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TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 - A method to produce more paw paw fruit
00:36 - How to identify paw paw flowers
01:52 - When do paw paw trees flower?
02:11 - Why it is better to find paw paw flowers
02:45 - Understanding paw paw reproduction
03:56 - Recognizing paw paw flower stage
04:39 - Paw paw reproduction complications
05:53 - How to manually pollinate paw paw
07:51 - Checking paw paw fruits in the future

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[FeralForaging]

Don’t forget to check out the description to know when all these fruit trees will flower with my interactive foraging calendar! Have you ever found paw paw flowers before? What fruit tree flowers do you want to see covered next?

One thing to add, when I say "distant tree" I generally mean trees that are more or less 20ft away from the ones you used to gather pollen, it doesn't need to be a completely different location!

[actafewlactafew]

Im 13 and love stuff like this even just walking in the woods feels amazing, your videos keep me informed and I always enjoy it thank you

[gooberpeas]

Wow, what a crystal clear explanation! Thank you! I sent a link to my friend who still lives where we found lots of pawpaw down at the river, but hardly ever any fruit.

[petereisenzopf]

This is fantastic info. I have 4 paw paws in my food forest and tried pollinating the flowers last season but didn't understand the male vs female transition. With the new info from you, I hope to get way more paw paws this year. And more paw paws is always a good thing😊

[KellyKeeney]

I have a paw paw in my yard.. can't wait for fruit thisnyear!

[stephenryman]

I did just this with the wild trees in my forest and pollinated the two trees I’ve had in my backyard for 3 years with no fruit. I had no idea what i was doing and i just rubbed pollen in every flower i could reach. It was incredibly successful and I’ve got dozens of fruits on 2 small trees now! Can’t wait to try my very own yard-grown fruit

[stefang]

some people around here hang out small chunks of meat to attract flies to pollinate the flowers higher up. if you smell the flower is has a slight smell of carrion too ;)

[norellweiner]

I absolutely love your channel and your sharing of knowledge in terms anyone can understand and learn. Please keep up the sharing of your knowledge.... it's incredibly important ❤

[codycoleman]

Just learned about pawpaws this year. I want desperately to find one and try one. If I have land someday I would even love to try and cultivate two trees. Thanks for the info!

[anyascelticcreations]

I have yet to meet a paw paw. Hopefully someday soon. 🙏

[Ittiz]

You're lucky you live in an area where Pawpaws grow wild. I don't, but around a decade ago I planted some on my property. A few years ago I finally got more than one flowering and I started to hand pollinate. Hand pollination works really well. My biggest tree is about 25' high I got almost 100 fruit off it last year and this year the fruit set seems to be over 200. I'm hoping it keeps them all. Higher than where I hand pollinated there are only a few fruit. So, it looks like you can increase your fruit yield between 10x and 100x with hand pollination. Definitely worth it. And oh my trees are directly next to each other, literally touching when leafed out.

[jennab]

You have the best channel on YouTube for nature. So descriptive and you get it done with so so much ease. I love watching, thank you ;))

[iwsbull]

I am so glad to know when to look for the blooms

[bradlafferty]

I’ve got a grove of pawpaws in my field but had hardly any fruit last year. I will try your method next year. Thanks!

[pauldodson]

Dear Sir, Thank you for this most informative video on paw paws. It took you to educate me on hand pollinating. I even went to Kentucky State University on their "3rd Thursday Thing" where they educate the public on this magical fruit (I did learn a lot-Just not an exact procedure on hand pollination). Thank you again.-Paul

[daniellecherdak]

Great video as always. Just wondering what usually pollinates this tree. If you remove all the pollen from all the flowers is there some other creature missing out that specifically needs it?

[taracarmichael]

I'm excited to report that 2 of the flowers I hand pollinated are growing fruit! It COULD be coincidence, but since I didn't see any fruit on trees I didn't pollinate, I'd say this was very much worth it! Next year, I'll try to do more and also do a better job of marking which trees/flowers I do.

[LittleJordanFarm]

Thanks for this. I've been so disheartened for several yes. Because I never get pawpaws from my wild trees. Now I have a plan. Thank you

[janetlarue]

This is a fantastic video!! Thank you!

[paulwalsh]

Just found the channel via a wild invasive onion video. Subbed. I've been a lay forager for years and am always looking to improve. Northern and Eastern PA is my home territory yet I've found interesting things around the contiguous U.S. almost by accident. It's seems that studying a distant area for foraging tips almost makes it easier to spot fauna you may find interesting. Here at home I'm more apt to look over something I've been trying to spy.