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Originally Posted by lorax
Papayas here don't care about soil so much as water and sunlight levels. I have grown them to equal success in full sand and also full forest loam - so long as they are well-watered once they sprout and given plenty of sunlight, they'll do fine.
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As mentioned previously, This has been my experience as well. I just wanted to point out that while growing the tree is not a problem, the taste of the fruit is rarely as good as the hawaiian varieties. Even then, I have yet to taste a papaya that I would deem worthy of growing for flavor alone. I grew a few plants just to grow them, but I find the fruit to be far too bland. I tried growing a tree from seeds of the best tasting papaya I've had('solo' I think)... with minimal results. Plant grows fine, fruit does not.
