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They are natives to all of Virginia and they are shade loving trees. They actually prefer shade as young trees and not until they are fully mature can then tole
by pard68 3y ago
They are natives to all of Virginia and they are shade loving trees. They actually prefer shade as young trees and not until they are fully mature can then tolerate sun.
Source, lived in VA for a decade, hunting for wild pawpaws and growing my own trees. Before we moved out of the state we had a pawpaw "collection" of about fifty (ten we owned, approx forty we found in the national forest and harvested yearly).
- gehwartzen 3y agoYep. Here in Richmond they grow everywhere along the Janmes River Trail System. Unfortunately, their popularity in the last few years has caused them to be over harvested by people selling them. Additionally, they taste the very best right after falling to the ground naturally but lots of folks keep trying to knock them or shake or climb the trees way to early in the season causing a lot of damage to the trees.
- pard68 3y agoHm, I hadn't seen that a bit upstream of you in Lynchburg, but most pawpaws we collected from were probably too remote.