked my Passion Fruit this year. I am in NJ. I want to try Pawpaw but I'm in a state of constant war against Japanese beetles. I remove buckets of them bugs every year. I want to try honeyberries this year.
I tried black currents in east TN and they just died not sure what happened. Same with honey berries branches would just turn brown and new shoots would try to survive but they died eventually. And not mentioned was goji berries. Mine grows great but zero berries tons of flowers. A friend has one that is loaded with berries 😒. But i do have 4 varieties of paw paw, and an ever bearing mulberry tree that is absolutely loaded every year. And my blue berries and black berries grow great.
In our climate they need protection from sun. Especially afternoon sun. They can take some morning sun but especially thru the hot days of summer they’ll just enter dormancy. Deep mulch, water during drought as well. Planting as an understory plant has done quite well for me, but fully exposed they barely grow and would die in time
He hinted at that when talking about blackberry and rasps. Would certainly have to control disease and insect pests for these two if selling to public. Lots of virus issues in these 2 crops as well
I grow pawpaws at my parent's home in Dry Ridge KY. This year was my first fruit set. I've had so many people ask us for fruit. I may talk my wife into growing an orchard at our home in Cincinnati for commercial purpose lol.
Hardy kiwi (Actinidia arguta) is excellent, but will not reliably produce fruit in our region due to their tendency to bud early and get frosted on in spring. Success varies.
“they [pawpaws] don’t suffer from a lot of disease and insects” once pawpaw popularity becomes mainstream and production spreads across all regions of the US and all the places where he’s shipping his seeds, you can guarantee that nature will adapt and there will be as many issues as other standard fruits.
@@thepragmaticfarmer6308 I believe he's in Dothan, AL (SE AL) area which is just north of the FL/AL line. He has a great channel, very informative and I love his attitude. Not sure if he's grafting or planting from seed though. I haven't tried grafting anything but I have about a 95% transplanting success rate for numerous different plants; including fruit trees, which bore fruit just 5 months later. I know others have said pawpaws are difficult but I think I'm up for the challenge. ABBY tips and suggestions are much appreciated. Thanks!
I'm surrounded by farmers and orchards here in Ohio so I try to grow produce that I can't find elsewhere. Gooseberries, honey berries, maypops, elderberries, figs, currents, etc. We have some apple trees that do well but I'm coming to the conclusion that I should leave peaches to the experts and just buy those. Late frosts, leaf curl, deer,... 😳 It's exhausting. I've considered pawpaws. I need to actually taste a couple varieties first. Also not sure if I want to pause my efforts at achieving fly holocaust since those are the pollinators. 🤷🏼♂️
I grew up in central Ohio and now live in Western Virginia in the mountains zone a. I have a white peach tree that I get hundreds of peaches off. I can't tell you the name is because I bought it as a redhaven which it clearly is not. There is supposedly a peach for northern climates I think it is the Elbert.
@@michelestidhamwhitmore8313 we inherited our peach trees from the previous property owners and they did not take good care of them. I've been trying to nurse them back to health and we did get a few dozen last year. However, the leaf curl is tenacious so I've been thinning out the fruit to reduce the stress on the tree. No peaches this year due to a late frost and wind storm that killed every single blossom. 🤷🏼♂️ We have a couple peach orchards right down the road where we can buy bushels of them relatively cheap so I don't know if the proverbial juice is worth the squeeze. I haven't given up yet. I'll try some more dormant sprays this year
@@sociopathmercenary I had to buy pawpaw from a nursery here but then found some in the wild. Last year was our first yr with fruit 3. This yr we have 13. We always knew they were ripe in the wild when we smelled banana in the woods especially around cricks. I have tried to propagate pawpaws from seeds I did get one to grow then I didn't properly shelter it during winter.
Reliance & Redhaven do well here in western PA zone 6 in terms of cold hardiness. No issues with leaf curl but that may be regional. Fence keeps the deer out but not the raccoons …. It’s always something lol
I moved to the S. Cumberland Plateau TN seven years ago and love variety. I started planting fruits and nuts. That first spring I planted paw paws, hazelnut, persimmon, plum, crabapple, strawberries, and pecan. I've since added peach, apple, cherry, Rosa rugosa, blueberries, and various native fruiting shrubs. This year I finally got some peaches, plums and hazelnuts. This is a long process.😊
Advise fact checking regarding tiger swallowtail butterflies who will breed just fine on dill. Also advise extreme caution in promoting black currants in the USA due to fungal disease. Be *very* *very* cautious in choosing cultivars and *pay* *attention* to the legalities in your area!!!!!!
