Identify Pawpaw Trees and Ripeness

Carolina 150 acre first generation farm and we're down on the creek bottom there is a Grove of paw paaws and if you don't know what a pawpaw is that is a pawpaw we're going to open it up here in just a second but first I think it's important for you to know what it is why it is and why it's important for you so apala is the largest North American Native tropical fruit these are tropical trees they like to grow in a sandy lomy soil so if you're walking down a hiking trail or something like that and you see these kind of trees remember them when you walk by you will see this little fruit hanging in that tree right now it is the last week of September when fall Hits like the first day of fall Hits or you first start seeing little red leaves on the gum tree that's when your pawpaws are starting to get ripe when the leaves start falling off the poppers that's when your pawpaws are starting to get ripe now I've gone in here and there are flags in each one of these trees all spring long I monitor these trees and I see which ones have flowers on now the flowers of the paaw tree there's a male flower and a female flower that helps to pollinate the pawpaw tree never seen a honeybee on them I think maybe they're pollinated by the wind I don't actually know per se but I do know that pawpaws are really good for you there are super