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Originally Posted by Richard
Wow, that's one large Papaya plant! What are the names and characteristics of the other varieties you are growing?
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I am growing a hawaiian solo sunrise, and another solo type, along with one called waimanalum x-77. The solos are famous for their sweet fruit without any of the musky smell of the mexican types. The solo especially is one of the best tasting ones. They are named solo because they produce both the male and female flowers on the plant(70% of the time), so there is no need for another plant in order to get fruit. The x-77 is a hybrid that puts out fruit very quickly; sometimes as little as nine months from seed. It gives out loads of medium size fruits which are very sweet as well. I believe it is a cross between a solo type, and another larger one that gives large fruits. I also have seeds for the Caribbean red, and a heirloom type from Costa Rica. The heirloom produces loads of really small extremely sweet fruits that sort of clusters around the trunk. I plan on getting some going this year, along with some C.R. So far all I have growing have taken the cold when the bananas would not, so they seem to really do well in my zone. Of course it does not really get too cold here...
Btw, my banana has really recovered from the hit it took this year. I have two fresh leaves that have grown out of the fried others, and I see another new one forming, so I am happy about that.
I have seeds for trade on all papayas except the X-77, and the C. Red.