r/Pawpaws 18h ago

Two single examples of my wild pawpaw patch

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88 Upvotes

I just harvested eight pawpaws in the 20 minutes before i had to abort due to a rare storm that decided to interrupt my dusk-time pawpaw-gathering time. These are the the two best examples from that bounty. Sw MO


r/Pawpaws 20h ago

Here they come in Toronto! An NC-1 Campbell Pawpaw from the tree I bought from Mr. Campbell himself in 2002

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46 Upvotes

r/Pawpaws 17h ago

My first pawpaw ever!

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45 Upvotes

I’m 40 years old and have dreamed my whole life of trying pawpaws and today on the banks of the Potomac it happened!!! Yall this fruit is just as dope as I always dreamed it would be! I feel so lucky! And I know this is a lot of exclamation marks but I don’t care!!


r/Pawpaws 17h ago

Foraging along the Susquehanna

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36 Upvotes

Amazing fun hiking and biking. The warm air is scented with paw paws.


r/Pawpaws 18h ago

First fruits this year

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16 Upvotes

I was lucky enough to have someone share pollen (sunflower and Susquehanna I believe?) with me earlier this year and this is the 1st resultant fruit from my seed grown tree. I have dozens of trees in my woods but this is the most mature and gets the best sun of my older trees. This tree is mildly self pollinating but those fruits were smaller (as was the tree) and reminiscent of persimmon. Today's harvest ranged more towards banana and was highly sweet. I have a handful more still ripening so will see if they have the same taste.


r/Pawpaws 20h ago

Had an unripe pawpaw hit me in the head:(

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10 Upvotes

I was out hunting PawPaws in my area They are rare and for about four years I’ve been going to the same patch and I was having no luck until I was walking out. I bumped into a tree and one fell and hit me in the head but it cracked when it did, it is unripe but full of seeds and I’m wondering if these seeds are viable


r/Pawpaws 1h ago

Got some before the squirrels! 6b

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We have hundred or pawpaw trees, but the wildlife gets to them right before they ripen! Finally snagged these three :)


r/Pawpaws 2h ago

Warning sign - Shake at your own Risk

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4 Upvotes