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Originally Posted by Pancrazio
Hats to you for trying to grow a papaya. I gave up two winters ago. They simply can't stand to remain stationary during winter. Usually it does begin with some leaf loss and its a downhill from there. It's a pity because during summer they do grow well, and if they were somehow earlier in bearing they could be grown as veggies. But so far i haven't heard of anything so precocious to be fruited in a single season, and as i said, they are almost impossible to overwinter.
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Ya this round of papayas were mostly experiments to figure out timing and if I could get them to flower shorter in a smaller pot (answer=no). I think I got it figured out now, but also want to try and start some seedlings in tall tree seedling nursery pots. I think for me I need about 10 months in a 15 gal pot, then transplant to the biggest pot avaialble at the start of the summer and I should be able to get some fruit set around the end of the second summer. The dream lives on
Edit: I keep short plants under my t5 lights but they are going to have to be segregated in winter now to keep mites under control (papaya plants bring them from miles around).