It was very clearly stated that it was zebra swallowtail and not tiger swallowtail which of course are diff species. But his use of the term 'symbiotic' when he describes their relationship can definitely be questioned. Pawpaws don't receive any benefit from it.
@@douellette7960 There are various forms of symbiosis. ZSW and pawpaw might best be described as commensalism. And, we don't know if the pawpaws benefit from it or not. Perhaps somehow they do.
Note that there are dozen or so states where black currants are restricted or prohibited so make sure to do your homework before propagating!
Any tips, suggestions, experience with transplanting pawpaws? I have some growing wild in my area and would love to rescue a few from getting decimated by wildlife, hunters and ATVs. I've read online about taking caution due to their deep and fragile taproots. Other than that, not much else I've read. Do you think it's safe to use willow extract to promote root establishment? Thanks!
I'm subscribed and have alerts set, found you from your compost tea video. I foster guinea pigs, and I've read research papers that say their poo is a pH of 6. Looking forward to having them help me maintain their/our garden!
I am so jealous of southern climate conditions.
Granted there are drawbacks, but up here paw paws would have to be in a special geothermal greenhouse year round.
amazing channel bud, salute from North Ontario.
@@WesleyJSnellgrove I wouldn't recommend trying to dig-up their taproots. They are way too easy to break, and you'd be the next person in line decimating them...by accident. Thankfully, it's very easy to grow from seed. Just make sure to keep the junk around the seed while planting (some of the fruit and the "gel" like coating around the seed). Just put it all in the ground. I have never tried with willow water to propagate the seeds, but if you keep the gunk around the seed it has a pretty high success rate with propagating. Also, if you have squirrels or other small critters....they will be interested in the seeds. I just planted extras knowing that they'd do a heavy thinning to get both the seeds and the fruit surrounding them when they're planted. Or, if you have a greenhouse then you're pretty fortunate...and that will keep the critters away as they grow. Best of luck!
@@ForagingYourRoots Thank you very much for the advice. I hope to find some fruit and give it a try. 👍
It's PawPaw season up here in Cincinnati.
My own patch is 30 trees strong ... and I ... "bandit plant" 50 a year around the county each and every year for 23 years now.
Vacant lands. Public/state parks. Along rivers as I canoe down them. Wind breaks between giant commercial fields ...
Yeah.
Sue me.
Come on up and plant some on my land! 😂 I’ve tried seedlings a few times and then seeds and no luck yet
Probably not enough water. @@AmbersDaintyBush
Last year I had one paw paw that tasted like Key lime. The fact that they are all so different is one of the things that makes them so great!!
Love this! When I researched pawpaws a couple years ago, I couldn’t find anyone creating cultivars! Actually, I found the opposite. Everything I read was saying that due to the complete lack of selectively bred cultivars, growing pawpaws successfully was nearly impossible. I was left to believe that it takes 7-10 years for a tree to produce its fruit… if it ever does. That many trees never do produce fruit and if they do, the flavor, texture and size of the fruit could still be a complete miss due to their genetic diversity. By all accounts, I was under the impression I would never grow pawpaws of my own land. Now, I’m literally excited at the prospect. Thank you 🙏
It's really easy to get salk of paw paws
Yellow pawpaws have male and female.. if you planted seeds and only got males you would never get any fruit. Red pawpaws are self fertile.
This is the information I was looking for as far as resilient fruits. Thank you!
I learned about pawpaw in the last couple years and can't wait to try and grow some for myself. What an interesting fruit and native
Black currants are highly controlled or outright banned in some states due to their being an alternate host to pine rust. Most any state whose forestry relies on eastern white pines, specifically thinking about New England, won't let them be planted. That's possibly why the native Concord grape came to fill the same flavor niche in juices, jellies, and baking that black currant fills in Europe.
Oh, so that's why. I did a google and read that in Norway it was the other way around. They prohibited the import of white pines to protect commercial black currant orchards, because it's such a susceptible host of the fungus. The endemic pines of Norway have a high degree of resistance. Lucky us, I'd rather grow black currants than white pine 🙂
BTW, they're called sun berries in Norwegian ("solbær"), even though they are dark and prefer some shade and moist soil. The related gooseberries have a more descriptive name, stinging berries ("stikkelsbær").
