People go Bananas for This Fruit! How to Grow a Pawpaw Tree

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Food Garden Life Show: Helping You Harvest More from Your Edible Garden, Vegetable Garden, and Edible Landscaping

Steven Biggs: Horticulturist and edible landscaping expert.

245 episodes

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Want to grow your own food but need creative ideas so you can get the most from your space and your growing zone? Our passion is the edible garden. We help people grow food on balconies, in backyards, and beyond—whether it’s edible landscaping, a vegetable garden, container gardens, or a home orchard. There are many ways to approach edible landscaping. Find out how to harvest enough fruit, vegetables, herbs, and edible flowers. Get top tips for exotic crops. And learn how to garden in a way that suits any situation. Host Steven Biggs was recognized by Garden Making magazine as one of the “green gang” making a difference in Canadian horticulture. His home-garden experiments span driveway straw-bale gardens, a rooftop kitchen garden, fruit plantings, and an edible-themed front yard. He's a horticulturist, award-winning broadcaster and author, and former horticulture instructor with George Brown and Durham Colleges in Ontario, Canada. Get started with one of our fan favourites. Season 6, Episode 10: Big Harvests from a Small Space with a Vertical Vegetable Garden.

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People go Bananas for This Fruit! How to Grow a Pawpaw Tree

Food Garden Life Show: Helping You Harvest More from Your Edible Garden, Vegetable Garden, and Edible Landscaping

36 minutes

1 year ago

People go Bananas for This Fruit! How to Grow a Pawpaw Tree

Can’t get enough pawpaw fruit? Want to grow a pawpaw tree?

If you haven’t tried pawpaw fruit, many people describe the flavour of its silky, yellow flesh as tropical.

While it’s the largest fruit native to North America, it’s difficult to find the fruit for sale.

Yet it’s easy to grow.

That’s why many gardeners and small farmers plant pawpaw trees.

In this episode, Donna and Steven talk with pawpaw expert Adam D’Angelo to get tips on growing pawpaw trees.

We talk about:

Where to grow pawpaw trees
Pawpaw tree hardiness (yes, there are pawpaw growers in Canada!)
Grafting pawpaw trees
How to grow pawpaw from seed
Pawpaw breeding
What makes pawpaw a great fruit crop for home gardeners and small farmers

D’Angelo is the founder of Project Pawpaw, a crowd-funded pawpaw research and breeding program.

If you’re looking for more on pawpaw, tune into our interview with the Indiana Jones of pawpaw, Neal Peterson, and hear our chat with Toronto pawpaw expert Paul DeCampo.