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RE: Ozark Trees - Pretty Paw-Paw Pictures!
I've been trying to start a paw-paw from seed for AGES! :( No luck so far!
It's not native around here, seeds are super expensive and some companies have started selling young grafter varieties for as much as a 20% of a mean month salary... I just hate it when that happens :(
Apparently their germination rate is very poor. I tried a wet paper towel in a plastic baggie, tried just soaking them in water, and tried poking one in the soil. No luck. I wonder if it passing through an animal's digestive system would have anything to do with germination. Now I'm really wondering about that.
Even if one sprouted, the rate at which flowers actually make fruit is super low too. Just not a viable thing to sell.
Well, some guides recommend cold stratification, which I tried (3 months in the fridge) as well as scarification, which I also tried... For a native tree that grows freely in the wild and proliferates, I wonder what could be the problem?
I bet you gotta eat 'em and poop 'em back out. I'm not recommending this.
Hahahahaha!!!!