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PAWPAW : ON OWN ROOT
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PAWPAW : ON OWN ROOT

(13 customer reviews)

Price range: $45.95 through $89.95

(Asimina triloba)
Long before Columbus sailed the ocean blue, North American Indians were enjoying the vanilla custard flavoured flesh of this northern banana. Large, lush, drooping leaves give the pawpaw a tropical appearance. A slow growing, pyramidal shaped tree, it can reach anywhere from 10- 25' at maturity. It has virtually no insect or disease problems and requires very little pruning. This exotic and fascinating native tree is in high demand.

Native to Eastern North America, the pawpaw is a small tree that produces hanging clusters of delicious oval shaped fruit that have a banana or vanilla custard like flavour. With its large drooping leaves and delicate purple flowers in spring, the pawpaw tree has great ornamental appeal. Paw paws also have few pest or disease problems. Plant in well drained soil and protect from strong winds and grass competition for the first two years.

PLANT 2 FOR POLLINATION | ZONE 4/5 | HARVEST: OCT.

Bare Root Tree Rootstock
Rootstock
Bare Root Tree Growing Zone
Zone
Bare Root Tree Harvest
Harvest

Growing Tips

Growing Tip

It is common knowledge that blueberries require acidic (low pH) soil. In many areas of Canada the soil is naturally not acidic enough (pH too high). Here we recommend our popular Blueberry Booster (see page 59). A number of other trees also prefer more acidic soil and will benefit from annual applications of Blueberry Booster. These include Chestnuts, Pawpaws and Persimmons.
Suggested Rate:

  • When planting trees – 250g (1 cup) top dressed and lightly
    raked in before soaking with water.
  • For established trees – 500g (2 cups) per 25mm (1") of tree
    trunk diameter broadcast under tree in early spring.
    In addition, another way to accommodate these 'special needs'
    plants is to add vinegar or citric acid to their irrigation water.
    (2.5 litres common white vinegar to a 20 litre bucket of water).

Pawpaws, Persimmons, Jujubes Growing Tip

In most cases, we recommend planting bareroot fruit trees at their permanent site as soon as you get them. However, the trees in this section of the catalogue (Pawpaws, Persimmons and Jujubes) will often benefit from spending a few more years in a pot. Since these species do not take as well to bareroot handling, we receive them as very small trees in pots. We suggest you repot them in a 2 or 3 gallon container and grow them for several seasons. Pawpaws in particular, will appreciate this, as the tender young trees will prosper much more if you can keep them out of direct sunlight. This way you also have the option of overwintering them in your garage until they are bigger and stronger.
See Orchard Supplies for 3 gallon Root Trapper® Containers.


Product Overview
Pawpaws (Asimina triloba) Long before Columbus sailed the ocean blue, North American Indians were enjoying the vanilla custard flavoured flesh of this northern banana. Large, lush, drooping leaves give the pawpaw a tropical appearance. A slow growing, pyramidal shaped tree, it can reach anywhere from 10-25' at maturity. It has virtually no insect or disease problems and requires very little pruning. This exotic and fascinating native tree is in high demand. Grafted Paw Paws are more consistent and productive than seedlings and will begin bearing fruit sooner. Although they are less winter hardy than seedling trees, these selected varieties are worth trying in protected areas. Plant two different varieties for pollination or plant one seedling and one grafted tree.  

13 reviews for PAWPAW : ON OWN ROOT

  1. Alan R. (verified owner) –

  2. jean-simon petit (verified owner) –

    Perfect

  3. Maxime Desruisseaux (verified owner) –

  4. ALFRED BIHLER (verified owner) –

  5. Gio a. (verified owner) –

  6. Dan Van Dyk (verified owner) –

    one tree is vibrant the other tree is struggling

  7. Derek White (verified owner) –

    Plant not too big and taking its time to leaf out

  8. Karen Gemmill (verified owner) –

  9. David F. (verified owner) –

  10. Shelley C. (verified owner) –

    One lived, one never budded ..too expensive to risk purchasing again. Won't buy again

  11. Sylvia K. (verified owner) –

  12. robert (verified owner) –

    Tree arrived ready to grow, and has adjusted well. Now the wait for fruit.

  13. Sybille Hamilton (verified owner) –

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What is Orchard Grade?

An 'orchard grade' is a tree that may be somewhat shorter, slightly crooked, or a bit scratched, or for some other reason is not a perfect front lawn specimen. These trees will work just as well in an orchard as a first or number one would, since they still produce the very same fruit.

What is a 2 year old tree?

A '2 year old tree' is one that has grown an extra season in our nursery field.

All our trees are planted in the field in the spring as rootstock. They are grafted in August of the 1st year. Most of our trees are dug out in November of the 2nd year. Some trees are in the ground for another season. We dig these in November of the 3rd year. These are considered to be '2 year old trees'.

A '2 year old tree' has bigger roots, a thicker trunk, and more branching (They might start fruiting a year earlier).
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