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Planting Pawpaws & Persimmons

Saturday, January 29, 2022 0:01

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One of the winter projects on my list is working on my forest garden. I have a fairly good list of what I’m planting—for which a blog post is in the making—but I specifically wanted to mention the pawpaws, because they and the persimmons are the only trees I’m planting from seed. Everything else is saplings.

The seeds were sent to me by fellow homesteaders (thank you Dino and Terry!) who have pawpaws on their place. Because the seeds lose 20% viability within three days, they sent me whole fruits.

Within the fruit, the seeds are in sacs, which must be removed. For good germination, they must be kept from drying out and need a damp cold place for 70-100 days. This winter, they would have gotten that in the ground, but I never know what kind of winters we’ll get. So, I put them in a damp paper towel in a baggie in the fridge. Last week, I got them out to plant.

I got about 22 seeds from the fruits, so I chose two places to plant them. They love shade, so one spot was at the far end of my forest garden.

The other place was at the bottom of our property.

This is the one area where few pines have dropped, so it’s a very nice spot to visit.

In addition to the pawpaws, they sent me some persimmons!

These, I planted whole throughout our entire woods. Each fruit contains several seeds, so we’ll see what happens!

Earlier this year, I started transplanting pecan saplings into our woods, but these are the first trees I’ve planted from seed. It will take years to reap the results, but even so, getting them planted feels like an priceless investment.

Planting Pawpaws & Persimmons © Jan. 2022

by Leigh at http://www.5acresandadream.com

Source: https://www.5acresandadream.com/2022/01/planting-pawpaws-persimmons.html

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