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J blue | 1 years ago (raw) | export | reply | flag 
 Collected around 15 pounds of pawpaws for the seed dispersal project this fall. Really hope a lot of people take seeds bc there will be loads. 

If you haven’t eaten one, the texture is smooth and custardy when ripe and it tastes like banana with a bit of vanilla. 

#FoodSecurity #NativePlants #rewilding #ClimateChangeGardening #gardening #fruit

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46e739df | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @adfbf87b I have a small #PawPaw tree in a pot on our porch!  (Cleveland Ohio).  There's a guy in the neighborhood who has two city lots full of them.

(Mine's s in a pot because I'm still trying to pick a proper spot in the yard, but that's another story...)
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Don Ray | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @adfbf87b 
I’ve seen them in the wild in Northern Indiana and SW Michigan (actually near Paw Paw…).  I haven’t seen them here in SW Iowa, but ours is a harsh, erratic Zone 5.
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John Timaeus | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @adfbf87b 

Do you have spare seed to ship? Our first planting last year didn't take. Will gladly pay shipping plus whiskey.
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Tarnport | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @adfbf87b do you ship to France !? What a wonderful project. Bravos
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6ab1e20d | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @adfbf87b We planted one a year ago and I really can't wait for it to grow up enough to make fruit. I've never tasted pawpaw before!