Thanks for watching folks & don't forget to click the subscribe button if you enjoyed the video. Share the clip around with family & friends if you think they'll enjoy it too. Would also love to hear about any growing tips you have in the comments below. 🐟 🌱🍅 Cheers all & have a top one. 😊 Rob
You said buying a papaya tree from a nursery would guarantee the plant will be a hermaphrodite. But you did not explain how the nursery do this when common people can't. Please elaborate.
Last year my papaya was broke in half from a thunderstorm. (I’m live near Daytona Beach, FL) It went from 8ish feet to about 4feet. This year it shot off four shoots and is doing wonderful! She’s already fruiting on 3 of the four new branches. Thank you for the growing tips! Thx for sharing
Thank you enjoyed your tips. I live in Costa Blanca and have three self seeded Papaya's. I have been very fortunate mine are all self fertilizing. It's a great hobby.
HI ROB.LOVE WATCHING YOUR VIDEO ON PAW PAW (PAPAYA).VERY WELL DONE,GREAT WORK MATE.KEEP IT UP.OH !!JUST SO YOU KNOW I WILL BE FOLLOWING YOUR VIDEOS ON FARMING AND OR GARDENING, ALL THE WAY FROM CRETE GREECE.AND BY THE WAY I LIVED IN MELBOURNE VICTORIA FOR ABOUT 22 YEARS ,GOD BLESS YOU AND ALL AUSTRALIANS,BYE MATE.
@@HuongPham-vv8qz Warm house usually means at least 18 degrees Celsius, when it's very cold outside I sometimes only have 15 degrees because the heating can't handle it anymore.
@@AnanasDoktor how do you heat the green house?. I just got a green house this summer and I have some tropical plants( papayas, carambola, guava). I am still trying to lean how to use to keep the green house warm during winter. Appreciate your advice.
@@HuongPham-vv8qz I had a central heating connection laid across from the house, I laid 36 mm thick copper pipes on 3 sides in the high base area that serve as radiators. I heat with fuel oil and optionally logs and can still use thermal sun heat in transitional periods.
Hello to the folks down unda. Thanks for this informative video. I saved the seeds from a papaya and dried them. Well I'm happy to say 4 of them germinated and are 4 inches now. I live in Florida by the way and plan to grow them in my back yard. I also am growing mangos , 4 of them too. Thanks again for the video, I subbed. Cheers.
Thanks Rob. Your video and all the indepth information was incredible. Thank you for helping us learn the ins and outs of growing papaya. We live in Southern California with potential for growing these beautiful plans. Thank you again for all this great information.
Great show!! I just subscribed to your channel,I live in Florida and tropical fruit trees can easily be grown here,please keep making these shows, you have a very down to earth approach to this topic that I really like!!
Thanks Carl. We're currently out of our house while it's being renovated so haven't been posting as many clips lately. Will get back into full swing once we move home & get settled back in. Cheers & happy growing.
I just searched & it looks like you have very similar weather to us here David, just slightly less tropical. At a guess, I'd say it should do well. Happy growing mate.
Great video. I live in the tropics as well and I just started growing paw paw from seeds. It has been a slow process as we are in the middle of the rainy season. Thank you for the explanation and great tips
years ago Ma went to the grocer, and requested papaya seeds from the produce manager. He gave her a free handful. She had at least 1 that germinated decent, and it ended up approx. 3 ft. tall. She had 1 fruit develop, and just before winter. In order for its own weight, not to cause 'drop off'. I took an old school 12" ruler, and black electrical tape, and secured it to da trunk ! Right on time in the spring, it began to change into a orange yellow color. It fully ripened. Very good flavor; no spray's no fertilizer. She used to germinate in her kitchen oven. The temp. was around 95°due to the pilot, when not using the oven . Small 'peat pots', and a 'green thumb'. The interests, and enthusiasm of the older ones is inspiring, motivating especially in things of "life". Likes plants, pets, etc. Thank you for the vids. Now, I'm not sayin your old or something like that.....
Hi Ross. I like the oven germinating trick. Do you grow vegetables outside through summer there? I follow a chap called Patrick from the One Yard Revolution channel & he lives in your neck of the woods. Cheers & all the best. Rob.
Rob Bob's Backyard Farm & Aquaponics so close to Lake Michigan, and humidity is plentiful. A number of years previous, the weather changed to a pattern with many warm/hot days; with 20° deg. drop at night. Not the best for tomato fruits, or squash. Yes this summer had much less of rain, but steadier day temps. Onions, potatoes, sweet corn - squash bugs problem. One time, local store carried cherry tomatoes from Haifa, Israel. From those seeds, we had vines going up the power line for our home. Very sweet cherry tom's, with tender skins. One problem here, are the thick skins on the hybrid tomatoes; whether already grown at market, or from seed. Over all the quality, and taste is very good. The industry boys, pick the fruits green, and gas them like bananas, hard green, and like potatoes. Good growing !
