....and flowers mean that there is a possibility of fruit.
We are shocked because this is just year 3 since we planted the two paw paw trees. Last spring and this spring we actually thought that they had died or were in the process of dying. We will need to remember that they are late blooming trees.
One of the trees has 9 blossoms and the other has 17. All the paw paw literature says that you need at least 2 trees for cross pollination. Unless these flowers get pollinated there will be no fruit.
They are great looking flowers, aren't they?? Can you imagine a 20 foot tree covered with these blossoms?
I doubt that we will have any paw paw fruit last on the branch until it is ripe. The fruit is quite large and heavy and the current state of the tree branches is more twiggy than branchy.
The blueberry bushes are blossoming, too. The flowers are not as striking or showy, as the paw paw blossoms, but I know that these branches can handle the weight of the blueberries.
This is a Jelly Bean variety of blueberries. It's a small compact blueberry bush with full size fruit. It is also a prolific fruit bearer and the perfect size for use in the landscape.
The only danger of fruit not lasting until harvest is from finger blight. That is where you pick off and eat all the fruit, one berry at a time, before you have a chance to harvest.
Sometimes R and I walk around the yard during the summer and graze. Then when lunchtime rolls around neither one of us are hungry. Win win for me.
R loves when fall rolls around and he can sample the apple trees every day. He found out that eating 3 apples in one day has an unpleasant effect. I reminded him that the says is....an apple a day, keeps the doctor away.
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Oooh, you have pawpaw trees. We just bought two of them to go under our huge black walnut. How have you liked the pawpaw trees? Have you had fruit yet?
Well, our are planted under black walnuts, too. This is year 3 and they have grown a little. We have so much gong on that they are somewhat neglected. I really should give them some fish fertilizer. They flower but no fruit so far which is actually good because I don't think the branches would hold the heavy fruit. I've read that they are understory trees but the tag said full sun. So one tree gets a little more light than the other. Have you ever tasted the fruit? It's different and must be eaten only when fully ripe. You can buy fresh fruit from a place on the Net I think in Indiana. Paw Paw is suppose to have anticancer properties. I also read that Paw Paw was Geo Washington's favorite fruit. Search my reg blog for Paw Paw and I think I have listed the place that sells fresh fruit.
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