• evasive_chimpanzee@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Finding them is pretty easy once you know what to look for, but until you’ve seen them, it’s hard. Easiest time to find them as a novice is in the spring. They have very unique flowers that pop out before there are any leaves. Also, in the late summer/ fall, easiest way to find them is by smell. The fruit is so fragrant, if you know the smell, you can find the tree.

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      1 year ago

      They have those purple flowers that hang downward, right?

      I’ve seen some pawpaw saplings in pots before, but maybe I should have gotten a closer look, haha! I guess that doesn’t necessarily translate to how they’ll look in the wild. Hopefully I’ll have a chance to get the smell down at some point, haha!

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        1 year ago

        Here’s a few more things to look out for. They are fine growing in shade. They usually are in groups (clonal colonies, technically) unlike some similar looking trees. Deer don’t eat them, so they do really well in areas with an overabundance of deer that eat all their competition.