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I LOVE paw paws. I used to eat them all the time as a kid when I’d visit Kentucky. You can buy saplings online, but I’ve never had any success growing them in m
by innocentoldguy 9y ago
I LOVE paw paws. I used to eat them all the time as a kid when I’d visit Kentucky. You can buy saplings online, but I’ve never had any success growing them in my area.
- roel_v 9y agoThey're pollinated by blow flies, not by the insects that pollinate most other plants. Which is why it's sometimes recommended to hang small animal carcasses (rabbits, rats) between paw paw plants. For those of us who aren't too keen on nailing up dead animals, there's manual pollination.