Unripe papaya is excellent for making salsa for eating with chips. Just dice it up together with tomatoes, jalapenos, onions, garlic, cilantro and add lemon juice, guava or orange juice and a little tapatillo sauce. It's amazing. I discovered this after being disappointed that a green papaya refused to ripen and I didn't want to throw it away. Now I use green papaya for many things.
I was given a tiny Papaya plant & decided to plant it in the corner of one of my raised vegetable beds- well it got this black fungus on the leaves & fruit so I went on a mission to learn all I could about Papaya trees. I treated it ( totally Organic) & have picked around 35 fruits so far with about 20 left to go- Papaya Jam / Mango & Papaya Chutney/ Papaya Relish & the list goes on- I am about to plant 2 more trees from my seeds which have sprouted from this original tree. I live in Brisbane Australia, which is sub-tropical & seems to be the perfect climate for them, I have just found your channel & will be watching. Cheers Denise - Brisbane Australia
you can eat the ENTIRE papaya....the skin has health benefits, as well as the seeds. the seeds have a nice peppery taste. yum!! makes me want to move to south florida!
This is a very well made and well edited video. The topic is important to us who do not live in the tropics or sub-tropics since, in most cases, we are not familiar with all of the aspects of the papaya. I have seen them for sale in the Asian stores in my region, but was never really comfortable in buying one. I think this is one of the exotic fruits that should be more a part of our diet since by all accounts it is healthy and has a many uses. I would give this video an A+ and a Like for sure.
Yes we do! Sugar apples are in a group known as Annonas and we have a page on our website that list growers who can ship this fruit to you in season. TFGSF
We couldn't agree more! TFGSF has been working hard to let the public know about the great fruits that are grown here in Florida. But we could use some more help. Please let your produce managers know that you want Florida grown fruit. not imported. In that way, you will get the freshest fruit available and at the same time, help to support Florida farms. Re:strawberry papaya, Yes, we have heard of that variety. It is not suited to the soils and other conditions in Florida. Thanks! TFGSF TFGSF
strawberry papayas are called mamey papayas in the Cuban comunity of South Florida and Cuba ,they are twice as sweet and juicy as the yellow onesand also more orange reddish orange color than those the best!
"The papaya is the fruit of the plant Carica papaya. The papaya is believed native to tropical America. There are two types of papayas, Hawaiian and Mexican. A properly ripened papaya is juicy, sweetish and somewhat like a cantaloupe in flavor. Although Mexican papayas are much larger than the Hawaiian types, the flavor is less intense than that the Hawaiian papaya." quoted from: Beauty Fruit for Lady - Papaya (Mugua)
Hi. Thank you for sharing your wonderful information. Do you have any suggestions about how to control the papaya wasps we get in Florida? They completely devastated my fruit.
to mr tropical fruit grower i live in puerto rico and i pick alot of papaya especially green ones for candy making and i have to use them withing tree days or my papaya would ripen up
I didn't know that papayas were commercially grown in Florida. How come every time I buy a papaya at Publix or other Florida stores, they're always from Mexico? As Floridians, we would prefer supporting our Florida growers and buy locally produced products, but it seems we don't have that choice. Ever heard of the Strawberry Papaya? I tasted some in Hawaii and they're much better than regular papayas. This variety might be good for your operation too.
Actually, papayas do not grow on trees, they grow on plants classified as herbs, like basil and parsley! But they do LOOK like trees, with the brown trunk, and leaves on the top. In Florida, papaya, plants do not last but a few years before productions declines. Once the trees starts to produce less fruit, the farmer will cut down the plants, and then put seed in the ground to start the next production cycle! Thanks fro your comment. TFGSF
when i lived in guam we would pickgreen papaya skin it then cut it up into bite size pieces and put them in a jar of vinger and water lrt soak for a little bit then eat with a fork .there awesome
I don't know about Central American countries. I came from Taiwan. I remember those papayas I had at my childhood, were yellow flesh. They taste better than these orange fleshed papaya, which taste bitter. The yellow fleshed papayas are the same yellow color inside and out. I can't find them in the market here at West coast of The States.
Thank you for your answer. I don't have land and I wanted to plant the papaya tree in a container. But my friends said that it won't grow because papaya trees have deep roots. What is your advice?
Love your channel, and the work you are doing, i have really learnt a lot from it. Please what is the maximum number of papaya that can be grown in an acre of land?
I'm in Ft. Lauderdale, but I have a bad nematode problem in my garden. I've got some papaya plants started. Should I be concerned, or do the nematodes typically not bother papaya plants?
I'm pretty sure it is not the Mexican papaya, which I can get from the market in Southern California. I found some photos of the Hawaiian papaya online, that has yellow flesh. So, to answer to your question, the exact name should be "Hawaiian papaya". Or if there is other official name for it, I wouldn't know though.
@gengorudder in commercial plantations typically 8ft apart, some varieties can be planted closer, and in some places 10 ft apart. they like lots of sun, and MUST NEVER grow in standing water, safe bet is to plant them on a raised mound of well drained fertile soil.
