The hardware store chains also frequently carry them. One plant should be sufficient to produce huge quantities of fruit. Make sure that your selected planting location is in full sun, receives regular watering and is well-drained. The newly transplanted papaya should be monitored closely.
If the transplant fails, you can always try again! Once established, papaya plants grow extremely rapidly and should begin fruiting in the first year of planting. Occasional fertilization will be needed to encourage and maintain healthy growth. Pruning is not necessary, but you may wish to remove any leaves that turn yellow—to keep the plant looking its best.
Carefully score the skin of the papaya with the knife vertically along the fruit. Score lightly and make sure to not pierce the flesh of the fruit, just the skin, or you run the risk of your papaya rotting before it's even ripe enough to eat.
The scoring helps the papaya release ethylene and ripen more quickly, and leads to an exceptionally sweet fruit. If you use this method, you don't need to put another piece of fruit in the bag as the papaya is utilizing its own ethylene. So now you've got a ripe papaya on your hands, but what if you're not ready to put it to use quite yet? You can place a ripe papaya in the fridge until you're ready to eat it to keep it from spoiling.
The papayas will keep in the fridge for up to a week, but it's best to use them within two days for optimal flavor. Headshot: Laura Fisher. In this case, "better" means the papaya will be sweeter — and tastier in papaya boats, chutneys and smoothies. Here again, it pays to exercise restraint; papayas do not become sweeter after they're picked. Brace yourself because the size of each fruit usually averages about 10 pounds each but can go up to 20 pounds each, Fine Gardening says. This means you should devise a harvesting plan.
You have four basic options: Stand on a ladder and pluck away, putting each papaya into a basket as you go; lay tarps on the ground and shake the stem until the fruit falls onto the tarps; use a basket picker tool — basically a long pole with a metal basket attached; or use a long-handled pruner to clip off the stems of the fruit. This tool functions much like a pair of scissors.
This last option may also take more time, but it works especially well with large fruit. And with some practice, you'll probably pick up speed — particularly on your way to the kitchen. She took this knowledge, combined it with her experience in running two marketing communication companies and now writes about communication, marketing, careers and other timely business topics for myriad national publications.
They live in memory, but the old papaw has of late taken a back seat to the more luscious, tropical papaya. Growing Papayas like a frost-free climate try growing babaco instead if you get frost , decent summer rainfall and reasonably rich soil, high in organic matter. Troubleshooting Papayas require perfect drainage and will suffer from root rot if they get wet feet.
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