Pawpaw
Asimina triloba
Shade as a seedling, sun as a tree, and roots that must never dry — moisture is the whole of it.
Light Full sun once mature, but shade over the young trees.
Water Keep it consistently moist; drought is what it minds most.
Height 5 m
Spread 13 ft 1 in
Spacing 300 cm
Spacing & sowing
- Plant spacing
- 9 ft 10 in
- In-row spacing
- 9 ft 10 in
- Between rows
- 14 ft 9 in
- Square-foot density
- Not suited to SFG
Growing
- Type
- Fruit · Perennial
- Botanical family
- Mixed / other
- Sunlight
- Full sun once mature, but shade over the young trees.
- Watering
- Keep it consistently moist; drought is what it minds most.
- Feeding
- A balanced feed in spring, over a generous compost mulch.
- Frost tolerant
- Yes
- Flowering
- May
- Pruning
- Little to do beyond clearing dead wood in late winter.
Through the year
- Apr–May Bud Break
- May–Jun Flowering
- Jun–Sep Fruit Set
- Sep–Nov Harvest
- Nov–Dec Leaf Fall
- Jan–Apr Leaf Fall
Companions
Comfrey, Clover, Wildflowers
Pests & problems
- Generally trouble-free No notable pest or disease problems when grown in the right conditions — one of the easy ones.
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