Bailey from TN Nursery shows his grandmother's pawpaw tree, where fruit hides among the leaves. Seed-grown pawpaws are genetically unique and fruit without needing separate male and female trees. They need full sun, plenty of water, and start producing around year four.
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Hey everyone, it's Bailey with TN Nursery, and I'm showing you my grandmother's pawpaw tree today. And if you look really hard, you can see some fruit on her tree right here. They blend in with the leaves, so you can't— you gotta really, really look. Now, her pawpaw tree is planted in her front yard, and there's a— let me see, I'll show you the base in a minute. There's two pawpaw trees. Now, they was grown from seed like the ones we sell, and as long as they're grown from seed, they will produce fruit. Because all pawpaws grown from seed is genetically different than one another, so we sell in buy one get one free. So you get two pawpaws that are genetically different from one another. There's not a male and a female tree, it's just two genetically different trees to produce a pawpaw. Now this pawpaw's planted in her front yard. It ain't near a creek, it's not near a pond, it's just in her front yard. It's in total sun. They're not finicky, they just need a lot of water. And if you're in an area where you don't get much water, I don't know if a pawpaw tree would be good for you unless you water it all the time. Our 3 to 4 feet tall pawpaws is already around 3 years old, and they start producing fruit around 4 years old. Shop now at tnursery.net.