Miles Stephens from Davey's South Pittsburgh office talks with Doug over their fascination with the pawpaw tree.

In this episode we cover:  

• How Doug and Miles learned about the pawpaw tree (0:43)
• What is the pawpaw tree? (2:07)
• How to grow the pawpaw fruit (2:50)
• Pollinating a pawpaw tree (3:22)
• Pawpaw tree folktales (4:12)
• The pawpaw tree fruit and its flavor (5:50)
• How long it takes to get a fruit harvest (6:57)
• Pawpaw tree ice cream (8:05)
• Lewis and Clark with the pawpaw tree (9:25)
• Educating others about the pawpaw tree (10:32)
• Harvesting pawpaw trees (11:40)
• How Miles maintains his trees (12:59)
• Planting pawpaw tree seeds (13:51)
• Transporting pawpaw trees (14:59)
• When to transport your trees (14:56)
• Miles' favorite part of growing pawpaw trees (17:56)

To find your local Davey office, check out our find a local office page to search by zip code.  

To learn more about caring and transporting fruit trees, read our blog Guide to Transplanting Fruit Trees. 

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Connect with Doug Oster at www.dougoster.com. 

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