There are two reasons for this 1. Papayas in Mexico may be in season when Papayas in Florida are not. 2. Mexico and Chile are more competitive when it comes to pricing of produce. This bothers me too. I live in California and our stores sell a lot of produce from Mexico and Chile. California is the biggest agriculture state in the country,and we're importing all this produce from other countriees =:- \
I just bought a papaya and it's not ready yet. But I want to plant it. The seeds isn't black yet. The seed is still white, but how you go turning white seed to black when it's cut and taken out. Do I soak them til they turn black or what.... Need advice please!!!!!
I grew 7 Papaya plants from seeds that my neighbor gave me from her tree.. All of them seem to be male plants. All of them have the male flowers but are not growing off of long stems hanging off of plant.. All seem to be growing off of the trunk.. Is there any explanation for this.. Any help would be wonderful, Thank You.
hi i have a papaya plants growing in a pot in my balcony i wanna know if they will grow their their are tall and what happens if i transplant them outside in the ground i am growing those plants from seed of a papaya i want to know if it will bear me fruit and how long does it take it to grow i have a neighbor who bought a papaya plant from small and it already has flowers coming out i have had mines for more than 5 months how long do i have to wait.
Many of the answers to your questions depend on where you live, or where your papayas will live: the temps, the soil; the sun light., etc. Contact your local Cooperative Extension agency to help you find the answers to your questions. Also, click on the links on the papaya page of our website to reach the Univ. if Florida bulletin on papaya. Good luck!
@rbaker02 Usually green papaya will not ripen - it will stay green once picked . Green papaya is not sweet and is most often used as a vegetable. Once the papaya has started to get a little yellow color to it on the tree, it can then ripen off the tree into the sweet, delicious fruit.
hi i have about 30 papayas trees and one Mexican papaya or that's what i'm told 5 of the pair shaped ones have started flowering but the Mexican one has Multiple flowers on it 6 to its 1 any clues of whats going on ?
Is this fact that papaya tree can give fruits for two years only and then you need to cut it off and plant another one ?? I saw big old papaya s tree and still deliver fruits plz advise
He is talking for farming practice and business only. If it is a plant for your home garden - keep it as long as you want. Like you, I have also seen papaya plants fruiting for 6 years or more. They get very tall though. My dad chopped our old tree down to near the ground and it sprouted 3 new branches which all started fruiting that same year. He covered the stump with a plastic pot right after chopping the top off. Hope that helps.
***** you can use the seeds to grow your own trees.you can eat the soft seeds - very good for digestion. But only eat a few (less than five) a few times a dayyou can dehydrate the seeds after washing the pulp off and use them in a pepper grinder as pepper. Whatever you do, don't toss the seeds out. I use them for all three!
I have eaten papayas that are tasteless and sweet. How to differentiate between them? If I plant the papaya seeds from a papaya fruit that is sweet, does it mean that my papaya tree will produce sweet papayas? Sorry for my ignorance.
Paused the video (his hands look like "spirit fingers"). Just had to say that in the thumbnail, I thought those were giant grapes. Yep, I am American. lol
As a central Florida tropical fruit grower my self, I found this video very imformative.
Unripe papaya is excellent for making salsa for eating with chips. Just dice it up together with tomatoes, jalapenos, onions, garlic, cilantro and add lemon juice, guava or orange juice and a little tapatillo sauce. It's amazing. I discovered this after being disappointed that a green papaya refused to ripen and I didn't want to throw it away. Now I use green papaya for many things.
I was given a tiny Papaya plant & decided to plant it in the corner of one of my raised vegetable beds- well it got this black fungus on the leaves & fruit so I went on a mission to learn all I could about Papaya trees.
I treated it ( totally Organic) & have picked around 35 fruits so far with about 20 left to go- Papaya Jam / Mango & Papaya Chutney/ Papaya Relish & the list goes on- I am about to plant 2 more trees from my seeds which have sprouted from this original tree.
I live in Brisbane Australia, which is sub-tropical & seems to be the perfect climate for them, I have just found your channel & will be watching. Cheers Denise - Brisbane Australia
Julia--we love your educational videos....learning a lot from you, and having fun doing it.
Make some more soon?
Great video, I just purchased a home in South Florida and can't wait to grow nice fruit trees
How's that going so far?
you can eat the ENTIRE papaya....the skin has health benefits, as well as the seeds. the seeds have a nice peppery taste. yum!! makes me want to move to south florida!
Rich with pain... A protiolytic enzyme
Sweet in taste fruit
Fantastic and lovely fruiting
With best of wishes and love friend
papaya is my favorite salad , i love to eat them every days, its beautiful trees.
This is a very well made and well edited video. The topic is important to us who do not live in the tropics or sub-tropics since, in most cases, we are not familiar with all of the aspects of the papaya. I have seen them for sale in the Asian stores in my region, but was never really comfortable in buying one. I think this is one of the exotic fruits that should be more a part of our diet since by all accounts it is healthy and has a many uses. I would give this video an A+ and a Like for sure.
