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[โ€“] BedbugCutlefish 12 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Yes! Probably my favorite forage item, lucky enough tonhave it grow fairly frequently in the woods behind my parents house

[โ€“] Lennnny 6 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Oh wow, that's so lucky. I've been on the hunt for ages. Pawpaws on the other hand, it's like an orchard out there.

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[โ€“] Lennnny 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Yessum! I have like 15 in my yard.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

Wow, that's awesome! Now I want some paw paw bread

[โ€“] evasive_chimpanzee 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Do you do anything to improve pollination? There are massive groves all around me, but since they are clonal colonies, they don't self-pollinate, and I always have to hunt around for whatever groves actually got pollinated. I've read that some people will spray trees with fish emulsion to lure in flies.

[โ€“] Lennnny 1 points 3 months ago

The patches I go to have grown big enough to pollinate among them. I guess eventually an "outsider" comes in and does it's thing. But yeah some people will hang bags of meat etc. I've never tried it.