2026 Outdoor Grows! let's see em!

[geocha154]

In the ground, grow bags and greenhouse. Hudson valley NY.

 

[grayoldnproud]

Visiting and real estate search, realtor had donkeys they rescued standing around us around a tree I ewasnt familiar with. I asked why the donkeys were so up close. The answer; they wanted us to pick paw paw. I did so and they loved them. Realtor asked if I ever had any. Of cords no. Try one was the answer. Totally surprised! Awesome!

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It is good when ripe. I have a stand of it out back. And a single young plant up close to the house.

 

[Oldchucky]

I don't have a lot of them but I have a lot of Protographium marcellus because I have their only host here on my property, the Pawpaw tree.View attachment 2678611View attachment 2678612

My grandparents used to live in Benton Harbor and Watervliet , Michigan. Would take us fishing on pawpaw Lake in the early 60s! We were barely old enough to hold a 10 foot cane pole!

 

[grayoldnproud]

My grandparents used to live in Benton Harbor and Watervliet , Michigan. Would take us fishing on pawpaw Lake in the early 60s! We were barely old enough to hold a 10 foot cane pole!View attachment 2678688

I never saw one until I lived in Va. Then when we bought this place I was looking at Walnut trees out back when I noticed the stand not far from them then I found the young up here. Something must have shit out a seed while sitting in the Hickory up here since it's right at it's base. These butterfly caterpillars ravage the leaves every year, must be thousands of them.

 

[grayoldnproud]

Flea Beetles The bane of my existence this spring! F'ers. I need another good day to spray with no overnight rain.

 

[Hossgrows]

Visiting and real estate search, realtor had donkeys they rescued standing around us around a tree I ewasnt familiar with. I asked why the donkeys were so up close. The answer; they wanted us to pick paw paw. I did so and they loved them. Realtor asked if I ever had any. Of cords no. Try one was the answer. Totally surprised! Awesome!

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Go to dark mode, I had same problem when everything changed here.

 

[Hossgrows]

Have u heard of anyone making jelly or jam from them.?

 

[grayoldnproud]

Have u heard of anyone making jelly or jam from them.?

Yes. Jam. I haven't seen any Jelly yet but I guess it's done too.

 

[Leste]

At a friends wedding they made ice cream out of paw paws. They have a few on the farm. Definitely not native around here. Was talking to a friend yesterday, he’s gonna make wine out of some. His friend froze a bunch in Delaware. Never had any, hear they are good. Consistency of Dorian, without the smell. For the record I love Dorian.

 

[durbin92810]

At a friends wedding they made ice cream out of paw paws. They have a few on the farm. Definitely not native around here. Was talking to a friend yesterday, he’s gonna make wine out of some. His friend froze a bunch in Delaware. Never had any, hear they are good. Consistency of Dorian, without the smell. For the record I love Dorian.

Never heard of paw paws until this thread. Never had dorian because the smell won't let me within 10 feet of it.

 

[grayoldnproud]

Never heard of paw paws until this thread. Never had dorian because the smell won't let me within 10 feet of it.

It's one of only a handful of indigenous fruit trees in No. America. They have a unique flavor. Some say like Mango and Banana but I don't know. I love Mango. Hard to describe.

 

[Leste]

Me and my Chihuahua little Jimmie used to love eating Dorian. I left one out on the counter once. My wife said,” I wrapped your thing up and put it in the refrigerator.” She said she didn’t want it picking up refrigerator smells. After it was gone , refrigerator smelled like Dorian for weeks. I told her Dorian is the stuff that gives refrigerators the smell!

 

[grayoldnproud]

My wife said,” I wrapped your thing up and put it in the refrigerator.” She said she didn’t want it picking up refrigerator smells.

That almost sounds Lorena Bobbit'ish if you read a lot into it.

 

[Leste]

Talking Dorian’s not peckers, you got a mind in the gutter. Thought I recognized you in there.

 

[Ejilla24]

For outdoors? I will slowly acclimate them for about 7days from in to outdoors several hrs a day. Is your area for sunrise/sunset times more than 14hrs? Im in Oregon i'm at about 15hrs now and mine are in 15gal pots full time. They were about 1month old when i transplanted to the large pots outside.

They were 1 month 3 days old from seed in dirt I have 15 gallon grow pots for them outdoors I have 5 plants and not much space do they get very big

 

[GrowinShurts]

A little late for the week, but here’s Sunday’s haircut… I did have a few training phopah’s and broke some branches accidentally. Good thing I have the whole summer to grow em out.

 

[EternalSun]

They were 1 month 3 days old from seed in dirt I have 15 gallon grow pots for them outdoors I have 5 plants and not much space do they get very big

Not that big…

 

[EternalSun]

A little late for the week, but here’s Sunday’s haircut… I did have a few training phopah’s and broke some branches accidentally. Good thing I have the whole summer to grow em out.

Those branches would have been cut off eventually anyway.

 

[GrowinShurts]

Those branches would have been cut off eventually anyway.

Not the purple diesel daze. It was the 2nd of the branches after topping that broke. It would have been a main stalk, but I have plenty of time to train the other one to spread out a bit.

 

[grayoldnproud]

A little late for the week, but here’s Sunday’s haircut… I did have a few training phopah’s and broke some branches accidentally. Good thing I have the whole summer to grow em out.

Damn "Love hurts!"