@@ximono Yeah, my British brother-in-law introduced me to black currants through Ribena and it's a huge shame for us we can't grow them. Or rather, many places can, but those more Europhilic states in the East can't, so no one does. We rarely even see the fruit in stores.
Just grow them...dont be soo domesticated
@@brycehess6708 Yeah, I like my local economy _not_ collapsing, thanks.
@@abydosianchulac2 lol...stay afraid...and boosted 🐑
Been thinking about adding some fruit besides melons to the community garden we're building. This video is very helpful. Thank you!
They take quite a long time to get to the fruiting stage. Next year is the first year I might expect fruit; I saw a couple flowers this year. Excited!
This was an edifying video. All these seem like sound choices (that I have seen mentioned elsewhere). Related to this: I started growing jostaberries last year - a hybrid of black currants and gooseberry. Best of both worlds - the currant flavor is paired with more sweetness and the larger size of the gooseberry (but without the latter's thorns). Despite some late summer disease affecting the leaves they are doing well in my NE Ohio yard. They grow vigorously in part shade. Also, I have been growing bush cherries - I have had a few "juliet" bushes for three years now and got my first crop this year, and the fruit is semi-sweet and flavorful. I got 4 pawpaws but they are still quite small. The first couple years I had a cloth over them to protect them from the sun, but I took off the protection this year and the leaves are currently yellow and dropping off now, even though they only get about 4 - 4.5 hours of direct mid-day sun. If you could share how long the young trees need to be protected I would appreciate it.
They mainly need protection in the first year,1 of mine, the oldest is in year 2 and is in full sun now
I fell in love with Pawpaws after a farm tour and taste here in NJ. The ones I ate had hints of cinnamon and custard. West Farm Nursery if your interested. Charlie sells all sorts of grafted varieties. Another fruit tree I just planted is the Che tree. Absolutely pest free, my trees have dark green leaves that looked perfect, and from what I’ve been told the fruits are delicious. The are self fertile and mine were grafted on Osage orange.
Osage orange? Wow that sounds pretty cool, I'll have to check that out. Thanks
Thanks for this!! They’re sold out but I’m bookmarking it for spring!
omg thank you so much for name dropping nursery,need more people like you.
not enough list their nursery and it's not easy to find good ones online,takes time and occasionally investment.
I'd been listening to, rather than watching, the video and was so confused by the talk of exporting pawpaws to countries like NZ and Australia. Growing up in the Australian tropics, we ate a lot of pawpaws... but that's just what we call papayas! I'd be interested to try one of the American pawpaws - they sound delicious.
I was referring to seeds. No exports of Asimina triloba fruit occur from the USA.
I like pushing my growing zone. I'm in Western Washington ( 8b) and I have oranges and lemons. Their frost cover are going to be ball shaped and made to look like pumpkin for the first few weeks then snowmen... lol. Just received my sugar cane and an olive tree.
I read Blake's book Pawpaws two years ago, and last year I started two pawpaw root stocks in my back yard. I'm keeping an eye out for the varieties he recommends the most highly to graft on to the trees soon.
Best wishes with that!
Chokeberries(Aronia), Rose hips(Rosa rugosa +several species), Elderberries(Sambucus), Chicasaw plum(Prunus angustifolia), Hackberry(Celtis occidentalis or laevigada), Figs...
I love ALL No-Till Growers videos!
We do drink orange juice as well in Europe! 😂
Black currant jelly is my favourite kind of jelly, though.
Thank you for this info! I've been looking for something like this as I have picked up trying to grow fruit I can take with me when I move. And shout out to your kitty cat!
There are remounting raspberries. They will flower the first and second year until the frost. Just remember to feed them well.
.. others have mentioned Paw-paws resistance/tolerance of juglone poisoning from black walnuts... so might be a useful tree to 'pair' with Walnuts in more polyculture fields.
Last week Blake Cothren spoke of figs being harvested from the current year's growth, so topping out at 6 to 8", but didn't say for harvesting from 4 to 6-year-old plantings for Paw-paws, whether or not Paw-paws or mulberries could be grown as say coppiced/large bush sized plants, rather than leaving to become mature single stem trees. I am thinking on several things but also for working at 'tall bookshelf' heights as much as you were for not bending down too much (I like that 'easy life' idea.).
