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Hey from Sweden !
I want to grow papaya in My original country Algeria Can it secced there
My land located in the african ...Read More
I posted my zone 8B-9A boarder location for this plant, not because they can grow outside here year-round, but because I've grown them fr...Read More
this is absolutely my favorite fruit.
it is one of the healthist fruits there are.
To grow this in the ground, you ...Read More
Just tonight I had someone identify that the plants growing in my yard are papaya trees. I had probably 30 or more come up in a flower b...Read More
Papayas are great, but I don't think that they can tolerate 9a winter temperatures, as it is claimed here. I had about 10 papayas grown f...Read More
We bought some of the Red Lady papaya's to try the taste. The are absolutly much better than the Mexican papayas we get here at the groc...Read More
The above comment is not entirely true. Papaya is good for a few years and several crops before the fruit starts to decline. You should ...Read More
Papayas have long been naturalized where I live, and there seems to be a good amount of genetic diversity because in our yard we get all ...Read More
I concur with Harrison's experience. Last year, I bought a papaya (aka "lechosa", in Venezuela) from the Farmers' Market in Houston. It w...Read More
I have similar results as JaxFlaGardener. I bought a Papaya at the store, saved the seeds. I wasn't prepared for the sucess of the seed...Read More
I bought a small papaya plant last year. It grew to about 6 ft in a 30 gallon pot, flowered, and produced good sized fruit. I am fairly...Read More
As a child, papaya was a fruit I avoided. I liked its look, but I did not like the smell or the musky taste. There are fruits now with ...Read More
Such a wonderful versatile plant. Not only does it give you delicious fruit but it provides fragrant flowers and attractive foliage. Ve...Read More
I live in Phoenix and have my solo variety (3) planted together in a raised bed with cactus mix. If you grow Mexican Papaya (not as good...Read More
Papaya is an enthusiastic grower in Bradenton, Florida (U.S.) where we have sandy soil, so a bit of fertilizer is a help.
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Papaya (Carica papaya) trees are one of the most common sights in Florida and elsewhere in the tropical and subtropical regions of...Read More
I grew a very large and sweet red fruit variety from Hawaii in my yard in St. Petersburg, Florida, zone 9b, for many years. They were in...Read More
Plants in South Florida can be male (non-fruit producing), female or both. Mine grows in sandy soil and is about 6 months old and is alr...Read More
I have grown this plant off and on for years in my 9A garden zone. It grows like topsy here in New Orleans, Louisiana (U.S.), with a wat...Read More
This is a dioecious small tree, so you must have both male and female individuals to produce fruits. We have those growing spontaneously ...Read More