Thank you for the heads-up in your newsletter e-mail. Long time subscriber to you both. Come to think of it, I probably found your channel as a result of Green Deane.

Are these self pollinating varieties? Having two different varieties of each will provide higher yields self pollinating or not.

@@jeffferris2783 it's a matter of room here! Besides I don't need pounds and pounds of pawpaw, not even sure if I like them. Time will tell, can always try later to fit another in.

@@kleineroteHex Just had my first pawpaw's this year. Tree was 6 yrs. old. I found them to be delicious. If your tree's are self pollinating your good if not you won't see any fruit.

@@jeffferris2783 6 years? Mine is 2 or 3 years old. I asked when I got it if I needed more than one, they said I get more fruit for sure. Guess I will have to wait a bit longer to find out😁

@@kleineroteHex While their are several persimmon's that are for sure self pollinating, I just planted one this year, when it comes to pawpaw's I've only seen varieties reputed to be self pollinating. If space is an issue you can actually grow two together say 6 ft. apart. In the wild they sucker forming groves. All 4 of my trees have suckered offering free trees if I wanted them. I just mow them off.

No doubt the persimmons here are ripening and I'm finding and eating them everyday.

Green Dean is great, but I love your channel too.

It's a natural mold/fungus or the like. I was told it doesn't bother the tree our us. It can be washed off.

@@EatTheWeeds That is how I spot the trees in the fall.

That was a fun video to make....

Life gets in the way of living.... and the persimmon is an ebony, I think I mention that in my website article.

@@EatTheWeeds Thanks for your none delayed reply Green Dean. Maybe you did mention it. I didn't hear it though. This is another reason to preserve this wonderful Fruit Tree. But not for making Golf Clubs.

When I first came to Florida (1977) I thought the orange blossoms I was smelling were May Flowers.

@@EatTheWeeds I don't believe that I have ever smelled a more beautiful aroma than the orange blossoms.

Ronray, I was a child in Altamonte Springs (Dol Ray Manor) in the 50's too! Minute Maid orange groves all around us. For extra money, we picked oranges. Great times!

​@@putneyfarm64 We lived from Tavares to Eustice to Altoona to Tampa and St. Pete (not far from Altamonte Springs). You living there, then you KNOW orange groves! I had an uncle (Jack Dempsey), that worked for the major orange growers and got into the business for himself at the "end", when the temps dropped below normal and killed many thousand acres of orange trees. That area wasn't known for its excess money floating around, so I can well understand y'all working in the groves. I went to work for one of those processing plants, driving a loading machine that picked up the large crates of oranges and loaded them onto the trucks, but it didn't work out very long after I dropped a crate right next to a supervisor! :) Great reminiscing with you Donna.

I am going to try to do a video a week (between new plants and visiting one ones in season. I'm aiming for 201... it's a reason to keep on living... )