I only just ordered paw paws, so I don’t know... but we had mulberries in our yard for 10 years and I can say even when you chop them down, they will thrive, so,, copacing...yes.😋
Pawpaws can be topped to 8-10 ft tall and will still produce nice crops. Most mulberries also can be trained similarly.
@@PHNursery Our experience with local mulberry stock mirrors that of some other folks I follow: insane growth rates that requires heavy and diligent pruning.
@@gunning6407 Yep, mulberry growth is often very intense and would require dormant and summer pruning to keep under control, but it can be done to facilitate smaller specimens with easier harvest.
I used to eat off wild mulberries as a kid, I've always wanted a mulberry tree since then.
get one then,no reason not to,plant in an emptey area,it drops fruit absolutely everywhere when it's ripe,you'll pick as many off the ground as you do the tree over the season.
or plant next to a nice neighbor and share lol
@@bloodlove93 I plan on it me and my neighbor have one on our property line right now actually, (I found out because I was trimming other trees and almost tipped it off entirely. We've agreed to let it exist but all the other non fruiting trees get to be fire wood.
We purchased some honey berries from a fruit and seed catalogue - maybe Fedco or Territorial who no longer carried them because of the possibility of them being invasive. We yanked ours out and are growing loganberries instead.
Black currants are absolutely amazing. For marketing if you have a large European immigrant population in your area you can easily sell to them as black currants aren't really sold here in the fresh form. You'll most likely find black currants in the US in the dry state
I don't know how cold hardy they are but loquats (Japanese plums) grow like gangbusters in the south GA/north FL area (zone 8/9). No pests, great production.
Yes, those are very nice and resilient but only cold hardy to zone 8.
@@PHNursery not even that. I'm 8a, almost 8b, and the fruit froze last winter.
@@doggiefamily908 There are a lot of varieties out there, some more hardy than others.
Cool, I live in the West so I’ve never tasted pawpaws but I am curious
Be aware of the two kinds of persimmons. One is astringent and the other non-astringent.
Non astringent you eat like an apple.
Astringent you generally let them get Very soft and then scoop out the inside pulp and use for whatever (on icecream is good and jam is yummy)
I have not seen some of these fruits/berries in the grocery stores. Interesting.
That’s because the fruits don’t ship or store well. They are, essentially, backyard-to-house - and they must be handled gently. They are grown for people, not profit, but they can be made into amazing products. 🤤
🌳 I'm so glad mulberries made the list, I love that tree!
I'm surprised figs didn't make the cut. Maybe they aren't so resilient in some areas? (Central Texas here)
Good list! Just put in some of these this season. Id add hardy or arctic kiwi to the list.
Hardy kiwi (Actinidia arguta) is excellent, but will not reliably produce fruit in our region due to their tendency to bud early and get frosted on in spring. Success varies.
🤣 We drink all kinds of juice in the UK, but orange is undoubtedly the most common. Blackcurrants are usually for cordials, not juice though. I have a first year blackcurrant and red currant on our allotment and we're starting golden currants from seed in spring. Not sure paw paws would accept our climate though, maybe I'm the very south.
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Actually I think Papa's would do great on the British isles. Keep in mind Papa's evolved in America's Eastern climate witch is hectic to say the least. Paw paw should do fine just look at the import laws to make sure it's not restricted for some reason. I'd honestly recommend to go for two or three different varieties of paw paw and get several examples of each
Yes perennial fruits that grow in temperate zones I will click on every video with that topic
Cool video, thanks!
Great info--thanks!!
Just bought a 4' pawpaw at the local wholesale nursery. I wonder how old it is? Thinking of grafting a scion from another individual to get better fruit set.
interesting they're growing in other countries, I left the US for Mount Kenya, would be super cool to try some here
I purchased a black current from.. I can't remember the grower.. but it was dead. It didn't ever bud out. Was a dry root plant. I was so disappointed!
The link to Blake's website is blocked by his website security. Thanks for another great resource 😊
Black currants are illegal to grow in parts of the u.s. in va. We cant order due to pine rust. Its a bogus law that is still on the books and producers will not send to va.
I ordered my Crandall Currant from Edible Landscaping out of VA, but maybe it's a different species from other black currants.
@@joshwilson4032 Rules vary by state, but OH for example allows cultivars of black currant that carry a resistance gene. Crandall is a named selection of a different species, though, the N American native Ribes odoratum aka clove currant.
