Natureboy

I've grown "Red Lady" (which is what is shown in the video from S. Florida) with good success here in Central Florida. It is a semi-dwarf variety, but will still get overhead in one season. Because we usually get sub-freezing temps each winter, it is usually grown as a single season plant. The papaya will fruit over multiple seasons, but fruit quality will decline. Best success is growing in a greenhouse or getting a REALLY early start in the late winter so that you can start harvesting fruit in late summer/fall.

I've grown Red Lady from seed (from the store) and most of the plants are either female or bisexual, a few being male. Bisexual is obviously the best, because every flower develops a fruit and no male pollinator is needed. I was thinking about ordering some seed from this site, they have a lot of varieties: Papaya Seed Some varieties like Solo do not tend to do well in FL, but succumb to disease. Red Lady is disease resistant, tastes great, and is shorter, which proves to be a good combination.

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Current varieties: Dwarf Namwah, FHIA-03 (Sweetheart), White Iholena, Maoli, Orinoco, Manzano (Apple), Praying Hands, Dwarf Brazilian, Pisang Raja, Rajapuri, Ice Cream (Blue Java), FHIA-01 (Goldfinger), Kandarian