Red Lady Papaya-Fruiting
 

After a slow start she has decided to put out some fruit

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Looks awesome. I have some tc starts T.R. Hovey papaya that I hope will produce in the future. Hope the overwintering indoors goes okay.:0519::0519:

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.....I remember when I was concerned on her slow growth,things have changed!




as far as a fert.,I have been spraying with some fish emulsion and humus.I prepared the soil with a very high amount of Nitrogen and it took off.

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Wow.

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Wow!!!

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Gotta Love Florida. ;)

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You have a tropical fruit paradise!!!!

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Congrats! Dude, that's definitely one awesome plant! How long did it take to grow that?

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Who would have thought, start one plant and open a farmers market!

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BUMP:ha:
This is my Red Lady Papaya and Im wondering if anybody can help me with over wintering suggestions? How will it take if I digg it out and prepare for cold storage? Whan to do that? To keep it in dark/light space???? Any help?


Picture is a week old now and its double wider now with leaves about 40cm in diameter.
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Seems to me you would be better off potting it now so it has time to recover while you still have good weather. Grow it as a house plant if you have the room.

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Its amazing how fast it growes! Unfortunally I ll have to leave it inground and will try to protect it somehow. In a mean time is there any good source for Dwarf Papaya seed? Have to prepare few seedlings for the next Spring if I loose this one.

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they don't do well if they are re transplanted.You can try and grow them in a big pot.

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I will almost definitive try to find seed/seedlings of this variety, it has beautiful stem colour.

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I had one in a large pot. As with most plants overwintered inside, it was very prone to spider mites. It did well for 2 years but never fruited for me. Good luck, Ante.

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Thanks Howard, I ll try to take good pix or two tomorrow. Honestly I dont care if it ever fruit, but generally we have 33% chance! Well, I would say its a way more than 0%:ha::ha::ha:
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Fresh update:



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nice!

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What is this? Bud, fruit, something,...? Its about 2cm(inch) long.


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thats a female flower.....should open up and have a set fruit soon.