Pawpaw question
ConnieD.
which are up to their second pair of leaves but haven't a clue what I can do
to try and keep them through the winter.
Has anyone ever actually grown one to fruiting?
Advice on soil type, feeding, light/warmth etc most gratefully received.
Many thanks and Google weren't much help on this one
Regards ConnieD.
Jane Ransom
<con...@fsnet.co.uk> writes
>Having sown the contents of one pawpaw friut, I now have approx 30 seedlings
>which are up to their second pair of leaves but haven't a clue what I can do
>to try and keep them through the winter.
>Has anyone ever actually grown one to fruiting?
>Advice on soil type, feeding, light/warmth etc most gratefully received.
>
They are tropical plants and unless you can imitate tropical conditions
(including hours of daylight) they will just not perform!
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Molly
ConnieD. (ConnieD. <con...@fsnet.co.uk>) wrote
>Having sown the contents of one pawpaw friut, I now have approx 30 seedlings
>which are up to their second pair of leaves but haven't a clue what I can do
>to try and keep them through the winter.
>Has anyone ever actually grown one to fruiting?
>Advice on soil type, feeding, light/warmth etc most gratefully received.
I've seen them growing in East Africa, more or less on the equator. So,
"protect from frost" leaps to mind! The soil didn't look particularly
rich there, so I shouldn't think that soil quality matters - probably
best not to over-feed. Light and warmth would, I imagine, be the
priority. Where I saw them, they would have had 12-hour days and nights
throughout the year, and I don't know how they would be at accustoming
themselves to seasons. On the other hand, presumably they are grown in
other places too - this is just where I saw them, in Tanzania.
Oh, and they can grow pretty tall - probably too tall for a domestic
greenhouse - but I guess you could cut out the tops and encourage
branching.
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Lesley Cleaton
"Molly" <nos...@mockfords.clara.co.uk> wrote in message
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They grown nicely in our 'other' garden on the East Coast of South AFrica.
Climate is horrifyingly humid in summer (upper 20s to lower 30s), rarely
below 10°C in winter, and daylight in winter is a little under 11 hours, and
about 14 hours in summer. They do get really tall, and the birds start
eating them at the first sign of ripening so you have partially green fruits
with gaping chasms, and nothing for you. The stems retain water and you
have to be handy on your feet when you try to chop 'em down or you get an
unwelcomed smelly shower. The soil in our garden there is pretty poor, very
sandy indeed, but they spring up wherever the birds deposit the seeds ...
The fruit and leaves seems to be mostly clustered around the top - I've no
idea what impact cutting the tops would have on the fruiting.
Good luck if you're gonna try them over here.
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Lesley Cleaton
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Roger Van Loon
I hope there's no misunderstanding here.
The "pawpaw" (Asimina triloba) is a North American tree with edible
fruits and it is fully hardy here, in fact it is now available from
some nurseries as a fruit tree. See
http://www.pawpaw.kysu.edu/FAQ.htm#q01
The name "papaw" (with one W) is used for the papaya (Carica papaya)
which is a tropical fruit:
http://www.botanical.com/botanical/mgmh/p/papaw-02.html
I guess you mean the second one...
Roger.
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ConnieD.
"Roger Van Loon" <roger.v...@pandora.be> wrote in message
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Many thanks Roger, and yes, the second one is correct. what a fascinating
plant? Gives so much of itself and I will never look at those shrivelled up
black seds in the same light again <g>
However I doubt I will be getting any fruit form my very young sedlings, I
don't have the 2 different species but I shall try to grow it on.
Thanks again for the information and BTW. the clemetis hybrid in the centre
of your plants section is beautiful, have you got a name for it as yet?
It really is so very pretty.
Regards ConnieD.
A.Malhotra
AFAIK the papaya is called a pawpaw (with two w's) throughout the
caribbean. Its definitely the same thing.
Anita