PAPAYA (branching "experiment")
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 ส.ค. 2024
- So the papayas are over two years old now and I decided to see if the little growths on the trunk would grow out. I want to see if it's work continuing to let the "branches" fruit or if it would be better to just regrow new papaya trees. This is how it went!
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I remember when I was growing up in Hawaii, my grandfather used to cut down papaya trees, which according to him, would reinvigorate the old papaya trees and start producing good and big fruits like it used to do during it's first year of life. He told me that when papaya trees started to get taller and fruits not bigger than the size of an oranges, then that's the time to cut it down. He would cut it down three feet from the base.... and since papaya trees has hollow trunks, he would wrapped it and secured with a transparent plastic bag, or anything to prevent the water from coming in and stop it from rotting. Also, after cutting the tree, he would fertilized the soil around the papaya tree with composted chicken or cow manure. After a week, your will see new branches coming out, and four weeks after, he would get rid some of the extra branches and just save a couple or three strong healthy branches. After three months, you will start to see healthy papaya fruits coming out like it used to be.
Your grandpa is truly a man of the earth 👍 the fact that this memory lives in you now is attributed to his wisdom in and of life! Sounds like a great man! THANK YOU for sharing this wonderful memory with us all 🙏
Hi may I know how do we have to cover the hole please reply cos I am a new learner
@@nelsontan8328 yes cover the hole!
Thank you so much for sharing about your grandfather cutting down papaya trees in Hawaii and with this information I think we are going to save the Papaya plants. And I do have a question for you and the reader out there. How can get some fresh papaya leaves here in Arizona to treat my cancer ? Please let me know asap. Thank you
@@nelsontan8328 There's a lot of ways or options you can do.... The most convenient way, freezer bags, you can use the quart, or the gallon size, it all depend on the size of the papaya trunk, and don't forget to secure it with a butcher string or straw string.
We have a 27 year old tree beside our stairs for ease of picking fruit. When it gets too tall we lop off the top & place an upside used can so the stalk doesn't rot then it Sprouts new trunks from under the can. We've had spectacular fruit for 26 years from the one tree. ❤
Wow! Amazing! Thank you for sharing! 🤙
The nutrients from the soil takes a long way up the trunk of the papaya that’s why the fruits are small. By cutting the top and encouraging low branches to grow will let the nutrients reach the buds to grow faster. Just make sure, the cut trunk is capped and sealed to prevent rotting that will eventually kill the tree.
👍 thank you
What product do you use for sealing?
Outstanding educational video in detail
Thank you so much
@@ghulamkhaliq3463 THANK YOU 🤙
This is how my Florida grown papaya are by necessity. Hard freeze every winter killed the top … I cover the trunk with wool and plastic. They get giant again in summer … branch out like a crown .
When I cut the papaya trees back I place things on top of the cut to stop the rain from going into the trunk and rotting it out
We used to do this too when I was a kid! Now we see what happens when left exposed 👍 thank you for sharing!
What should i place on top of my cut papaya tree? A plastic bag?
@@marthagreyes7603 I think so.
@@marthagreyes7603 Yes! Anything big enough to cover the hollow core and prevent water from coming in. I've seen people in California using a 10 square inch(it depends on the size of the trunks) Saran wrap plastic film secured with a string. Just make sure you use 2 to 3 fold of the plastic film to make it's sturdy enough to withstand the nature's elements.
@@renetanchico6901 Thank you!!!
An Australian who was working on a farm in the Phillipines did an experiment by placing a tin can over the stump of a cut down papaya plant to keep the water out of it to do an experiment to see if it will grow into a plant.
Apparently that's meant to work !
It sure does! 👍
Papaya trees usually have tiny little shoots that are on the side of the trunk but they never grow because the top of the tree is taking all the energy it needs to grow and doesn’t let the side shoots grow so if you cut the top off the energy goes directly to the side shoots and they will start growing
Great info! 👍
Just now tried this I will see what happens thank you.
They will grow. I got a papay tree that started growing mutiple papayas. You cut one branch off and two more grows
That's exactly what they're doing 👍👌
It'll be nice to see if you can just cut them down and plant them into the soil. They will be really low bearing papaya trees. It'll be quite a scene.
Another experiment to try! Great idea uncle Nila! I might just do that today lol
Good info.. this helps!
Thanks
thanks for sharing
THANK YOU! 👍
Very nice.....
When it branching you can airlayer them, and you will have dwarf payaya trees.
Wow! I will have to try that in the future for sure!
Thank you for the video. What state do you live in? We're from Arizona and have three papaya trees 1). Is dead and the other lost all the leaves and it's getting ready to go to do to we left the country for a month and lack of watering but, the third one it's doing amazing. I am trying to save the second one and do you know how? Thank you in advance.
Thanks mate, wonder if it’s better to chap them when they’re smaller?
You may be right. I’ll try that next time and will do another trial run. 👍
Your papaya trees are too close ..You should enrich your soil with compost .
I have a lot of experience growing Papaya trees.
Thank you for the expert advice! I really do appreciate it! I will be sure to do that in the future 🤙
No offence but those are the smallest papayas I've ever seen. Is it the weather there?
Here in the tropics (South East Asian- Malaysia) Papayas grow like weeds. As long as they got full sun, not a bit of shade, they'll produce at least decent fruits.
Thanks for the nice experiment. I think I'll try cutting some and see if they branch out. Never heard people prune papayas in my country.
No offense taken! Yes the "original" papayas that were on the tree were larger..and the area I have these papayas planted in has very poor soil. One day I'll do another papaya video where the papayas are planted in much better soil 🤙
THANK YOU FOR SHARING! 🙏
I’ve got a hermaphrodite papaya. Have you had any success rooting papaya cuttings or air layering?
I’ve never attempted either of those methods…I just grow them from seed. Then I save the seeds from the fruits and repropagate 👍 maybe I’ll try sometime in the near future 🤙
Can you. Put cow manure or chicken manure on a 2 year old tree .. can anybody reply please thank you
I'm sure you can but I'm not sure on the outcome..
@@ThePlantCollector my plants leaves are all starting to curl will it die and do you know how I can treat it .. thank you so much for reply
@@chrisly9241 In my experience, papayas are not easy to stop once they're on the way out....it might just bounce back on its own though 👍
@@ThePlantCollector ok thanks .. so curly leaves is a sign it might die
@@ThePlantCollector thanks for help and reply
Have you tryed notching to make it branch out
Notching? I dont think Ive tried that. How do you do that?
@@ThePlantCollector you take a knife and cut a notch above a node and it will heal and produce a branch it worked on my fruit trees at home I was amazed
@@natemurphy4367 very nice! Thanks for the tip! 👍
Fruit can or candle wax
Fruit can for sure 👍
Papaya. Forrest
you talk too much guy😥
Thanks!
Tf is this comment? It’s an informative video. Maybe don’t watch the video? 🙄 do you want him to make a slideshow instead? 🤦🏽♂️