Pawpaw

How to grow Pawpaw tree growing conditions and care:

Chilling hours, rich soil, mulch

How to care:
Add fertilizer and organic matter and mulch

What is the best way to start growing?
Plant, seeds (need to use fresh seeds), cutting, shoots

Is it necessary to graft or use vegetative reproduction?
Yes, it’s not hard to start by seeds but better grafted tree or basal shoots it’s easier in those methods and can be ensure the quality of the fruits like: taste, amount of seeds, size of the fruits, less years to bear fruits, and longer season, also possible to graft to different cultivars on the same tree

Difficulties or problems when growing:
Tree sending basal shoots, aggressive

Planting season:
Winter, spring, summer, better in winter to early spring

How to plant cherimoya:
Dig hole bigger 50% more than the roots ball, add to the hole, organic matter, dead leaves and hummus put back some soil and mix it, after this put the tree cover lightly but strong enough that won’t fall put support for the tree if needed, if the tree is not stable consider to prune, water it twice in the first day and every day for two weeks.

Pests and diseases:
Aphids

Pruning season:
Winter

How to prune:
Prune need to be in the beginning to design as tree or shrub except this need to prune week branches

Size of the plant:
3-6 m, 10-20 feet

Growth speed in optimal condition:
Medium growing to fast growing and with enough fertilizer will grow faster

Water requirement:
Average amount of water to big amount of water

Light conditions in optimal condition for growing:
Full Sun (better in full sun the tree will yield more fruits) / Half Shade

Is it possible to grow indoor as houseplant?
No

Growing is also possible in a planter, flowerpot or containers:
Yes, need to keep the tree small to grow it as shrub or as bonsai, consider to graft two cultivars on the same tree, the container need to be 20% bigger than the root ball until the plant arrive to the right container, wouldn’t recommend to start from big container on small tree in this method it’s care for the viability of the soil, grow with the tree will be the best method, every few years to switch the soil with big container there is no need to switch all just switch part and cut some of the roots ball (can switch from the side and the top, fertilizer four time a year, making enough holes in the container for good drainage also choosing soil for container important an option it’s to use peat soil, perlite and organic matter, need to add hummus few time a year, water it regularly and when put bottom for the pot be aware not to let the water sit there more than one day and do not over water it’s destroy the soil and the roots.

Blooming information

Bloom season:
Spring / Summer

General information about the flower
Purple flowers in triangular shape, the smell of the flowers remind meat

Thinning the bloom:
First two years

Pollination is done by:
Beetles and flies

Edible Fruits

Fruit harvest season:
Summer / Autumn

Fruits pests or diseases:
Birds, aphids

What can be done with big quantities of Pawpaw tree fruits?
Eaten raw, juice, cakes, jam

Work requirements on the fruit:
Increase Irrigation, possible to put net under the tree to collect the fruits

How long does it take to bear fruit?
2-4 years

Ripening of fruit
Recommend to collect the fruit little bit before ready

Vegetative Reproduction

How to make Vegetative Reproduction?
Basal shoots

The best time for vegetative reproduction tree:
Winter or early spring, the roots start to grow in the spring better to take them in the dormant of the winter

What is the treatment for vegetative reproduction?
Take the basal shoots with the roots

Scientific name:

Asimina triloba