@@gunning6407 I did not know there was a native currant. Thanks I will look into it.
@@joshwilson4032 shows my ignorance I never looked into black currants after reading they were illegal in VA. Thanks
curious about what kind of passionfruit he grows. Is it passiflora edulis or maybe passiflora incarnata?
Me too.. My variety is only good for harvesting the flowers and leaves to make dry herbs.
He grows passiflora incarnata. I ordered several of them from him. Good looking plants. I grow them mostly for the gulf fritillary butterfly in my area so no fruit yet. I am hoping to get some next season if the caterpillars will share.
I just transplanted 9 yesterday. They grow like crazy in my area. Great late season fruit too have around when fall is just about to start.
@@thomasbarr520 Thank you!
I have a native strain of P. incarnata that is inexorably taking over our central Ohio food forest. A single seedling has colonized a 30'x30' patch in under 5 years and can put on 3'+ of growth in a week. It is *bonkers* watching it take over. I sell fresh leaf to a local herbalist, so I'm getting some yield, but... approach with caution?
Does anyone have evidence in fall vs spring translating of paw paws? The general advice for magnolia and relatives is to prefer spring moves over autumn, but... I'm wondering how much it really matters? I have a bunch of trees that I need to move this fall due to travel plans...
According to KSU, pawpaw trees can be successfully planted in autumn. However, that was a KY study only. May not be the best idea further north, we're not sure yet.
Japanese beetles wrecked my Passion Fruit this year. I am in NJ. I want to try Pawpaw but I'm in a state of constant war against Japanese beetles. I remove buckets of them bugs every year.
I want to try honeyberries this year.
9:59 can someone name a variety that doesn’t die in winter? I always thought they die with freezing
Passiflora incarnata dies back to the roots in autumn, but comes back strong in late spring from the perennial root system.
@@PHNursery thanksss
I tried black currents in east TN and they just died not sure what happened. Same with honey berries branches would just turn brown and new shoots would try to survive but they died eventually. And not mentioned was goji berries. Mine grows great but zero berries tons of flowers. A friend has one that is loaded with berries 😒. But i do have 4 varieties of paw paw, and an ever bearing mulberry tree that is absolutely loaded every year. And my blue berries and black berries grow great.
In our climate they need protection from sun. Especially afternoon sun. They can take some morning sun but especially thru the hot days of summer they’ll just enter dormancy. Deep mulch, water during drought as well. Planting as an understory plant has done quite well for me, but fully exposed they barely grow and would die in time
Sounds like it could be a pollination issue
@@EvanMorgan7 you talking about the black currents? They were in full sun that may have been my issue.
My understanding is that honey berries don't like hot summers. Ours get some sun scorching here in Ohio. Maybe 20% shade cloth for July/Aug?
You’ve got to bring up SWD with soft bodied fruits… we were hit hard by them
He hinted at that when talking about blackberry and rasps. Would certainly have to control disease and insect pests for these two if selling to public. Lots of virus issues in these 2 crops as well
My question also. @PHNursey? I've seen reports that organic New England raspberry growers gave mostly closed shop or switched crop after SWD arrived.
I live in MN. I struggle finding Paw Paws. I bought a couple, but they are only a foot tall. Can I buy taller ones?
I grow pawpaws at my parent's home in Dry Ridge KY. This year was my first fruit set. I've had so many people ask us for fruit. I may talk my wife into growing an orchard at our home in Cincinnati for commercial purpose lol.
what about kiwi berries!
Hardy kiwi (Actinidia arguta) is excellent, but will not reliably produce fruit in our region due to their tendency to bud early and get frosted on in spring. Success varies.
Does anyone work with asimina parviflora?
“they [pawpaws] don’t suffer from a lot of disease and insects”
once pawpaw popularity becomes mainstream and production spreads across all regions of the US and all the places where he’s shipping his seeds, you can guarantee that nature will adapt and there will be as many issues as other standard fruits.
I’m wondering if pawpaw will grow in zone 8A, about 30 miles north of the Gulf Coast. If so, I am planning to make a gift of some to someone there.
They actually grow wild in Southeast MS and AL. I've seen them in the Hattiesburg/Laurel area.
I think David the Good grows them in north Florida if I remember right
@@WesleyJSnellgrove Thank you!
@@thepragmaticfarmer6308 Thank you!
