Paw Paw

Andrew starts with ...
Hi,
How can we tell if a paw Paw tree is a male, female or bisexual?
Is there a way to tell by looking at it?

Cheers

Andrew

Andrew says...
Thanks Correy, Much appreciated.
That helps alot.

John says...
Hay pete, I have a grafted bisexual from daleys, its about 2 months old now and grown a meter tall. Its only surposed to grow to six foot. I will be getting many more of these. They will grow well there. Also try mangoes, pitaya, star apples, choc custard fruit and jacks. All these will grow there.

ronald says...
Paw Paw stem and leaf sundried and hand crushed(female)very good as a tea good for cancer cure. Have many happy patients

peter says...
joel,
i have pawpaw, dwarf mango in
a glass house, the pawpaws have
little fruits on them and the mango
which is only about two feet tall
is send out some flower stalks
at the moment.

the pawpaws which i had planted outside died over winter.

James says...
we got SEVEN Mangos from our 5ft mango tree here in Adelaide last season, it was its first year of fruit too... they were only small (Average Lemon size) & stayed green. It is grown in a pot as well!!!

vanl says...
Hello Adelaideans,

I have not yet seen paw paws fruit sucessfully in Adelaide, neither have I seen jackfruits. I have not been successful myself with these types either. Believe me I have tried everything, including the "more" exotics like star apple, canistel, green sapote, jackfruit, carambola, coconuts and many others.

However be assured that mangos are tough as lemons here in Adelaide once they are established (this takes quite a while). A few huge samples can be found at the following locations:

Goldrush Road, opposite the BP station near Payneham road.

Days Road, near the Regency Hardware store.

vanl says...
Hi Jantina,

I found that canistel could not handle the winter cold here in Adelaide even though it had proper shade cloth protection. I have not tried Lucmo so no comments sorry.

However by reference of these two resources: lucmo http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/morton/lucmo.html and canistel http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/morton/canistel.html, it appears that lucmo is temperate tree so I think I would do fine in Mt Gambier.

ronald says...
try a new energy drink water and lemon
excellent to raise your ph balance, as diseases can't survive over 7.1ph levels too high oxygen, mix with your sundried paw paw leaf tea.

Jantina says...
Hi Grant, I have read a few times in various places that it is the wet feet more than the cold that knocks off the subtropicals so I am making sure that my pots are well draining and will let my plants dry out (not to the point of wilting) before watering as it gets colder, so far everything from pepino to rollinia is growing very well, I know that producing fruit might be another matter!

Tanya says...
Can someone please tell me what type of paw paws will grow from the long stems in the picture. I have never had these before. All of mine have always been like the ones in the other picture close to the trunk of the tree. Thank you.

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Ellen says...
Can anyone differentiate between the seeds if it will grow to be a female or a male plants ? Please share your knowledge,,,

juanita says...
You're absolutely correct Ronald...I usually have my lemon drink in the morning before having brekky...

Owen says...
Hey Ronald thank you I bought some of your Serum for my wife she would like som more, she has alergies toward other serums but is very pleased with yours.

juanita says...
Hi Ronald,

Can your papain facial serum gets rid of minor sunspot?...How much is it?
Is that the same serum w/c caused Kert's hair to fall out?

Goretti says...
Thanx for all the info on Paw Paw trees.
While living in Africa, we all used crushed paw paw leaves as a meat tenderizer ... hopefully it was'nt too unhealthy !!

amanda says...
Paw Paw, kiwifruit and pineapple contain papain (and bromelain i think?)- an enzyme that breaks down protein bonds - all very healthy(don't know bout the leaf content tho'). I use a meat mallet myself - it's quite therapeutic... ;)

Ronald says...
amanda the pawpaw leaf and stem if you drink it as a tea ids a very good proteolytic enzyme, if you use the stem of a pineapple that creats bromelan another enzyme to fight cancer
I also use pomegranite

Ronald says...
Very funny Steve and Kert, if you find a seedling, and it has two roots it is female,one root is male. Don't even think of asking me about Bisexual trees.
interested in your health my book comes ut next year. Meantime go to Natural Therapies page on web. Look at Day Spa on Hamilton. Thats a me.

Goretti says...
I'm growing my paw paw from seed, it all started when I through paw paw seeds in the compost !!!
By the way, in order to let them grow only to a certain height, every little while I remove 3 of the top new leaves. Is that a known practice for you too ?

And I'm trying to find out why in Africa we drive a stick through its trunk .... oooooh sounds spooky doesn't it ?