tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752027331714385066.post4376659782453127961..comments2024-03-19T14:38:21.141-07:00Comments on Terra Forming Terra: Paw Paw Potentialarcleinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05942529252160087271noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752027331714385066.post-50197760456084755242012-10-31T11:43:15.704-07:002012-10-31T11:43:15.704-07:00thanks
that certainly explains why they have not ...thanks<br /><br />that certainly explains why they have not been worked with. Today though, with flash freezers and commercial cooking equipment, those issues can be worked around and they should be. Fresh may be local, but jam travels.<br /><br />i have recently been introduced to what may be done with a ripe banana and it is quite surprising. Perhaps that will be true here also. arcleinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05942529252160087271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752027331714385066.post-10906853085984266332012-10-31T09:26:05.049-07:002012-10-31T09:26:05.049-07:00They don't travel well and have a VERY short s...They don't travel well and have a VERY short storage time which is why it is an extremely local treat... same issues as their botanical tropical cousins, the Sops (soursop & sweetsop.) <br /> Not all pawpaws are the same either. The quality varies.. and really only recently has there been any work with refining & creating strains. <br /> The tree sends out suckers and creates a colony. Transplanting is difficult as the tree has a long taproot with a delicate/ brittle root system. Result is transplanting has modest success rates. Moving the clones/ suckers.. same problem. <br /> The seeds are one of the few that can't handle drying out. If the seeds are left out to dry, after just 3 days viability drops to under 20%. Seedlings have to be started for the first few years *out* of direct sun. It's an understory tree.<br /> If you buy transplants.. you're getting either an unknown quality seedling.. or a cultivar that was grafted on to rootstock. This means the suckers coming up.. are the same as the rootstock.. which the quality will be unknown until it fruits (takes about 6+ years.) <br /> The flowers are.. well.. stinky. They are pollinated by flies & beetles.. the same ones that are drawn to dead bodies. They're not self fertile.. so you need another unrelated pawpaw.<br /><br /> Just in case you were wondering why there aren't more of them.Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17159095601570766616noreply@blogger.com