@@thepragmaticfarmer6308 I believe he's in Dothan, AL (SE AL) area which is just north of the FL/AL line. He has a great channel, very informative and I love his attitude. Not sure if he's grafting or planting from seed though. I haven't tried grafting anything but I have about a 95% transplanting success rate for numerous different plants; including fruit trees, which bore fruit just 5 months later. I know others have said pawpaws are difficult but I think I'm up for the challenge. ABBY tips and suggestions are much appreciated. Thanks!
Great video but I still don't understand how pawpaw is the largest edible fruit in north America when we have pumpkins and squash..
Right it's really largest edible tree fruit that's native to NA
tree fruit
Honey berries are suspected to be invasive. Some nurseries have discontinued selling them for this reason.
Are you sure you aren't thinking of Autumn Olive and friends? I'm interested in refs if you have em!
plant in mass if they sucker like that wqho has the space.🤔
I love your content but how did you know I'm a nerd?🤓
Good stuff
What's with the new cat? Did kitty get fired?
Really enjoyed this! We planted 3 pawpaws 2 years ago. They take a while to grow up. Looking forward to fruit in the not too distant future.
New kitty?
Two kitties, lol
Damn you only posted this 8 hours ago and homie is sold out
Sales open in June and we typically sell out within a few days every year.
Did you call me a neard???
I'm surrounded by farmers and orchards here in Ohio so I try to grow produce that I can't find elsewhere.
Gooseberries, honey berries, maypops, elderberries, figs, currents, etc.
We have some apple trees that do well but I'm coming to the conclusion that I should leave peaches to the experts and just buy those. Late frosts, leaf curl, deer,... 😳
It's exhausting.
I've considered pawpaws. I need to actually taste a couple varieties first. Also not sure if I want to pause my efforts at achieving fly holocaust since those are the pollinators. 🤷🏼♂️
I grew up in central Ohio and now live in Western Virginia in the mountains zone a. I have a white peach tree that I get hundreds of peaches off. I can't tell you the name is because I bought it as a redhaven which it clearly is not. There is supposedly a peach for northern climates I think it is the Elbert.
@@michelestidhamwhitmore8313 we inherited our peach trees from the previous property owners and they did not take good care of them. I've been trying to nurse them back to health and we did get a few dozen last year. However, the leaf curl is tenacious so I've been thinning out the fruit to reduce the stress on the tree.
No peaches this year due to a late frost and wind storm that killed every single blossom. 🤷🏼♂️
We have a couple peach orchards right down the road where we can buy bushels of them relatively cheap so I don't know if the proverbial juice is worth the squeeze. I haven't given up yet.
I'll try some more dormant sprays this year
@@sociopathmercenary I had to buy pawpaw from a nursery here but then found some in the wild. Last year was our first yr with fruit 3. This yr we have 13. We always knew they were ripe in the wild when we smelled banana in the woods especially around cricks. I have tried to propagate pawpaws from seeds I did get one to grow then I didn't properly shelter it during winter.
Reliance & Redhaven do well here in western PA zone 6 in terms of cold hardiness. No issues with leaf curl but that may be regional. Fence keeps the deer out but not the raccoons …. It’s always something lol
I moved to the S. Cumberland Plateau TN seven years ago and love variety. I started planting fruits and nuts. That first spring I planted paw paws, hazelnut, persimmon, plum, crabapple, strawberries, and pecan. I've since added peach, apple, cherry, Rosa rugosa, blueberries, and various native fruiting shrubs. This year I finally got some peaches, plums and hazelnuts. This is a long process.😊
Advise fact checking regarding tiger swallowtail butterflies who will breed just fine on dill. Also advise extreme caution in promoting black currants in the USA due to fungal disease. Be *very* *very* cautious in choosing cultivars and *pay* *attention* to the legalities in your area!!!!!!
zebra swallowtail that feeds on pawpaw
It was very clearly stated that it was zebra swallowtail and not tiger swallowtail which of course are diff species. But his use of the term 'symbiotic' when he describes their relationship can definitely be questioned. Pawpaws don't receive any benefit from it.
@@douellette7960 There are various forms of symbiosis. ZSW and pawpaw might best be described as commensalism. And, we don't know if the pawpaws benefit from it or not. Perhaps somehow they do.
@@douellette7960 There are a number of types of symbiotic relationships. This one may best be described as commensalism.