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Posted By: nickgsp2

pawpaws - 09/21/2015 10:20 PM

I feel like this was on here before but do deer eat them if so how much do they like them, eat these before acorns or corn etc.. I found a bunch today on a place
Posted By: 76chevy

Re: pawpaws - 09/22/2015 06:37 AM

they love them. Lots of pawpaws this year too. I ate a bunch last week
Posted By: trapperDave

Re: pawpaws - 09/22/2015 06:55 AM

screw the deer, pick those paw paws. They make awesome banana bread wink
Posted By: nickgsp2

Re: pawpaws - 09/22/2015 08:44 AM

Really we gave them a taste test(with just our tounges) and was sweet tasting so we figured they would eat them and we noticed none on the ground and not very many on the trees but I don't know that much about them do they produce a lot of the fruit or just a couple per tree?
Posted By: 76chevy

Re: pawpaws - 09/22/2015 08:49 AM

depends. I shake the tree and catch what falls out. If they are on the ground, they likely are past their (very short) prime ripeness.
Posted By: Double B

Re: pawpaws - 09/22/2015 09:16 AM

I used to mow an older ladies yard in town where I grew up and that yard was loaded with papaws. One bank would get so slick with the Indiana bananas that I slipped and fell many times. Excellent eating for humans and deer.
Posted By: nickgsp2

Re: pawpaws - 09/22/2015 09:51 PM

Ok thanks I will keep my eye on them then
Posted By: trapperDave

Re: pawpaws - 09/23/2015 07:02 AM

coons and possums eat the majority. should be a fair amount of fruit per tree
Posted By: Parrot Head

Re: pawpaws - 09/23/2015 07:59 AM

None in my woods this year. To dry.
Posted By: deerhunter986

Re: pawpaws - 09/26/2015 07:16 AM

I picked a few this year. Our woods is loaded pawpaw trees and I only found a few that had any fruit
Posted By: marksuttonjr

Re: pawpaws - 10/19/2015 09:05 PM

I have eaten a few, but won't do it again. In 2008 or 2009 the trees at my family farm were loaded. A friend and I picked several. They did not taste normal, so after 2 bites I quit eating. I had a lava lamp exploding out of my back side at least 15 times the next 2 days. My friend who ate 2 or 3 entire paw paws nearly ended out in the hospital. I'm not sure what was wrong with them but neither of us will eat them anymore. As a joke I have taken several to his house and left them on the kitchen table.
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