This is definitely a pawpaw flower. Should smell like meat and be pollinated by flies!
me: ooh, should i think about planting
apawpaw trees?me, two minutes later: “should smell like meat”? 😭
The smell isn’t particularly potent or even that bad.
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I’ve been keeping an eye out for pawpaw, never tried it but would like to have it in my yard.
I have paw paw seeds out the ass and already vernalized. If anyone is actually interested I can send you some.
Yeah I’m sad I never got a chance to try it when I lived where they live
I’ve gotten it in my farm share a couple of times. It was okay, but not great, at least in my opinion. I suspect it might be one of those fruits that’s great when you’re out on the frontier, minimal fruit, no refrigeration, etc, but that it’s less exciting with the variety we have these days.
That said, if you want your paw paw to bear fruit, you’ll need to plant two of them: they (mostly) cannot self-fertilize.
Periodically check out KSU’s free paw paw seed giveaway; they don’t have any left at the moment, but should have some available once paw paw season starts. There’s also a guy on reddit who also does giveaways. Or check the Falling Fruit map to see if there are any trees near you.
Confirming paw paw. I ate so many last fall I got sick for days. I love paw paw and make a ice cream out of them every year.
Pawpaws are great when you are out walking in the woods and need a snack
ever since I heard of these I so want to try one.
There’s like a 3 day window where they’re ripe but not total mush. Great for smoothies.
How many other fruits do you know with their own namesake version of the French language?
Exactly, thats what I thought
They have a flavor sort of like mild pineapple but a texture more like ripe avocado if anyone’s curious.