I enjoyed your video and have learned much from watching. I would like to eat the papaya leaves and blend the leaves in my juicing for blood benefits. If the leaves have any black spots, can I still ingest them, or what is a safe way to treat the leaves so i can eat them or make a tea? Thank you for your support.
I'm trying to figure out the best place for my Papaya. I keep reading to put them away from structures, but i like your idea of putting them near one. would putting one near a metal building be too hot for one? I'm in central coastal florida, 9b
Rob Bob's Backyard Farm & Aquaponics just moved from CA to ID. Gonna try to grow them in pots in a greenhouse with your suggestions. We will see if they'll survive the winter here.
Thank you so much for all the education on the papaya tree. I think now I know how to help my Papaya tree thrive and survive most of the elements which are affecting it now. I was wondering what the black spots were , and now I know. I was also looking to see how you can help the tree grow healthy and sweet papayas. Is there any vitamin or special food that I can feed my tree that can help the fruit be sweeter? Thank you again. Happy Planting :)
Hi Marlen. There's no particular element you could add that I can think of which would increase sweetness. I have found that the fruit developed after top dressing with compost tend to be sweeter. Not sure if that's just me thinking they are knowing that they've been fed though. 🤔 Sorry I'm not much help there. Happy growing.
Hi Bob thanks for all the great videos. I've been growing Mexican papaya in my yard (San Diego, CA)for over ten years and propagate them from seed. I currently have over 12 with fruit. I'm sure over these years that of the 100 plus plants I've raised every one of them has given me good edible fruit. A few have given fruit on long stems but the overwhelming majority of fruit have been off the trunk.
Nice one Richard. I don't think I've seen that variety so will go look it up in a tick. 👍 Hope this seasons off to a great start for you mate. Cheers & happy growing. 🌱🌱
Guess what, I have a beautiful 6ft tall Papaya tree here in South Florida, and after almost a year it looks amazing, it started flowering and it's a male, I was sad about it but I decided to leave it since there are a lot of papaya trees around, maybe someone needs my pollination lol.
Male papaya leaves cure some cancer or sickness I believe. A lot of people are looking for those everyday, as far as I know a lot of my people Vietnamese use them to cure certain sickness/cancer, but because not many people grow male papaya it becomes a bit rare
I personally like to start plants out in as large pots as I can, preferably the size they will end up growing in. For a papaya in soil I would so with nothing smaller than a 500mm/20" pot. I have grown a rather nice dwarf papaya in a ½ 200L/50gal drum. You just need to make sure that your feed it regularly with compost & water.
Great video Rob! I bought a papaya from the local Walmart and I saved the seeds and I planted them and lo and behold they came up! I'll shoot you a picture later on, I have them in containers in pretty much sandy soil but with a lot of compost, I have been feeding them with Miracle Grow, and they seem to be doing good. Remember now I live in Northeast Florida and we get some mighty cold weather here, so I am going to build a greenhouse shortly and hopefully they will survive the winter which is coming Upon Us soon. I'm not sure what variety they are but they are the big long kind if that makes any sense. Anyway brother cool video thank you so much!
Great to hear you're having a crack at growing a few plants. Do you get frosts there ? Once they put on a bit of size they would be able to survive a mild one in a sheltered spot as long as the leaves don't freeze. Cheers & happy growing mate. 👍👍
Rob Bob's Backyard Farm & Aquaponics ,we do have hard freezes here, so they would have to be protected very well, when I lived in the Florida Keys they grew like crazy! It never froze there, never had frost, it is tropical and pretty much anything would grow year-round!
I would just make sure that the medium is moist but not soaking SC. Moist enough that only one or two drips of water fell out when squeezed. Hope that helps some.
nice video. our tree produced a lot of fruits in the first year. but towards the end the leaves had black spots and soon the fruits also had black dots. during the winter, all leaves were impacted! what can we spray to make it healthier? can we buy it from lowes or home depot? can also tell us what fertilizer to use. Thanks. Seenu
So I’ve got a papaya tree with those black spots. But my neighbor has a BIG ackee tree that also looks like it might be sick as well. What do you think I can do about that?
I always put some gravel on the bottom of the pot to drain water, but it also keeps water stored at the bottom for the plant when I forget to water it. For papaya I think I will use pot with enough holes, because my other plants need to be watered more often.
