tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1678931284680339665.post8158053532906836036..comments2023-10-05T19:16:20.467-05:00Comments on Gardening with Binoculars: I Got Paw Paws!Anne McCormackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04411395323766178814noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1678931284680339665.post-31755349308874585732011-07-22T17:53:15.334-05:002011-07-22T17:53:15.334-05:00Hi Dale! My tree is only about 6 years old, but I&...Hi Dale! My tree is only about 6 years old, but I'm lucky with my soil. Even though this part of my yard used to be an alley way and it's loaded with hunks of concrete, between the rocks the clay is fertile. However, my fruits were knocked down after I wrote this, by a mammal/mammals unknown!Anne McCormackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04411395323766178814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1678931284680339665.post-29396275906556090342011-07-19T13:35:00.138-05:002011-07-19T13:35:00.138-05:00Good luck on getting a PawPaw fruit! I planted thr...Good luck on getting a PawPaw fruit! I planted three trees about 18 yrs ago. It took them 15 years before they flowered. (They're growing in the red clay of a former Georgia cotton field.) First year flowering nothing happened. Second year I helped out by plucking a flower from one tree and smearing it around on the stigma of a different tree. Got three fruits and they mysteriously Dale Hoytnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1678931284680339665.post-13587753796609724982011-07-18T15:04:00.541-05:002011-07-18T15:04:00.541-05:00I certainly do--apparently, flies are as busy as b...I certainly do--apparently, flies are as busy as bees!Anne McCormackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04411395323766178814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1678931284680339665.post-62523619634509217432011-07-17T18:07:35.350-05:002011-07-17T18:07:35.350-05:00wow. neat that you have fruit! you have some det...wow. neat that you have fruit! you have some determined pollinators there! :)TexWisGirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15510099344729038541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1678931284680339665.post-24748622408158574502011-07-12T10:07:50.574-05:002011-07-12T10:07:50.574-05:00It would be fun to attend the 13th Annual Ohio Paw...It would be fun to attend the <a href="http://www.ohiopawpawfest.com/" rel="nofollow">13th Annual Ohio Pawpaw Festival</a>, but believe me if I get one I can taste, I'll have my own festival!Anne McCormackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04411395323766178814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1678931284680339665.post-3127003721433660832011-07-11T11:48:08.567-05:002011-07-11T11:48:08.567-05:00That is awesome! Despite having lived in Ohio most...That is awesome! Despite having lived in Ohio most of my life I've never tasted pawpaw, so if you do get your hands on any of the ripe fruit I'll be very jealous. Apparently the property in Ohio where I worked last year had some pawpaw trees but I wasn't there in the fall to look for the fruit. I only recently realized that to people in other parts of the country "pawpaw" rebeccahttp://rebeccainthewoods.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com