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He's gotten around 100 of them this year.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

But you don't need to use the claw When you pick a pear of the big paw-paw Have I given you a clue?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

But if you prick a raw paw, next time beware!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Nope. Paw paws. Native to North America. They do look kind of like mangoes on the outside, though!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Oh thank you

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Pawpaws are related to cherimoyas.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Paw Paw is the only member of the papaya family that is native to North America. They taste nothing like a mango or a papaya, though. Hard to describe.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

So lucky. I have maybe 4 trees that are producing fruit, but this is their first year, so I only have like 8.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

I planted a couple saplings in the spring, and they finally starting growing leaves a couple weeks ago. I can't wait to see them fully grown with fruit

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Whoa. What region was this in. I dont think paw paws are ready where I'm at yet

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

NC. Going to go hunting for them this week. The extra hot weather must have boosted their ripening

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I was curious to try paw paws that I paid $25 to have four of them shipped to Arizona. I loved them, they tasted so tropical. However, they didn't agree with my stomach. If I remember correctly, they gave me diarrhea. (I didn't eat them all at once.)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Ah, that's a bummer about them not agreeing with you!