My grandfather had no trouble growing paw paw trees at Palmwoods in NSW (6 kms north of Mullumbimby) when he was alive as he died in August, 1 month short of his 98th birthday. He used to start the seedlings in tin cans then when they got big enough, he'd plant it tin & all into the ground,he must've fertilized them with the same stuff he used to use on his banana plantation. He was eating them for breakfast up until about 15 years ago but had an allergic reaction to something which his doctor blamed on him eating paw paw. We've had no luck on growing them in our local area (Seaham) which is 40 kms north of Newcastle as the frost killed the paw paw trees we had growing. That was quite a few years ago but I've noticed our area in the very fringe of a subtropical zone,maybe our areas climate has changed. Someone has had luck growing them at Wallsend along a fence but I'm going to try & grow them by covering them in a Hessian wrap during the Winter time to keep the Frost off it. I'm going to try & grow some mango trees as well as I have 4 of them that are growing from seed,as well as a couple of avocado plants which have been sprouted from seed. My parents have a macadamia tree growing in their backyard which is a seed plant from my grandfathers old macadamia tree. I have 4 seedlings from the seeds of that tree which I hope to plant next year,while they are not native to my area,they still do well as a cafe at Medowie has their own macadamia tree plantation.
my papaya tree produce both male and female flowers, and once in a while, it produces mixed flowers. I noticed those mixed flowers before, but never knew what those were then seem like those later on cracked open showing a fruit inside.
Delightful presentation! I have a question: I'm in Hawaii. A year ago I planted a dozen papaya trees. They all grew pretty well, but only 3 produced flowers, and only 1 produced fruit (with no seeds). Should I get rid of the ones that don't produce anything?
Hi Sir, thank you for sharing tips growing papayas. I’m growing papaya in a pot, it has lots of roots. Can I take out and cut some roots and change the soil in the pot? Will cutting the roots kill the plan? Thank you so much
Hello, thanks for such an informative vid. I just planted some seeds from store bought papaya and wondering if planting a clump of seeds together will do anything or how far apart should each seed should be planted and from other plants ? Thanks 🙏
Hello rob. I live in a rental property and have inherited a couple of nicely producing papayas. Can i spray the fungicides while it fruits as the lower leaves are yellowing a spotting as you showed and are dieing off
You should have no issues with the wettable sulphur Rich. Just make sure you wash the outside of the fruit before eating it. Hope you can get on top of it mate. Cheers.
It depends on the variety & climate . For some fruits it's 2-4 months while others may take upwards of 6 from what I've seen. Hope that helps a little.
Nice video! I started from seeds from papaya from the grocery store and they are growing well. `i lost one due to overwatering. How long from sowing the seed with the plant grow to produce fruit?
The start fruiting around the 6-8 month mark Debby but that will also depend some what on what type you have as well. Hope you get a great harvest from them.
My father did that to his trees a few years back. One did really well & put on side branches while the other died. It may be certain varieties will do better with pruning.
p.s. since we are approx.30 miles due west of downtown Chicago, and out papaya growin is not feasible, this was done all indoors. most planting growing, harvesting has its possibilities friends. another good favorite is beans, sprouted in glass jars on laying on their sides. and what a variety in flavor; protein. just sayin......God bless
I really don't have an issue with them here. I have had slug issues with the aquaponics & found that beer traps were are great way to attract them for collection. I have heard that the same will work for snails as well if that helps any.
Some do take a while to ripen up but haven't come across any method of speeding the process up on the tree. Some folks will pick them green & pop them in a paper bag to ripen them off the tree. I know of one bloke that did that & they all went mouldy so am not sure it's a fool proof method.😉 You could take them off now & use them green in a Thai/Asian style salad if you want to experiment. Hope all's well with you mate.
These started to fruit within 12 months. It ended up dying from an unknown ailment late in 2019. She has been replaced by 3 offspring grown from seeds dropped by the flying foxes. Cheers.
Hi Bob, I have about 16 6 to 8 inch seedlings in individual pots. Many of the papaya plants have very yellowish leaves and don’t look healthy. I’m not sure if they need more water or if I’m watering them too much.When I water them the water drains well and the soil stay moist. What should I do? Live in Phoenix, and are shaded most of the day.
It might be that they're getting too much Matt. Try sitting them in a tray with a small amount of water in the base so the soil can irrigate itself naturally & see if that helps at all.
Just yesterday I chopped off some leaves and placed they around a banana tree. Think I should remove them? I didn't see any black spot but will the leaves develops any while composting? I guess I've been lucky with my 3 trees. They are all growing fruit. I'm in Florida, US, but we get frost sometimes. The fruit ripen at the right time, I plant the seeds in a pot and have little trees growing all winter long on my porch. When the weather warms up I plant them in the ground and the cycle goes round and round.
