Seeds prefer very warm soil conditions for germination. At 24 to 29 o C seedlings emerge after 9 weeks. Seedlings tend to develop deep tap roots and deep pots are recommended. Transplanting trees from the wild is usually unsuccessful. Transplant shock can be severe because trees dug from a thicket or grove are often root suckers with few feeder roots.
Containerized seedlings transplant with much greater success.
Vegetative Pawpaw cuttings do not root well and vegetative propagation by grafting and budding is recommended. Chip budding is successful when the seedling rootstock is about pencil thickness and actively growing. Dormant scionwood should be grafted after chilling requirement has been met. Vegetative propagation techniques such as root cuttings, hard and softwood cuttings, and tissue culture have marginal success. Leaf surface area was reduced.