Raleigh Pawpaw

Raleigh Pawpaw Raleigh, NC. Pawpaw orchard and licensed nursery (mostly native). Fruit in season August/September.

05/09/2026

There's always more work around here...

04/26/2026

We're in the midst of drought across NC but we finally got a heavy rain last night. I haven't had a measurable amount of rain since April 5th with lots of days in the 80's.

Will this be the 2026 prize winner? Despite our current drought, my trees are showing a much better fruit set than last ...
04/19/2026

Will this be the 2026 prize winner? Despite our current drought, my trees are showing a much better fruit set than last year. This cluster is one of several currently on the same Potomac cultivar tree that gave me a cluster of 3 fruits that totaled almost 7 pounds! The largest was 2 pounds 11 ounces when it came off the tree on Sept 3rd (about 1219 grams) and officially weighed in at 1157 grams on Sept 13th after losing some water weight.



04/10/2026

Pawpaw orchard tour! Short notice announcement for Saturday April 11th, 12:00 pm in Northwest Raleigh! $20, open to the first 10-12 people who message and confirm reservation (tour by reservation only, please!!). I'm not adding it to the website or eventbrite or anything, so payment can be made in person. You will also have first access to pawpaw seedling sales - we have lots!

The orchard is still in bloom (this video was from last August) and fruit is just starting to form.
Some of the topics covered:
• Tree biology basics
• Timing of pruning and scion collection
• Pollination
• Proper tools & Sanitation
• Pest Identification & management
The tour should be about 1.5-2 hours.

How am I the first? Someone let me know yesterday that I'm the first to upload an observation of the Pawpaw Peduncle Bor...
04/04/2026

How am I the first? Someone let me know yesterday that I'm the first to upload an observation of the Pawpaw Peduncle Borer (Talponia plummeriana) in the pupal stage to iNaturalist. I have the worst good luck; this was oddly motivating this morning to get out in the orchard and document more and spend some time in nature. This year I'm fighting a full blown infestation of PPB moths in the orchard. Today I removed every unpollinated, dying flower within reach from the orchard, as many had caterpillars and newly pupating borers in them. The silver lining today is that (fingers crossed) fruit set is looking much better than last year.

03/08/2026

Pawpaw peduncle borer (Talponia plummeriana) moths are emerging in Raleigh! We've had warmer weather all week and yesterday was around 80 degrees. These harmful pests like to lay eggs on pawpaw flowers, which can affect fruit yield. The caterpillars burrow into branches to pupate during the Winter and emerge when temperatures are warm for several days. In February I took some affected branch cuttings and they hatched in a jar at room temperature in about a week. A few days later, caterpillars were already hatching. I will be spraying an organic bacteria called Bacillus thuringiensis to manage the caterpillars as they emerge. Once the caterpillars ingest the bacteria, it produces crystal proteins that will destroy their gut and cause them to die, without affecting other adult insects and arachnids.

02/19/2026

Pawpaw scions for grafting are available! I also have LSU Purple fig cuttings and will be adding 3 Asian persimmon soon - Maekawa Jiro, Ichi-Ki-Kei-Jiro, and Jiro, all non-astringent.

02/15/2026

Some videos from the last few weeks. The snow and ice took 2 weekends away from me. Scion collection complete and available for purchase!

12/02/2025

Did anyone recognize the pawpaw tree in the new season of Stranger Things?!
I helped plant those pawpaw seedlings in 2017. It was part of a grant awarded to a Tucker High School student to install an orchard at Tucker Recreation Center in Tucker, Georgia. Along with the Tucker Orchard Guild, founded by a great friend and mentor of mine, we went on to plant countless pawpaws, peaches, plums, and blueberries all around the city of Tucker, Georgia. It was like seeing a celebrity, I know that tree!!

Thank you to everyone who came out to the pawpaw field day in Winston Salem! Also congrats to Ryan, who won our 2 pound ...
09/07/2025

Thank you to everyone who came out to the pawpaw field day in Winston Salem! Also congrats to Ryan, who won our 2 pound 5 ounce Potomac fruit! This was my 5th year at this event and I always enjoy talking pawpaws with people. So much so this year that I forgot to take more pictures.

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