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Old 07-23-2009, 09:25 AM   #15 (permalink)
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Default Re: Volunteer...Papaya?

While I thought I had one I was reading on them. Apparently the seeds grow like mad. You just have to plant them in a largish pot to start with, because the seedlings don't like to be repotted. (What I do have, for everyone above, is a fig tree with leaves similar to a papaya. I verified that there is a type that has an almost identical leaf shape. I know I have a fig because it is bearing figs. I was really shocked when I mistakenly thought it was a papaya.)

So, probably the best place is the grocery store fruit aisle. (Or if you are lucky enough, the farmer's market.) As long as it isn't a hybrid variety, you should be fine. With a Hawaiian variety you stand a chance of getting a hermaphrodite sprout that can self pollinate.

I might try it for a house plant. I'd have to keep it trimmed though.
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