I am sure someone must have said something, but you can top the papaya tree and keep it short , it will still bloom and produce the fruit......hope you get the message,, namaste'
I didn't know that! Thank you I will definitely have to do that because one of our trees was just so tall we damaged alot of papayas trying to get them down.
I just came across this video. I keep trying to start papayas in pots and transplanting them and they don't grow. You just reminded me that a few years ago I put some seeds in the ground and they grew. I will try that again after watching this. Thanks for this video.
As mentioned previously you can top young trees to keep them small or dwarf. This will also make the trunks thicker to help in high winds. They will also grow multiple branches when you do this. I restrict the number of branches to 2 or 3 so it grows quicker. Furthermore you can top the tall ones down to about 3 ft or less and it will form new branches sometimes. If you have small leaves or growth (nodes) down below it will definitely work. Another thing you might want to look into is papaya tree twisting to keep them short.
@@SomeKoolPlace lots of good info! We are no longer in FL, we moved to Maine so no more papayas for us but maybe someone else can try those tips out!!😁
We moved to Maine this year so our future videos may no longer be suited for you if you're looking for FL gardening but I have plenty of old videos from when we were in FL so hopefully you stick around and check those out😁❤️
@@chellelivinggreen I've put most of the FL videos in their own playlists too,that way it can be seperate from our newer Maine content. Have a great gardening season😁!
In my experience planting from seeds they take anywhere from a yr to a yr and a half. I have some that grew super fast and had fruit in exactly a year. But others took the time to get really really tall before growing papayas so those definitely took longer. I guess it's the variety? Not really sure. but I think a year from seed to fruit is awesome😁
They do very good in all warm climates,I'd say go for it now rather than later! They take a while to get to fruiting stage and tend to die when it's too cold
What a great video. I just put a bunch of papaya seeds in the soil and they are all sprouting. TY so much for this video. New subscriber here zone 8b, Southeast Georgia..... Your garden is beautiful 💐🌻🏵️🌺🌱🌿🍁🌹🍂
Thank you! We actually moved to Maine since this video but you'll have an easy time growing papaya, I will miss it! Make sure you protect them from the cold this winter since they'll probably still be pretty young
@@ourvisionfarm2893 You're very welcome and THANK YOU. I was wondering if I should just put them in pots and bring them in. We have pretty mild winters here in South Georgia, but I will pot them up for inside along with some other plants. Thank you again and Happy Gardening🌱💚😁
@@riosfamilygarden they will just be damaged by freezing temps but that rarely happens in southern states. They do grow best straight in the ground though. I've tried potted ones but it seems to stunt them. Depending how big they are before your frost you can easily heavily mulch them to protect them or find a way to stake up a tent over them or something like that. Good luck! Hope you get lots of papayas from them. Then you'll have endless seeds to play around with 😁
From my experience anywhere from 6-9 months from little tiny seed to an actual fruit producing tree! I have a tree right now that had died in the winter due to a late frost here in FL and it eventually grew back from the roots and is now flowering. So that marks about 7 months in this case.. but by the time we get ripe fruit it will probably be around 9-10 months
New subscriber here. Ran across your channel searching for info on growing papayas from seed. Thanks for sharing 👍🏼 If you have seeds from different varieties I would love to purchase some from you if you don't mind. 😊
I don't have any right now, recently had to start all over because the freezes here in FL over the winter killed our trees that were just about to fruit😔 But we've started all the way over with another storebought papaya! The key is to choose the ripest one on the shelf. Latin stores seems to have nice ripe ones compared to something like Walmart
Waoooo...nice video my sister. I subscribed immediately. But try to make your papaya trees dwarfs. It's better that way. Try to watch videos on how to do that. Good luck!
True! That way we don't damage that much when knocking them down. I didn't know you can purposely make papayas shorter but I noticed last winter my new papaya trees died from the cold one night and then in spring they started growing back and now in fall time they are fruiting and the trees are about my height! The freeze made them die and grow back much shorter but still produce fruit🥰
I don't, they die when it gets too cold. Some get super tall so there's really nothing big enough to cover them with. But they grow so fast and quickly from seeds it's not such a big loss😊
I don't use any soil,just plant them directly into the ground☺️ You can always buy a bag of dirt from the store and mix it in but eventually the rain washes it away. You can try adding mulch,leaves, food scraps on top so that eventually it breaks down to compost too. That might help give it an extra boost.
We're in 9B so I think so, but it might freeze in the cold , mine freeze on nights it drops below 32 which is very rare, but the actual tree root doesn't die so it regrows back eventually
We used to grow mostly for our family and sell any excess. We have since moved to Maine and plan on growing larger gardens so we can sell produce to locals here in Maine
