Tropical Zone Gardening: Papaya 101 "My Experiences", 1 by

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Hi, everyone! I am a papaya lover from way back. One comment about location: Don't plant them up against fence posts or right next to a building foundation. Their tap root can be like a giant carrot, and it creates quite a hole when the root quickly rots away.

I tend to call a papaya a plant, not a tree, because they're not woody. "Trunk" very juicy and crispy-fibrous, easy to chop anytime, no matter how big.

I bought seed from a California supplier, and have sixty or seventy little ones, I'll have to take some photos to share tomorrow when the sun's up. The seed seller was all out of the big types, some can have huge fruit! My seed from a fruit made thirty guys and two girl plants, and really small round fruits. OK, girl photo: