Tuesday, May 8, 2012

Sexing Papayas

I guess I assumed until recently that most people know how to sex their papaya plants but I was wrong. People will nurture a male papaya for over a year and wonder why they never get any fruit....only the females set fruit. Thankfully they are very easy to tell apart. I cut down my males as soon as I know they are as there is no apparent need of their pollen by female plants. Just remember...the male blooms are long, like a penis!

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4 comments:

  1. africanaussieMay 8, 2012 at 6:53 PM

    Don't you need a male? I always keep one male in the area. As I understand only certain species don't need a male in the vicinity.

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  2. John A StarnesMay 9, 2012 at 5:58 AM

    To date I've not seen a need for a male.

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  3. GreenFarmerJayMay 10, 2012 at 10:02 PM

    Hi John I have wanted to get paypaya seeds recently and I am not sure where to find them... any suggestions?

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  4. John A StarnesMay 13, 2012 at 1:17 AM

    Just buy a ripe Caribbean Red papaya from the market ( be sure it smells sweet and ripe) and scoop the seeds into a three gallon pot of compost, cover with 1/2 inch soil and within a couple of weeks you should have hundreds of seedlings.

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