Papaya fruit has worms
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Anyone successfully grown papaya from seed to fruit in Cen Ca?
Comments (9)Thanks mrclint for the link and stanofh I do have a tr hovey also that I got for a cheap price that was very reasonable. I got it from Florida hill nursery for $6.99+shipping. As I understand it was quite hard to get one of these baby when they first were release, but now a lot of nursery carries them. I've also seen them at quite a bit higher price on logees site for about 3x as much, but not sure how big their plant they offer are. Mine was about 12 inches. I don't think I'm going to cover up and just see how they do and if I only get green ones before winter comes, I could just make green papaya salad...yummy(mouth watering). If you might want to try your hands at one for a reasonable price I suggest Florida Hill Nursery or Well Spring Nursery....See MoreHanging papaya fruit tree identification help
Comments (10)Hello stanofh, Sorry for late reply...never got notice from email about follow up question. In past three years, coldest I can recall is maybe upper 30s/low 40s at nights during winter (but those are extreme cold spells that last for just few days...normally winter nights are upper 40's/low 50s). Strange thing is last year there was only one harvest of the hanging papayas in summer of around 12 fruits...it was surprise just to see fruit after nothing for 3 years. This year we were able to harvest around 20 fruits in spring and I thought that was it...butt now in fall there is another batch of 25+ fruits. Tree top is now probably reaching 12 foot tall, compared to last year when it was probably 7 or 8 foot tall. We don't use fertilizer or any plant food...the only difference in last year versus previous three years is actually less watering. Mother in law owns farm in thailand...she said to only water tree 2 or 3 times a week....See MoreCalifornia fruiting papaya
Comments (6)That is a nice looking papaya. My dh bought one in a pot that had 2 babies with it. I dont know what kind it is. I am thinking maybe one of the Mexican types? It has male and female plants. The tallest one I think is a male because it kept dropping all the fruit but then finally one stayed. The second tallest is prob female it has several fruit and they are shaped differently than the male(?) one. I dont really think they will make it before it freezes. I am wondering if the fruit will ripen if I pick it early? Here are some photos. female papaya, I think. male that i am wondering if it made 1 female flower. It has many more flowers at the top. I am in a zn 9a so they prob wont make it lol. Huge plant..grew this way in one season! Here they are earlier this spring b4 I put them in the ground. I got some red lady, red maradol, and solo growing for next year so maybe I will actually get more fruit and can overwinter them next year....See MoreFruiting Papaya in zone 5/6
Comments (17)Hi. My 7 yr old daughter decided she wanted to plant papaya seeds from one we bought at the store. We planted them in a cut open orage juice container (think large minute maid) and after 3 weeks we didn't see any sprouts. The container was in full sunlight but I hadn't put any holes for the water to drain......I figured the seeds had rotted and dumped the planting soil out.......put as I was going to mix it with dry soil for a different seedling....I noticed that alot of the papaya seeds had barely started growing out tiny white roots. I picked through the dirt and had quite a handful of the barely sprouting seeds. I made plenty of drain holes and replanted them with about 1/4 planting soil on top. I also watered the soil since it had dried out. I live in zone 6a Carson City, NV. We live in an apartment on the ground floor.....our "backyard" is cement covered........I read how you grew yours but don't understand the soil terms you used. If you don't mind, could you explain the soil you used in terms a completely new gardener, me, would understand.....please? How big of a clay planter pot does it need? And, well, the weather here reaches 112° during the summer, but during the winter it snows, sometimes quite heavily....last year in Oct it got down to 3°. The soil I have it in now is Sta-Green Flower and Vegetable garden soil plus fertilizer only. I didn't mix it with dirt. I have been watering it every other morning. Should I leave it in direct sunlight or bring it under the deck from the apt above? The wood from the deck is spaced about an inch apart so some sunlight does filter down, but only until around 3pm....then the sun is past and it is shaded. BTW....my name is Cristina. Email is jcje98116@gmail.com if you would like to email me directly. Thank you so much for your time. I hope you can give me some pointers. I really don't want to let my daughter down. Sincerely Cristina J....See Moregaryfla_gw
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