tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1578069567609242972.post9050978003697612856..comments2023-09-21T21:00:57.948+10:00Comments on Africanaussie: Lopping the top off the pawpaw treeafricanaussiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16660727599623626163noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1578069567609242972.post-42202351938806254302010-11-30T14:28:44.043+10:002010-11-30T14:28:44.043+10:00Hello Eliza,
thanks for including me in that carni...Hello Eliza,<br />thanks for including me in that carnival. I have no idea what type of pawpaw I have. It is the orange fleshed version. I do like the ones with the red flesh and have planted some seeds, so hoping to get a bit of variety.africanaussiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16660727599623626163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1578069567609242972.post-88838656932541952342010-11-30T05:49:58.202+10:002010-11-30T05:49:58.202+10:00Hi! I wanted to let you know that the blog carniva...Hi! I wanted to let you know that the blog carnival “How to Find Great Plants, Issue #1″ was published today and includes your post on ginger. Thanks for participating!<br /><br />I'm in a colder zone than you and though we have a native pawpaw plant here, it seems a lot different than the one you are growing. Ours is Asimina triloba.Elizahttp://www.appalachianfeet.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1578069567609242972.post-1795094109667326162010-11-10T13:54:34.453+10:002010-11-10T13:54:34.453+10:00cool. Those pawpaws look great on the tree! Aren...cool. Those pawpaws look great on the tree! Aren't they supposed to stink? I haven't had a pawpaw. I do sing that song quite frequently and now it's going to be stuck in my head (pickin' up pawpaws, puttem in your pocket...)Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04232693432045335251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1578069567609242972.post-84058086052038084042010-11-09T13:46:19.307+10:002010-11-09T13:46:19.307+10:00Andrea,
I looked up tinola and that looks quite t...Andrea, <br />I looked up tinola and that looks quite tasty. I have used green papaya in a meat stew and it really does tenderize the meat as it contains papain which is a natural meat tenderizer. <br />Rainforest Gardener,<br />On our TV Gardening Australia show there is a gardener in Tasmania (that gets pretty cold) and he has erected a hessian tent around papayas and bananas and they have formed their own little micro climates.africanaussiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16660727599623626163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1578069567609242972.post-4227242010891353622010-11-09T12:58:55.498+10:002010-11-09T12:58:55.498+10:00Great post! I'm actually considering doing th...Great post! I'm actually considering doing that this winter and wrapping the trunk! I'm glad you mentioned the part about not getting water in the trunk, because that would be disastrous!Steve Asbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00095474295719758914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1578069567609242972.post-9701970630473283942010-11-09T12:30:40.308+10:002010-11-09T12:30:40.308+10:00hi africanaussie, i laughed at your methodology, b...hi africanaussie, i laughed at your methodology, but yes that is the best. Putting a can on top of the newly cut trunk. We do that also but since we have lots of papaya in the property we dont bother if they rot or grow, but it seems they still heal despite some rotting. And a few branches emerge to have more fruits. The birds are happy because we cannot eat most of them. Ours are just used for chicken stews we call 'tinola' in local term.Andreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06044386271018560595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1578069567609242972.post-7558781587577017892010-11-09T08:10:53.323+10:002010-11-09T08:10:53.323+10:00Grower Jim,
Gosh I never thought they would surviv...Grower Jim,<br />Gosh I never thought they would survive a freeze - 11 years is a good age for a pawpaw tree.<br />Floridagirl,<br />Even more scary once I saw just how hollow that stem was!<br />Bom,<br />I have had mango salsa with curries which is delicious. mostly I just eat my pawpaw for breakfast with passionfruit and plain yoghurt. Yum<br />One,<br />we are lcuky that there has been no rain and it is forecast to be dry for the next week. all that talk about an early wet season has fizzled out.africanaussiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16660727599623626163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1578069567609242972.post-37524645114003238732010-11-09T01:46:08.040+10:002010-11-09T01:46:08.040+10:00Oh! The plastic, which was a shower cap, didn'...Oh! The plastic, which was a shower cap, didn't leak. I put it there after the rain. Then I removed it hoping that it would dry up. I thought I'll cover it again after it dries up but it didn't happen. It kept raining.Onehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12919719601969345138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1578069567609242972.post-45979286088429629142010-11-09T01:33:42.107+10:002010-11-09T01:33:42.107+10:00I hope your papayas survives. I like adding them ...I hope your papayas survives. I like adding them to salsas that I serve with grilled chicken. I find that it goes well with the acidity of our local lime.Bomhttp://www.plantchaser.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1578069567609242972.post-46705247832196535872010-11-09T01:22:57.625+10:002010-11-09T01:22:57.625+10:00That would've been scary for me too. Very int...That would've been scary for me too. Very interesting to know that you can do that. I don't have any papayas, but my sister grows them, so I'll have to pass on this info.Floridagirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16357453320897720393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1578069567609242972.post-91173998655492894682010-11-08T23:11:48.077+10:002010-11-08T23:11:48.077+10:00I've never tried cutting the tops off, but our...I've never tried cutting the tops off, but our occasional winter freezes will sometimes freeze the top off and they usually recover nicely. I have one that is 11 years old and still producing well.Grower Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03561476915875077550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1578069567609242972.post-35124183613182426052010-11-08T14:16:30.534+10:002010-11-08T14:16:30.534+10:00J Bar
Yours too!
One,
I found that post you wrote...J Bar <br />Yours too!<br />One,<br />I found that post you wrote. Sorry you lost your tree - the plastic must have leaked - I hope my tin can idea works.africanaussiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16660727599623626163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1578069567609242972.post-31740128294491866792010-11-08T11:41:12.370+10:002010-11-08T11:41:12.370+10:00Hi! I did the same thing and also blogged about th...Hi! I did the same thing and also blogged about this a few months ago. Anyway, the rain got into the stem. I was hoping the sun would dry it up but it continued raining for days. New shoots grew, papayas developed but I could see that the trunk was rotting so I chopped it away recently.Onehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12919719601969345138noreply@blogger.com