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J blue | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @8b82e89b you might consider getting one more tree to be sure it cross-pollinates. It is pollinated by flies and the flowers are faintly corpse-scented. Or if the neighbor is ok with you taking a single flower, it is also easy to pollinate the flowers by hand: just take one flower from the neighbor’s tree and make it kiss with the flowers on your tree.
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46e739df | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @adfbf87b Nice, thanks!  I was thinking of getting a second or convincing a neighbor to get one, but the flower trick is brilliant too.  I hadn't heard of that approach.
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J blue | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @8b82e89b most home growers I know hand-pollinate their flowers. On commercial farms, they hang bits of roadkill or dead fish from branches to attract flies. 

I will have tons of seeds so if your friends /neighbors want some, it would save me if I could send all of them to one address. The pawpaw seeds will be partially cold stratified and come in moist spaghnum. Just put the bag back in the fridge and plant in spring and protected from squirrels.
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46e739df | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @adfbf87b That's fascinating.  Sure, I'd be happy to distribute some seeds to friends and neighbors in this area.  I gave away some chestnut seedlings this year, and I can finish the stratification of the pawpaw seeds here - no problem.
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J blue | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @8b82e89b let me know how many and if you/they might other varieties. There is plenty of time. I hope to send all the seeds out first week of November. I will have four varieties of seeds to share: Asimina triloba, Diospyros virginiana, Boehmeria cylindrica and Physalis grisea.