Sounds like you're on a winner with your plants Nancy. 👍 I wouldn't worry about them if there is no signs of infection. They should break down fast enough for any infection to develop.
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You said buying a papaya tree from a nursery would guarantee the plant will be a hermaphrodite. But you did not explain how the nursery do this when common people can't. Please elaborate.
Papaya is native or originally from Mexico and Central America, not from North America or USA, do some research first, AMIGO, greetings.
Last year my papaya was broke in half from a thunderstorm. (I’m live near Daytona Beach, FL) It went from 8ish feet to about 4feet. This year it shot off four shoots and is doing wonderful! She’s already fruiting on 3 of the four new branches. Thank you for the growing tips!
Thx for sharing
That's great to hear FB. 😁👍
Wow, you're very knowledgeable on this fruit. I'm very awestruck.
I know a little but not as much as I'd like. 😉🤔
Cheers & happy growing.
Haven't watched any of your videos for about a year. Thanks for putting this out there - I always learn something interesting!
Glad it helped some Chris.
Happy growing.
Only 1 minute into the video and you mentioned most important TIP for growing. Subbed
I'm glad the video helped some. We plan to post a number of growing videos once we start to developed our new farm.
Cheers & happy growing.
I grow papayas but I learned a lot from this video. Thanks for a very informative video.
Cheers Larry. 👍
Love this video, subscribed to all future videos.. Sending love from North Florida USA💜🌺
I can't believe I'm only finding your channel now!!!!
Brilliant presentation, thank you for this valuable information.
Glad you're enjoying the videos CS. 😁👍
Happy growing.
Yes I like them I know what the papayas are I want to help them grow they grow at my grandparents backyard hi from New Jersey 🇩🇴🇺🇸
I live in Southern California I bought a small papaya tree hopefully it make it throughout the heat. Thank for sharing your video
Hope it's doing well YV.
Happy growing.
I really enjoyed your video. It was really easy to understand and I LOVE the Aussie Accent!
Thanks Barbara😃
Thank you for educating me.
Great video. I am from India we have lots of papaya trees some of your info was new to us. Thank for for tips. stay blessed.
Thank you enjoyed your tips. I live in Costa Blanca and have three self seeded Papaya's. I have been very fortunate mine are all self fertilizing. It's a great hobby.
It definitely is Baycast.
Cheers & happy growing. 👍
HI ROB.LOVE WATCHING YOUR VIDEO ON PAW PAW (PAPAYA).VERY WELL DONE,GREAT WORK MATE.KEEP IT UP.OH !!JUST SO YOU KNOW I WILL BE FOLLOWING YOUR VIDEOS ON FARMING AND OR GARDENING, ALL THE WAY FROM CRETE GREECE.AND BY THE WAY I LIVED IN MELBOURNE VICTORIA FOR ABOUT 22 YEARS ,GOD BLESS YOU AND ALL AUSTRALIANS,BYE MATE.
Hi James & thanks mate. 👍
Cheers & happy growing.
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Wow you are very informative. The only voice I can listen to for gardening. Very clear. Thank you.
Shahrin Rahman
Thanks Shahrin. Hope the clip helps to grow you some tasty papaya.
Cheers
Can I use banana pleeings
Thanks for not cutting the tree down we learnt a lot from it -That's rich soil for these plants tks You are the best.....
The tree has since died 😥 but was replaced by 2 more volunteers grown from the seeds she dropped when the bats & possums were eating the fruit. 😀
Thanks for the info -
I’m growing 24 trees in my greenhouse in northern Michigan.
That is awesome! Hope you get a great harvest. 👍👍
Great video.. I am from Trinidad and Tobago the Caribbean 🇹🇹
Thanks Dr Lyons. 👍 You folks grow a load of papaya over there don't you?
Cheers mate.
@@RobsAquaponics. Yes we do.... I planted about twelve in my backyard recently.. They are still small like a foot in length
Thanks for some information on taking care of a papaya tree. Really helps a lot. Giving me a bit more knowledge to taking care of one.
Thanks Cristian & happy growing.
I also have my own papaya harvest in my tropical warm house every year in Germany. The oldest planted papaya is already 16 years old.
Nice one Ananas. 👍👍
which temperature your green house in winter?
@@HuongPham-vv8qz
Warm house usually means at least 18 degrees Celsius, when it's very cold outside I sometimes only have 15 degrees because the heating can't handle it anymore.
@@AnanasDoktor how do you heat the green house?. I just got a green house this summer and I have some tropical plants( papayas, carambola, guava). I am still trying to lean how to use to keep the green house warm during winter. Appreciate your advice.
