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We bought a red pawpaw last year at Daleys and it fruited this year, unbelievable from a plant about 45cm high to then over ten feet tall in one year. However after harvesting masses of pawpaws and sharing them with the flying foxes, the next crop was looking like it was going to need a ladder to reach so we had been told you can cut the top off and the fruit will come from the sides. Unfortunately our plant now looks like it is going to die. I did put an unturned flower pot over the top to control the moisture, but I think it is a fallacy that you can cut the top off and the plant will survive as we gave it every chance. What do you think?
We bought a red pawpaw last year at Daleys and it fruited this year, unbelievable from a plant about 45cm high to then over ten feet tall in one year. However after harvesting masses of pawpaws and sharing them with the flying foxes, the next crop was looking like it was going to need a ladder to reach so we had been told you can cut the top off and the fruit will come from the sides. Unfortunately our plant now looks like it is going to die. I did put an unturned flower pot over the top to control the moisture, but I think it is a fallacy that you can cut the top off and the plant will survive as we gave it every chance. What do you think?
BETT TAYLOR
KYOGLE
22nd June 2007
Jan says...
Hi Bett. My parents live in Brisbanes WEST. They cut the top of their yellow pawpaw for the same reason as you did. They are in their 70s. Mum was so proud of the crop on the tree now. Without counting it looks like 100s growing all up the sides of the tree. Within reach. The one thing that we always make sure of is, that we cut above a branching point(node). We usually cut leaving 6inches to a foot above these side branches. Not on the single trunk. Hope this helps. This worked for their mango tree also but usually the mango fruits after the second year of regrowth. Incidently, their pawpaw is the best tasting I have tried. No Iodine taste. The bad thing is there are hardly any seeds in the fruit to try and grow some more.
Hi Bett. My parents live in Brisbanes WEST. They cut the top of their yellow pawpaw for the same reason as you did. They are in their 70s. Mum was so proud of the crop on the tree now. Without counting it looks like 100s growing all up the sides of the tree. Within reach. The one thing that we always make sure of is, that we cut above a branching point(node). We usually cut leaving 6inches to a foot above these side branches. Not on the single trunk. Hope this helps. This worked for their mango tree also but usually the mango fruits after the second year of regrowth. Incidently, their pawpaw is the best tasting I have tried. No Iodine taste. The bad thing is there are hardly any seeds in the fruit to try and grow some more.
Jan
Pawpaws
22nd June 2007
BETT Taylor says...
Hi Jan - thanks for your reply to my pawpaw drama. My red pawpaw was slowly dying so I trimmed it right back to the wood that wasn' t rotting and now it has only a circle of good wood and the rest the hole in the middle was filled with smelly water. So I drained all that out with a cloth and then used absorbent paper to wipe it out clean and let the sun dry it out, then I have put two plastic bags over the top of it and held them in place wth an upturned plant pot so it is waterproof now. But I still don't like my chances for recovery, but I have given it the best bet - where are the nodes on a pawpaw? do you mean above the side branches? Cheers BETT
Hi Jan - thanks for your reply to my pawpaw drama. My red pawpaw was slowly dying so I trimmed it right back to the wood that wasn' t rotting and now it has only a circle of good wood and the rest the hole in the middle was filled with smelly water. So I drained all that out with a cloth and then used absorbent paper to wipe it out clean and let the sun dry it out, then I have put two plastic bags over the top of it and held them in place wth an upturned plant pot so it is waterproof now. But I still don't like my chances for recovery, but I have given it the best bet - where are the nodes on a pawpaw? do you mean above the side branches? Cheers BETT
BETT Taylor
29th June 2007
Jan says...
Hi Bett. Yes that is what I meant. Just couldn't think of the right name to call them. Still can't. Good luck with the PawPaw. Have you looked at the link on this site regarding PawPaws.It shows a PawPaw cut off short with a tremendous yield on it. You may want to address that member on what they did. Regards Jan.
Hi Bett. Yes that is what I meant. Just couldn't think of the right name to call them. Still can't. Good luck with the PawPaw. Have you looked at the link on this site regarding PawPaws.It shows a PawPaw cut off short with a tremendous yield on it. You may want to address that member on what they did. Regards Jan.
Jan
Bundamba
29th June 2007
Jan says...
Hey Bett. Here is the link for you to cut and paste in your address bar. Or you will find it in the BLOG section of the forum. Regards Jan.
http://www.daleysfruit.com.au/blog/2007/05/4-month-old-paw-paw-cutting-grown.html
Hey Bett. Here is the link for you to cut and paste in your address bar. Or you will find it in the BLOG section of the forum. Regards Jan.
http://www.daleysfruit.com.au/blog/2007/05/4-month-old-paw-paw-cutting-grown.html
Jan
Bundamba Qld.
