The Pawpaw Tree - History, How to Grow and Unique Facts!

Miles Stephens from Davey's South Pittsburgh office talks with Doug over their fascination with the pawpaw tree. In this episode we cover: How Doug and Miles learned about the pawpaw tree (0:43) What is the pawpaw tree? (2:07) How to grow the pawpaw fruit (2:50) Pollinating a pawpaw tree (3:22) Pawpaw tree folktales (4:12) The pawpaw tree fruit and its flavor (5:50) How long it takes to get a fruit harvest (6:57) Pawpaw tree ice cream (8:05) Lewis and Clark with the pawpaw tree (9:25) Educating others about the pawpaw tree (10:32) Harvesting pawpaw trees (11:40) How Miles maintains his trees (12:59) Planting pawpaw tree seeds (13:51) Transporting pawpaw trees (14:59) When to transport your trees (14:56) Miles' favorite part of growing pawpaw trees (17:56) To find your local Davey office, check out our find a local office page to search by zip code. To learn more about caring and transporting fruit trees, read our blog Guide to Transplanting Fruit Trees . Connect with Davey Tree on social media: Twitter: @DaveyTree Facebook: @DaveyTree Instagram: @daveytree YouTube: The Davey Tree Expert Company LinkedIn: The Davey Tree Expert Company Connect with Doug Oster at www.dougoster.com . Have topics you'd like us to cover on the podcast? Email us at podcasts@davey.com . We want to hear from you! Click here to send Talking Trees Fan Mail!