Interplant dogwoods for hanging roadkill
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Originally Posted by
Dances with Mice
Do you do that?
Although I do nothing special to enhance pollination of my pawpaws, you might consider interplanting dogwoods between your pawpaws from which to hang roadkill. Dogwoods as you know have stouter branches and they make excellent hiking staffs.
Waste not; want not. Your birds will love the maggots.:D
Budding best for propagation
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Originally Posted by
Two Speed
Didn't realize you could propagate them. Ever done that, and if so how tough were they to get going?
My trees were purchased as potted seedlings. I once belonged to a local group of amateur fruit growers, some of whom had experimented with propagating some of the more desirable pawpaw cultivars.
More success resulted from t-budding or chip-budding than other methods. Whip-and-tongue grafts did not take for the person who tried perhaps because pawpaw twigs of a size normally used in whip-and-tongue grafting have a pith resembling walnut which may contribute to the union drying out.
I don't know whether tissue culture protocols have been developed for production of desirable pawpaw cultivars. I'd think tissue culture would be beyond the capabilities of most home growers who would be better off ordering potted, budded plants.
Now Picking Pawpaws in Pennsylvania
Today I picked the 1st ripe pawpaws of the season from my trees. Be on the lookout for them along the A.T. where it crosses river valleys and add some on-topic replies if you have any.