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Post by crazytomato on Dec 24, 2008 10:41:00 GMT -5
Hi i am looking for fresh pawpawseeds,you cannot get them overhere.I have a lot to swap just e-mail me or p.m me so i can send you my tradelists.
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Post by michaeljohnson on Dec 25, 2008 1:01:46 GMT -5
Paw Paw seeds lose their viability fairly quickly, and need to be sown within three months of harvesting them, the only main problem with them is that you need both male and female plants to do any good with, the male plants are usually much taller and are easily recognised,the female plants are shorter and broader and bear the fruit, fruiting can take place within nine months of sowing the seed -under the right conditions, they need to be sown in heat- in very well drained compost as they are subject to stem rot during the first month or two,
Probably the best source for seed, is to go out and buy a fresh paw paw from the fruit merchants and save the seed from it.
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Post by crazytomato on Dec 25, 2008 3:39:41 GMT -5
problem is that there are not many trees going around here and they do not sell the fruits overhere.
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Post by plantsnobin on Dec 25, 2008 13:37:56 GMT -5
I have a few seeds that I could send you. They were harvested in southern Indiana, I haven't really stored them properly, but they shouldn't have dried out too much. Send me a pm with your address if you would like some. Karen
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MikeM
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Post by MikeM on Jan 9, 2009 10:52:43 GMT -5
PM me with your address.... I'll eat a pawpaw for breakfast, dry the seed and send them. They're in Season right now, so should be no problem.
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Post by plantsnobin on Jan 10, 2009 10:07:37 GMT -5
Yikes, here is the problem with using common names. When Mike responded, it occured to me that we might not be talking about the same thing at all. Crazytomato, I sure hope what you wanted was Asimina triloba, not the tropical fruit. I hope that is what you wanted. If not, my bad for not making sure.
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Post by crazytomato on Jan 10, 2009 17:56:04 GMT -5
We are talking about the same tree karen,asimina triloba.The other one is also called mango,this one isnot surviving ouwer winters,first frost and it is dead.
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MikeM
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Post by MikeM on Jan 11, 2009 4:43:23 GMT -5
Live and learn! ;D I wasn't even aware that there was a PawPaw other than the tropical fruit (Carica papaya (? from memory))
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Post by plantsnobin on Jan 11, 2009 11:07:15 GMT -5
Yep, it grows in the eastern US, don't know how far it might go into Canada. Fruit is from about 4-6 inches long, not a very pretty thing. Bruises easily, so if you want them you pretty much have to grow/gather them yourself. They are generally a forest understory tree. Has a few large seeds and is more of a scoop out with a spoon kind of fruit.
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