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Yesterday, I planted five seedlings each of paw-paw and persimmon.
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I planted potato onions today which we harvested 1.5 years ago.

We had a severe frost a few days ago, which eliminated any tree fruits this year. It even damaged the rhubarb.
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long-keeping onions
long-keeping onions
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frost damage to apricot
frost damage to apricot
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frost damage to rhubarb
frost damage to rhubarb
 
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Wow; your season starts so much earlier than mine! My rhubarb:
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Early rhubarb
Early rhubarb
 
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Joseph Lofthouse wrote:Yesterday, I planted five seedlings each of paw-paw and persimmon.



What do you think the challenges would be growing pawpaw in Utah? Protecting young trees from intense sunlight? Keeping the soil moist? Soil pH?
 
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I don't have any expectations one way or the other for the paw-paw and persimmons. I hope they survive and thrive, but if not, then I will plant something else. I live in the desert. They come from the humid east.

 
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