29th June 2007
Correy
Woolloongabba
29th June 2007
Kath says...
A tip a customer gave me the other day. When cutting back a paw paw cut it part way through the trunk, leave it until it begins to produce shoots below the wound and then cut the top off completely. Instead of using a flower pot on top of your old stump try using a tin as most flower pots have drainage holes that will let the moisture in. My neighbour has a resident green tree frog living in his gnarly old paw paw stump.
A tip a customer gave me the other day. When cutting back a paw paw cut it part way through the trunk, leave it until it begins to produce shoots below the wound and then cut the top off completely. Instead of using a flower pot on top of your old stump try using a tin as most flower pots have drainage holes that will let the moisture in. My neighbour has a resident green tree frog living in his gnarly old paw paw stump.
Kath
Cawongla
11th July 2007
Cat says...
When I lived over in Hawaii for near seven years, I had many fruit trees including paw paw (we call it papaya). To stop the plants getting too tall we put a large coffee tin over the top of it. You could also use a small bucket of some sort. It doesn't kill the tree and it stunts it's growth. The tree still produced good fruit from the branches it put off at the side.
When I lived over in Hawaii for near seven years, I had many fruit trees including paw paw (we call it papaya). To stop the plants getting too tall we put a large coffee tin over the top of it. You could also use a small bucket of some sort. It doesn't kill the tree and it stunts it's growth. The tree still produced good fruit from the branches it put off at the side.
Cat
9th September 2007
Franks
Nrth Qld
17th September 2007
Kath
Cawongla
26th September 2007
Lyn
Outer Brisbane
9th January 2008
Kath
Cawongla
10th January 2008
Lyn
Outer Brisbane
11th January 2008
Kath
Cawongla
14th January 2008
Correy
Woolloongabba, QLD
15th January 2008
Lyn
Outer Brisbane
15th January 2008
Lyn
Outer Brisbane
15th January 2008
Correy
Woolloongabba, QLD
6th February 2008
Lyn says...
I would think you would need to drench the soil around the tree with Fungus Fighter or some other fungal treatment - ask at the local nursery. Has it only happened since we have had all the recent rain in Brisbane? Pawpaws like water to run past their root system but cannot tolerate wet feet.
Lyn
I would think you would need to drench the soil around the tree with Fungus Fighter or some other fungal treatment - ask at the local nursery. Has it only happened since we have had all the recent rain in Brisbane? Pawpaws like water to run past their root system but cannot tolerate wet feet.
Lyn
Lyn
Outer Brisbane
7th February 2008
John
SB South Australia
7th February 2008
Correy says...
Thanks Lyn and John. Yes we have been getting a lot of rain here in "Sunny Brisbane" which I think is the culprit. I have a good potting mix though with lot of drainage.
I will give that Milk solution a go John. I have 2 in bonsai bags up against a wall growing side by side and one is powering ahead and the other is stunted in growth by this fungal infection.
Thanks Lyn and John. Yes we have been getting a lot of rain here in "Sunny Brisbane" which I think is the culprit. I have a good potting mix though with lot of drainage.
I will give that Milk solution a go John. I have 2 in bonsai bags up against a wall growing side by side and one is powering ahead and the other is stunted in growth by this fungal infection.
Correy
Woolloongabba, QLD
7th February 2008
John says...
My paw paw is about three months old now and has grown from seedling over a meter. Its only supposed to grow 2 meters, but it looks like is starting to flower already. But thats not my problem, my wife and her sis want to eat the young delicous leaves.
Anyone now how to prevent these pest from eating my trees. hehehehe
I planting another this week.
My paw paw is about three months old now and has grown from seedling over a meter. Its only supposed to grow 2 meters, but it looks like is starting to flower already. But thats not my problem, my wife and her sis want to eat the young delicous leaves.
Anyone now how to prevent these pest from eating my trees. hehehehe
I planting another this week.
John
SB South Australia
10th February 2008
Kath
Cawongla
11th February 2008
John
SB South Australia
11th February 2008
John
SB South Australia
11th February 2008
cathy says...
hi guys!is anyone got the solution to this pawpaw problem: we have a few small pawpaw trees 1metre+ and they have a beetle inside the trunk at the top, making the trunk contortionned and rotting and the top leaves, the new ones, all shrivelled. should we cut the rotten bit and take it away from the others and hope for the best or is there a natural born spray that we can use to save it??
hi guys!is anyone got the solution to this pawpaw problem: we have a few small pawpaw trees 1metre+ and they have a beetle inside the trunk at the top, making the trunk contortionned and rotting and the top leaves, the new ones, all shrivelled. should we cut the rotten bit and take it away from the others and hope for the best or is there a natural born spray that we can use to save it??
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