Pawpaw anyone?

My goodness....That is well laden...............

When you pick a pawpaw do you use the claw? Like in Disney's The Jungle Book? I like that one it's cute...w/ little Mowgli and Baloo the bear :)

Golly, thanks, Baloo :o)

Well it's obvious that the Jungle Book series is a favourite to most of us Tg...lol, but I don't need to use a claw to pick these as they are just an arms length in reach, it's a dwarf tree and is known here as a Hawaiin Pawpaw species..very sweet :-)

Sounds delicious Panther :)

Yes it is Tg :-)

MMMMmmmm. And what a wonderful shot. The fruit all showcased and the foliage filling the background.

Thanks Gt I can't wait for it to ripen as well :-)

Do you just eat it raw or do you use it in cooking as well.

You're seeing it when its still green or unripe. It is eaten when it ripens .

So that's what they look like - I've never seen them before.

Yes Hywel, these are green pawpaws.

goodness Panther ,hope you have got a good appetite.....is it growing in your garden?

LOL..Deida, we wait patiently for these fruit to ripen but most of the time the bats get to them first before we do. Yes it's growing just at the edge of my compound.

Oh, I've seen bats at these. Do you have those big bats, or smaller one. I saw those fox bats eating them. They are big!

We call them flying foxes here Gt, yes they can be big too and they survive on fruit.

Flying foxes and paw paw trees in your garden! Makes mine look a bit boring. The most exciting creature we get in the garden is an owl. This tree looks amazing, paw paw are expensive to buy here - yummy

Thanks Samantha. Pawpaws I hear are expensive overseas. The bats here can be a niusance here too in their getting to some local fruit first before anyone can.

Quite a papaya crop! It reminds me of my dad's plants in Hawaii.
I've never had more than 20 fruits or so on one plant. Your plant looks like it has well over a hundred.(and we're not even seeing the back side of the plant)

Do you ever thin them out? My experience is when the papayas grow larger they squeeze other fruits flat. I know it sounds funny...however, it's true.
My dad actually had the same problem with his papayas in Hawaii and would thin his crops.

Panther- I tried to find Hawaiian pawpaw online with no luck... Is this fruit like the american pawpaw (link below): https://commerce.earthlink.net/www.slowfoodusa.org/ark/pawpaw.html

or more like a papaya?

Tasteyg:

Pawpaw is another common name for Carica papaya...which is the botanical name. The common Hawaiian papaya is: Carica papaya 'solo'

Thanks Tasteyg for sharing the site and I hope the explanation above answers your query, thanks Delonix for the info. Yes the common name we use here is pawpaw.

Delonix, no I haven't tried thinning them, but it sounds a good idea for a better fruit growth. Surely there would be a few flat fruits by the looks of it if this isn't done early...lol, thanks again for sharing:-)

Panther:

You're welcome! I was going to take a photo of a couple of flat papayas I have on my plant now. That's even with thinning. They still taste good though...they just look funny.

I posted a couple of photos today for you to see my flat papayas. : > )

Goodness, I see what Delonix means about all the fruits on you tree! Fantastic!

Thanks Paulathegardener, yes one too many!!

Panther:

You'll be able to provide papayas to a small army. lol

I picked my papayas and still had to give some away.
: > )

LOL..yes that would be possible Delonix. Anyway I hardly make use of them as much as some of the Indian workers here in the school compound who take home a few of the green ones to have them as a meal.curried especially.

Panther:

Oooh, that sounds so good! When I had my 7 papaya plants bearing heavily, I used to take some of the green papayas and make Filipino-style chicken and papaya stew...it so, so good!
: > )

You better share that recipe Delonix, sounds good!!

Panther:

I make this dish by memory...I'll have to find the written recipe to post it. It is very good!

THATS WHAT YOU CALL A TREE OF PAW PAW. I LOVE PAW PAW ESPECIALLY THE RED ONES.

You're right there Pitta. I love them too when they're ripe:-)