How to prune pawpaw 'overleese'

Late winter to early spring while dormant. Develop an open-vase structure with 4–5 scaffold branches. Each winter, remove water-sprouts, crossing branches, and any dead wood to keep the canopy open and productive. Remove suckers at or below ground level promptly throughout the year.

Annually in late winter for structural thinning; suckers removed throughout the growing season. Pawpaw 'Overleese' is one of the largest-fruited pawpaw cultivars and benefits from canopy thinning to improve light penetration to developing fruit. Prune formatively in early years, then thin lightly each winter. Sucker management is critical — this cultivar is as vigorous as species-type pawpaws at the root.

Develop an open-vase structure with 4–5 scaffold branches. Each winter, remove water-sprouts, crossing branches, and any dead wood to keep the canopy open and productive. Remove suckers at or below ground level promptly throughout the year.