@@HuongPham-vv8qz
I had a central heating connection laid across from the house, I laid 36 mm thick copper pipes on 3 sides in the high base area that serve as radiators. I heat with fuel oil and optionally logs and can still use thermal sun heat in transitional periods.
EXCELLENT video! Included all the info I was seeking thank you! :)
Thanks for sharing your knowlege about caring plants
It's my pleasure Delia.
Happy growing. 🌱
Hello to the folks down unda. Thanks for this informative video. I saved the seeds from a papaya and dried them. Well I'm happy to say 4 of them germinated and are 4 inches now. I live in Florida by the way and plan to grow them in my back yard. I also am growing mangos , 4 of them too.
Thanks again for the video, I subbed.
Cheers.
Nice one Lardo444. 👍 We haven't started any new fruiting trees as of yet but hope to soon.
Happy growing.
Solid info, thanks! Many others just ramble
Glad it was helpful Steve. Have a top one mate.
That is great that you got another volunteer plant! Those all sound like great tips. Hope you get a ton of fruit off this one :) Thanks for sharing :)
Cheers Benja.
I just learned a lot! Thanks! I can imagine what else you have growing. 👏🏾
thank you for your information all the way from Jamaica
Awesome Video. I have leant a lot . God bless you for us
Glad I could help some Victor.
Cheers mate. 👍🌱
Thanks Rob. Your video and all the indepth information was incredible. Thank you for helping us learn the ins and outs of growing papaya. We live in Southern California with potential for growing these beautiful plans. Thank you again for all this great information.
They should do really well for you there Ernie with your warmer winters. 👍
Cheers mate & happy growing.
Great show!! I just subscribed to your channel,I live in Florida and tropical fruit trees can easily be grown here,please keep making these shows, you have a very down to earth approach to this topic that I really like!!
Thanks Carl. We're currently out of our house while it's being renovated so haven't been posting as many clips lately. Will get back into full swing once we move home & get settled back in.
Cheers & happy growing.
Thank you, we r planning for a pappaya farm in our native, Kerala, india. Looking forward to hearing from you more details.....
I have no experience with a commercial farm sorry mate, just growing them in the backyard
I hope your farm is a great success mate.
Very Helpful information. I'm going to try to grow some from seeds, I'm curious to see how they grow here in Houston, TX
I just searched & it looks like you have very similar weather to us here David, just slightly less tropical. At a guess, I'd say it should do well.
Happy growing mate.
Great video. I live in the tropics as well and I just started growing paw paw from seeds. It has been a slow process as we are in the middle of the rainy season. Thank you for the explanation and great tips
Hope they grow well for you Nicole. 👍
Cheers & have a top one.
years ago Ma went to the grocer, and requested papaya seeds from the produce manager. He gave her a free handful. She had at least 1 that germinated decent, and it ended up approx. 3 ft. tall. She had 1 fruit develop, and just before winter. In order for its own weight, not to cause 'drop off'. I took an old school 12" ruler, and black electrical tape, and secured it to da trunk ! Right on time in the spring, it began to change into a orange yellow color. It fully ripened. Very good flavor; no spray's no fertilizer. She used to germinate in her kitchen oven. The temp. was around 95°due to the pilot, when not using the oven . Small 'peat pots', and a 'green thumb'. The interests, and enthusiasm of the older ones is inspiring, motivating especially in things of "life". Likes plants, pets, etc. Thank you for the vids. Now, I'm not sayin your old or something like that.....
Hi Ross. I like the oven germinating trick. Do you grow vegetables outside through summer there? I follow a chap called Patrick from the One Yard Revolution channel & he lives in your neck of the woods.
Cheers & all the best.
Rob.
Rob Bob's Backyard Farm & Aquaponics so close to Lake Michigan, and humidity is plentiful. A number of years previous, the weather changed to a pattern with many warm/hot days; with 20° deg. drop at night. Not the best for tomato fruits, or squash. Yes this summer had much less of rain, but steadier day temps. Onions, potatoes, sweet corn - squash bugs problem. One time, local store carried cherry tomatoes from Haifa, Israel. From those seeds, we had vines going up the power line for our home. Very sweet cherry tom's, with tender skins. One problem here, are the thick skins on the hybrid tomatoes; whether already grown at market, or from seed. Over all the quality, and taste is very good. The industry boys, pick the fruits green, and gas them like bananas, hard green, and like potatoes. Good growing !
I enjoyed your video and have learned much from watching. I would like to eat the papaya leaves and blend the leaves in my juicing for blood benefits. If the leaves have any black spots, can I still ingest them, or what is a safe way to treat the leaves so i can eat them or make a tea?
Thank you for your support.
I'm not 100% sure about any issues with the spotty leaves sorry. I would think that the healthiest looking ones would be best.
