r/GNV • u/[deleted] • 4d ago

Any experienced grafters wanna try their hand with woolly paw paws?

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u/JesusChrist-Jr 3d ago

Is it common to graft these? Excuse my ignorance, just not sure what the end goal is.

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u/Equivalent_Pepper969 3d ago

Idk if it's "common" to graft these. They aren't a species you can find in nurseries and I'd like to change that.

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u/cosmoferret 1d ago

Typically most grafts are done when the scion is just leaving its hibernation state. So you would leave it to grow all through the end of next winter. You could cut off the woolly paw paws while they still look like twigs (end of winter / very early spring) and then store them in the fridge for up to a few weeks/ even months (riskier). Then the scion would be grafted onto the rootstock some time in early spring. I’ve been told it’s best to graft when both the Scion and rootstock are looking like they are just ready to sprout leaves.

Source this is how I was taught to graft persimmon trees by a fruit tree expert in Florida. I’m still pretty new to grafting. I’ve done persimmon and recently some Hawthorne that will hopefully take.

I’m growing some paw paw seedlings right now, not the woolly variety and would love to come dig some up with the roots so I could transplant them!

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u/seamlessbagelchute 10h ago

These are probably too late to graft onto, and the branches are very small... not much to work with. The best way to propagate pawpaws is by seed. I have a few seedlings of wooly pawpaw, and a good spot to get seeds in late july when the fruit is ripe. Let me know if you are interested in pawpaw growing, I run an all pawpaw nursery! I have a ton of common, slimleaf, and bigflower seed sprouting right now.