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08-23-2011, 04:22 PM | #21 (permalink) |
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Deer is my main pest problem. They haven’t really eaten much of my papaya plants, but I don’t think coffee grounds are the reason. It is work to apply bug spray for plants, especially vine plants. I don’t know how you and other gardeners keep up with it.
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Papaya update for today, the last day of August, 2011. More papayas just keep coming and the trees are super healthy and growing even taller. I just can't believe the growth on this thing!
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Wow that's amazing. About how much do you think the bottom ones weigh now?
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I don't know Luke, I never thought they'd get so big! The ones on the other tree are more elongated and they are big also!
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WOW! That is so cool! I've never seen a papaya growing. Now I want to grow one because it looks so neat! (I don't really care for papaya :P) Maybe if the kids like them I'll find a spot for one!
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Mary, your papaya fruits are so beautiful. .
As Sdpanther mentioned, papayas are not fruits kids like to eat, but they are great for making papaya drinks. There are many online recipes when you surf on the web. A simple one requires only cut-up papayas, milk, sugar or honey, and a blender. Enjoy your fruits when they ripen and thank you for the updates.
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HS11/MG054: Papaya Growing in the Florida Home Landscape Female plants produce medium to large round-shaped fruit of good quality and a large seed cavity. Bisexual plants produce small to medium elongated fruit of good quality and a smaller seed cavity. Male plants with bisexual flowers may produce a few, elongated, poor quality fruit.
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I am astounded by how big the fruit are getting on my papaya trees. They are huge and seem to still be growing. I'm wondering when they will ever start to ripen! The two volunteer plants that came up on their own in my compost bin are also now starting to produce fruit. I have no idea what they are!
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It looks like the visitors have arrived. The critters usually will eat a fruit when it is ripe. You might try one that looks like the eaten one. We hope you don't get the problem with rodents eating your fruits like we did. If you can remove about 3 foot of the branches at the bottom and wrap the trunk with aluminum or pvc pipe and the plant is far enough from any thing they can reach to get on the plant, you may be able to keep them at bay. Good luck.
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I'm not sure what you mean, "the visitors have arrived". There is no damage on any of these and nothing has even attempted to eat them. What are you referring to?
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You posted four pics, on the second from the top one of the fruits looks to have a chunk chewed out of it.
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nah, it's just a shadow!
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Better start picking before the shadow returns.
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Oh, and here is another photo of the papaya you thought had a bite out of it, from a different angle and another to show scale of how big these dang things really are! Last edited by ladyflyfsh : 09-26-2011 at 08:27 AM. |
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I totally agree with Mary that fresh papaya seeds are very easy to geminate. My tallest papaya tree is only about four feet tall since I never thinned out my papaya tress and fertilized them only once with 10-10-10. They don’t get much sun, and I’m not expecting them to fruit, either. I’m glad Mary was able to answer some of your questions. As you can see from the two pictures below, deer did come back and destroyed a few of my papaya trees, and some has recovered a bit:
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If you have any type of sprayer try this on some of the plants that the deer bother. 1 gallon of water, 1 teaspoon of dishwashing soap, 1/4 cup of syrup (molasses is better) and neem oil. This will deter the deer and keep some bugs away also. Good luck |
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