Best explanation so far 👌
Glad it helped!
Thank you for your good channels
Our pleasure!
Awesome thank-you Rob.
Thank you. Very informative!😊
Excellent lesson
Cheers Avion. 👍
I'm trying to figure out the best place for my Papaya. I keep reading to put them away from structures, but i like your idea of putting them near one. would putting one near a metal building be too hot for one? I'm in central coastal florida, 9b
LOVE your videos. Thnx again!!! 💖💖💖 short. To the point. And very educational.
Hi Jaq & thanks. 🙂 Hope they have given you a few ideas you could use yourself.
Cheers & have a top one.
Rob Bob's Backyard Farm & Aquaponics just moved from CA to ID. Gonna try to grow them in pots in a greenhouse with your suggestions. We will see if they'll survive the winter here.
Thank you so much for all the education on the papaya tree. I think now I know how to help my Papaya tree thrive and survive most of the elements which are affecting it now. I was wondering what the black spots were , and now I know. I was also looking to see how you can help the tree grow healthy and sweet papayas. Is there any vitamin or special food that I can feed my tree that can help the fruit be sweeter? Thank you again. Happy Planting :)
Hi Marlen. There's no particular element you could add that I can think of which would increase sweetness. I have found that the fruit developed after top dressing with compost tend to be sweeter. Not sure if that's just me thinking they are knowing that they've been fed though. 🤔
Sorry I'm not much help there.
Happy growing.
Thanks for the good tips on papaya
Glad you enjoyed it.
Cheers. 👍
Thanks for sharing wonderful video. Subscribed.
Glad you enjoyed it Aggy.
Happy growing. 👍👍
Hi Bob thanks for all the great videos. I've been growing Mexican papaya in my yard (San Diego, CA)for over ten years and propagate them from seed. I currently have over 12 with fruit. I'm sure over these years that of the 100 plus plants I've raised every one of them has given me good edible fruit. A few have given fruit on long stems but the overwhelming majority of fruit have been off the trunk.
Nice one Richard. I don't think I've seen that variety so will go look it up in a tick. 👍
Hope this seasons off to a great start for you mate.
Cheers & happy growing. 🌱🌱
Awsome video thank you Sir 🤙
Hi Bob can you tell me what kind of postassium that you mixed with essientail salt
It was a kelp/seaweed powder. 👍
Guess what, I have a beautiful 6ft tall Papaya tree here in South Florida, and after almost a year it looks amazing, it started flowering and it's a male, I was sad about it but I decided to leave it since there are a lot of papaya trees around, maybe someone needs my pollination lol.
Lol
On the up side, the flowers will be helping to attract some beneficial insects into the yard for you as well John.
Cheers mate.
@@RobsAquaponics Yes sir it will, thank you for the awesome video.!
Male papaya leaves cure some cancer or sickness I believe. A lot of people are looking for those everyday, as far as I know a lot of my people Vietnamese use them to cure certain sickness/cancer, but because not many people grow male papaya it becomes a bit rare
Can papaya trees be grown in northern FL?
Thank you Rob💕💕
No worries House of Feathers. 👍
Cheers & all the best.
Thanks for your awesome video and advice! What pot size do you recommend initially and what size for the final pot? :)
I personally like to start plants out in as large pots as I can, preferably the size they will end up growing in. For a papaya in soil I would so with nothing smaller than a 500mm/20" pot. I have grown a rather nice dwarf papaya in a ½ 200L/50gal drum. You just need to make sure that your feed it regularly with compost & water.
Thank you very much....I try just to plant Papaya in germany.😃😃
Pulpwood like to know how you get on over there in a cooler climate. 👍
Happy growing.
Great video Rob! I bought a papaya from the local Walmart and I saved the seeds and I planted them and lo and behold they came up! I'll shoot you a picture later on, I have them in containers in pretty much sandy soil but with a lot of compost, I have been feeding them with Miracle Grow, and they seem to be doing good. Remember now I live in Northeast Florida and we get some mighty cold weather here, so I am going to build a greenhouse shortly and hopefully they will survive the winter which is coming Upon Us soon. I'm not sure what variety they are but they are the big long kind if that makes any sense. Anyway brother cool video thank you so much!
Great to hear you're having a crack at growing a few plants. Do you get frosts there ? Once they put on a bit of size they would be able to survive a mild one in a sheltered spot as long as the leaves don't freeze.
Cheers & happy growing mate. 👍👍
Rob Bob's Backyard Farm & Aquaponics ,we do have hard freezes here, so they would have to be protected very well, when I lived in the Florida Keys they grew like crazy! It never froze there, never had frost, it is tropical and pretty much anything would grow year-round!
