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by oblib 846 days ago
I planted a Pawpaw about 20 years ago. Can't say it's doing great but it's not dead yet. Takes like 20 years for them to start producing fruit. Last year one of my daughters told me it had a single fruit on it, and then told me she'd ate it, so I've still not seen a Pawpaw on it
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Pollination is a whole adventure -- they're naturally pollinated by flies not bees, so you either need to hang a few dead animals in your tree or you need to figure out hand pollinating. There are some good resources at Kentucky State, and I've found the researcher there very friendly and approachable if you need some advice on it. Shoot her an email.

https://www.kysu.edu/academics/college-acs/school-of-ace/paw...