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Happy National Pawpaw Day!

 
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The 3rd Thursday of September is national pawpaw day.  I put a reminder note in my pocket to go squeeze some of my pawpaws  when I get home to see if any are ripe here up in Maine yet.
 
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Greg, are pawpaws like some other fruits that continue to ripen (for example, if unripe ones are left on the counter) after being picked?
 
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i’ve already eaten 1 today!

in my experience, if they’ve developed just a little bit of give when you give them a squeeze, they’ll ripen off the tree indoors.  unfortunately the raccoons don’t always wait until that point. biggest pawpaw year yet for us here anyway! i should have taken a picture of the boxes of big ones i sold last week.

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I was trying to figure out whether they could be shipped, on a small scale, & figured they'd probably ship better, a little before they were fully ripe. I'm VERY interested in possibly buying a few.
 
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in general shipping pawpaws sounds like a nightmare to me, but just a few, before fully ripe, would probably work. especially if shipped priority. i have a feeling that being enclosed (as in a box) makes them ripen somewhat faster.


i have a few right now that might make good candidates if you want to try.
 
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I'd love to!! ~switching to purple mooseage~
 
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greg mosser wrote:
apologies if the wrong greg answered!


Not sure, but pretty sure that all Greg M's are completely encouraged to answer for each other here on Permies!

I know I encourage it.
 
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Greg Martin wrote:

greg mosser wrote:
apologies if the wrong greg answered!


Not sure, but pretty sure that all Greg M's are completely encouraged to answer for each other here on Permies!

I know I encourage it.



LOL! Well, I was asking Greg, then greg responded, then I responded to greg, and greg responded to me, lol. Greg seems a little late back to his own party!🤣😜 I'm happy to try, either way - maybe both.
 
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