On Saturday evening, we got back from Oregon and found that most of the pawpaw fruits are growing large, and in good clusters. This is the KSU-Atwood, but the Shenandoah and the Wells are also sporting some good pawpaw clusters.
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| Look behind this big cluster to the one in the background. |
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| It's a smaller cluster with what looks like the vegitative analog of a parasitic twin. You can see that earlier in the cluster's development, one of the pawpaws' stems broke and it wasn't connected to the branch anymore. But it held on, apparently conjoined to another pawpaw, whose stem is still in tact. |
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| Probably anyone who has grown pawpaws for a year or two has seen this, but since this is the first time I've had the chance to watch them grow day by day, this development seems intriguing. I'm wondering if the parasitic twin will continue to get enough nourishment from its host pawpaw. |
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| Then on Sunday evening we went over to my parents house for dinner. They had done us the favor of taking care of the seeds/seedlings while we were gone. |
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| I was glad to see that several had developed leaves, but I was surprised to see that there was only one additional seed that had germinated. A week ago there were 11 and now there are 12. |
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