How large are the containers that you are using?
Thank you that was very helpful :)
Great video, thanks!
Awesome guide....I only have one question. How many times should I water my planted papaya seeds a day?
I would just make sure that the medium is moist but not soaking SC. Moist enough that only one or two drips of water fell out when squeezed.
Hope that helps some.
nice video. our tree produced a lot of fruits in the first year. but towards the end the leaves had black spots and soon the fruits also had black dots. during the winter, all leaves were impacted! what can we spray to make it healthier? can we buy it from lowes or home depot? can also tell us what fertilizer to use. Thanks. Seenu
Hey Seenu. I talk about the black spot issue at the 2:38 mark if that helps any. 👍
Hi from India! Great video!
Thanks Rushda.
Cheers & have a top one. 🙂
Great video cheers mate!!!
I live in florida, USA and these things grow all over the side of the roads where I live lol
Nothing like a bit of free roadside tucker. 👍🙂
Thank you
You're welcome Dave.have a top one mate.
So I’ve got a papaya tree with those black spots. But my neighbor has a BIG ackee tree that also looks like it might be sick as well. What do you think I can do about that?
You can try controlling it on your plant & see how it goes. If you're friendly enough with your neighbour you could offer to treat their tree as well.
I always put some gravel on the bottom of the pot to drain water, but it also keeps water stored at the bottom for the plant when I forget to water it. For papaya I think I will use pot with enough holes, because my other plants need to be watered more often.
Awesome video. Thanks dude.
Cheers Patrick. 👍
ROB BOB id love to have your JOB!
I'm actually a stay at home dad so house cleaning & cooking is my main job. ;)
Cheers.
this is highly
educating
Glad you enjoyed it & hope the pointers are useful. 👍
Cheers.
Very good info
Thanks Patrick.
Cheers.
Fantastic clip rob
I learn so much from you
Allan
Hey Mr Allan. Do you grow them down there ? Can't remember seeing any in the pic's or clips.
Cheers & have a top one mate.
Thank you for a great video
Great Video, I always thought in Australia Papaya had red flesh and Pawpaw had yellow flesh...
We call papaya Paw paw so they're the same David. 👍
Cheers mate & happy growing.
My grandfather had no trouble growing paw paw trees at Palmwoods in NSW (6 kms north of Mullumbimby) when he was alive as he died in August, 1 month short of his 98th birthday.
He used to start the seedlings in tin cans then when they got big enough, he'd plant it tin & all into the ground,he must've fertilized them with the same stuff he used to use on his banana plantation.
He was eating them for breakfast up until about 15 years ago but had an allergic reaction to something which his doctor blamed on him eating paw paw.
We've had no luck on growing them in our local area (Seaham) which is 40 kms north of Newcastle as the frost killed the paw paw trees we had growing.
That was quite a few years ago but I've noticed our area in the very fringe of a subtropical zone,maybe our areas climate has changed.
Someone has had luck growing them at Wallsend along a fence but I'm going to try & grow them by covering them in a Hessian wrap during the Winter time to keep the Frost off it.
I'm going to try & grow some mango trees as well as I have 4 of them that are growing from seed,as well as a couple of avocado plants which have been sprouted from seed.
My parents have a macadamia tree growing in their backyard which is a seed plant from my grandfathers old macadamia tree.
I have 4 seedlings from the seeds of that tree which I hope to plant next year,while they are not native to my area,they still do well as a cafe at Medowie has their own macadamia tree plantation.
Any watering tips specifically if the weather is over 40° celsius?
Love your channel mate. Big shout out and thumbs up from Davie, Florida!
Thanks mate. 👍👍
Cheers & have a top one.
Perfect
We call it paw paw too ..hi from south Africa
Thanks for that Desiree. I think it may be a hangover from the British. 👍
Cheers & happy growing. 🌱🌱
In Kenya we call it paw paw or pai pai
my papaya tree produce both male and female flowers, and once in a while, it produces mixed flowers. I noticed those mixed flowers before, but never knew what those were then seem like those later on cracked open showing a fruit inside.
Nice one P N. 👍
Delightful presentation! I have a question: I'm in Hawaii. A year ago I planted a dozen papaya trees. They all grew pretty well, but only 3 produced flowers, and only 1 produced fruit (with no seeds). Should I get rid of the ones that don't produce anything?
It sounds like you might have a few male trees & a female or possibly a bisexual tree. Might pay to keep a few male trees around just in case.
great info mate , thanks
Cheers James.
thanks - v useful!!!
No Problem David.
Happy growing.
Great hints and tips on how to grow papayas in containers Or in the ground !! Thanks for sharing
Cheers 50 Shades.
Have a top one.
