Paw paw bloom time?

[CAS_HNTR]

Are paw paws early like apples or late like persimmon?

 

[Native Hunter]

April and into May. Depending on the tree you could see blooms before leaves.

Average harvest time is about right now. The ripening time varies with individual trees - some already ripe and others a while away.

 

[Fish]

Im picking a few right now. My trees bloom late April.

 

[CAS_HNTR]

Reason I ask is that I have good high ground that I have been planting fruits, but also have areas that are 20-40 feet lower (still 50-80 above bottom ground) that I will plant some persimmons......if they were late blooming too, then they may go there too.

 

[Fish]

Persimmons will bloom 2-3 weeks after paw-paw from what i can recall.
Paw-paw is an interesting tree, but i have no evidence of them being a big whitetail food. Seems coons and opossums will climb and take out the fruit in short order.

Maybe someone has noticed whitetails feeding on them heavily?

 

[Native Hunter]

Eatin time is now for me.............