Excellent video, thanks for the tips very helpful
No problem Chris. Cheers & have a top one.
Hi Sir, thank you for sharing tips growing papayas. I’m growing papaya in a pot, it has lots of roots. Can I take out and cut some roots and change the soil in the pot? Will cutting the roots kill the plan? Thank you so much
I have seen folks transplant from one pot to another. I'm not 100% sure how the plant would go if the roots were trimmed back too much though.
Hello, thanks for such an informative vid. I just planted some seeds from store bought papaya and wondering if planting a clump of seeds together will do anything or how far apart should each seed should be planted and from other plants ? Thanks 🙏
Excellent work bro
Cheers mate. 👍🙂
Thank you for tips.
No Problem Jonathan. 👍
Have a top one.
Hello rob. I live in a rental property and have inherited a couple of nicely producing papayas. Can i spray the fungicides while it fruits as the lower leaves are yellowing a spotting as you showed and are dieing off
You should have no issues with the wettable sulphur Rich. Just make sure you wash the outside of the fruit before eating it.
Hope you can get on top of it mate.
Cheers.
the only one question I have for all youtube videos is since after setting into a fruit from flower, how many days to mature or ripe?
It depends on the variety & climate . For some fruits it's 2-4 months while others may take upwards of 6 from what I've seen.
Hope that helps a little.
Nice video! I started from seeds from papaya from the grocery store and they are growing well. `i lost one due to overwatering. How long from sowing the seed with the plant grow to produce fruit?
The start fruiting around the 6-8 month mark Debby but that will also depend some what on what type you have as well.
Hope you get a great harvest from them.
@@RobsAquaponics thanks Rob. I hope so too!
I’ve heard “topping” by clipping the top of plant from preventing the papaya tree from growing to tall. Would you recommend such method?
My father did that to his trees a few years back. One did really well & put on side branches while the other died. It may be certain varieties will do better with pruning.
Good info
knowledgeable👍🏻
My papaya tree has some spider mite on some of the leaves... I sprayed the leaves with soapy water and that should kill spider mite
We have a bad mite infestation in some potted plants that we need to do the same to James.
Hope you can get them under control mate.
p.s. since we are approx.30 miles due west of downtown Chicago, and out papaya growin is not feasible, this was done all indoors. most planting growing, harvesting has its possibilities friends. another good favorite is beans, sprouted in glass jars on laying on their sides. and what a variety in flavor; protein. just sayin......God bless
Thanks for the video, what do you do for snails?
I really don't have an issue with them here. I have had slug issues with the aquaponics & found that beer traps were are great way to attract them for collection. I have heard that the same will work for snails as well if that helps any.
@@RobsAquaponics thanks
hey rob I've had a paw paw tree with large fruit on it for months-how do you get the fruit to turn yellow
Some do take a while to ripen up but haven't come across any method of speeding the process up on the tree. Some folks will pick them green & pop them in a paper bag to ripen them off the tree. I know of one bloke that did that & they all went mouldy so am not sure it's a fool proof method.😉
You could take them off now & use them green in a Thai/Asian style salad if you want to experiment.
Hope all's well with you mate.
nice video. how many years take to bear fruit and how many harvest can be done for the life of the plant?
These started to fruit within 12 months. It ended up dying from an unknown ailment late in 2019.
She has been replaced by 3 offspring grown from seeds dropped by the flying foxes.
Cheers.
Hi Bob, I have about 16 6 to 8 inch seedlings in individual pots. Many of the papaya plants have very yellowish leaves and don’t look healthy. I’m not sure if they need more water or if I’m watering them too much.When I water them the water drains well and the soil stay moist. What should I do? Live in Phoenix, and are shaded most of the day.
It might be that they're getting too much Matt. Try sitting them in a tray with a small amount of water in the base so the soil can irrigate itself naturally & see if that helps at all.
Just yesterday I chopped off some leaves and placed they around a banana tree. Think I should remove them? I didn't see any black spot but will the leaves develops any while composting?
I guess I've been lucky with my 3 trees. They are all growing fruit. I'm in Florida, US, but we get frost sometimes. The fruit ripen at the right time, I plant the seeds in a pot and have little trees growing all winter long on my porch. When the weather warms up I plant them in the ground and the cycle goes round and round.
Sounds like you're on a winner with your plants Nancy. 👍
I wouldn't worry about them if there is no signs of infection. They should break down fast enough for any infection to develop.
Very nice video, thank you!
Glad you liked it & hope it helps you a great crop Ennis. 👍👍
nice informative video . one question , if its male papaya , is it good to chop it off?
Probably best to leave it in case the other trees are only female I think. 👍
@@RobsAquaponics thanks, a valuable opinion