Yes we do! Sugar apples are in a group known as Annonas and we have a page on our website that list growers who can ship this fruit to you in season.
TFGSF
I love what you guys are doing...
Excellent and helpful videos. Thank you.
AMAZING
We couldn't agree more! TFGSF has been working hard to let the public know about the great fruits that are grown here in Florida. But we could use some more help. Please let your produce managers know that you want Florida grown fruit. not imported. In that way, you will get the freshest fruit available and at the same time, help to support Florida farms.
Re:strawberry papaya, Yes, we have heard of that variety. It is not suited to the soils and other conditions in Florida.
Thanks! TFGSF
TFGSF
strawberry papayas are called mamey papayas in the Cuban comunity of South Florida and Cuba ,they are twice as sweet and juicy as the yellow onesand also more orange reddish orange color than those
the best!
In Thailand green papaya is used in a fresh salad called Som Tom Thai. It’s almost a national dish. you must make medium length strings
i like growing and also eating papaya i found this video very educative thank you keep it up from Dar TAnzania
"The papaya is the fruit of the plant Carica papaya. The papaya is believed native to tropical America. There are two types of papayas, Hawaiian and Mexican. A properly ripened papaya is juicy, sweetish and somewhat like a cantaloupe in flavor. Although Mexican papayas are much larger than the Hawaiian types, the flavor is less intense than that the Hawaiian papaya." quoted from: Beauty
Fruit for Lady - Papaya (Mugua)
I didn't know you could eat the seeds! Cool Didn't know they can help tenderize meat. Wish I knew that sooner!
And delicious too! Thanks for your comment.
Louise
Hi. Thank you for sharing your wonderful information. Do you have any suggestions about how to control the papaya wasps we get in Florida? They completely devastated my fruit.
to mr tropical fruit grower i live in puerto rico and i pick alot of papaya especially green ones for candy making and i have to use them withing tree days or my papaya would ripen up
Beef Soup green Papaya,yummy !
tight tight tight! thanks Tuco. great video
Super good video. I have Irritable bowel syndrome (UBS) and they recommend papaya. I like to drizzle it with lime juice.
Excellent video
Thank you for video. Can I ask you why papaya leaves would turn yellow?
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Those are some huge papayas!
I didn't know that papayas were commercially grown in Florida. How come every time I buy a papaya at Publix or other Florida stores, they're always from Mexico? As Floridians, we would prefer supporting our Florida growers and buy locally produced products, but it seems we don't have that choice. Ever heard of the Strawberry Papaya? I tasted some in Hawaii and they're much better than regular papayas. This variety might be good for your operation too.
Actually, papayas do not grow on trees, they grow on plants classified as herbs, like basil and parsley! But they do LOOK like trees, with the brown trunk, and leaves on the top. In Florida, papaya, plants do not last but a few years before productions declines. Once the trees starts to produce less fruit, the farmer will cut down the plants, and then put seed in the ground to start the next production cycle!
Thanks fro your comment.
TFGSF
I love papaya beacause all pilipino favorite the papaya
I LOVVVE PAPAYA!!!!! WHERE CAN I GET THEM YEAR ROUND IN NJ.
About how long do the solo papaya trees take to fruit from seed? Mine is 2 years old and 3 feet tall
i miss watermelon loaded with seeds - sweet and juicy- like we use to have when we were little kids.
when i lived in guam we would pickgreen papaya skin it then cut it up into bite size pieces and put them in a jar of vinger and water lrt soak for a little bit then eat with a fork .there awesome
I don't know about Central American countries.
I came from Taiwan. I remember those papayas I had at my childhood, were yellow flesh. They taste better than these orange fleshed papaya, which taste bitter.
The yellow fleshed papayas are the same yellow color inside and out. I can't find them in the market here at West coast of The States.
Thank you for your answer. I don't have land and I wanted to plant the papaya tree in a container. But my friends said that it won't grow because papaya trees have deep roots. What is your advice?
papaya can be container grown, enter container papaya search on urine, you will see.
u-tube not urine, darn spell check, changed it and I missed the change, sorry.
If you pick the papaya green can you let it ripen as is and then eat or do you have to score it to release latex?
How do the roots grow? Deeply or shallowly and spread out?
Growing my first backyard papaya. Do you have any recommendations to control the papaya wasp? I just discoved this pest on my tree.
Love your channel, and the work you are doing, i have really learnt a lot from it. Please what is the maximum number of papaya that can be grown in an acre of land?
I'm in Ft. Lauderdale, but I have a bad nematode problem in my garden. I've got some papaya plants started. Should I be concerned, or do the nematodes typically not bother papaya plants?
peeled green papaya can be added to chicken soup or boiled cut up chicken as you would potato or carrot, good for cold winter night
No, there are still non-GMO plants around providing fruit.
TFGSF
Any problem with papaya fly down there ? If so. How do you deal with it?
BRAVO! I have subscribed.
how to protect your papaya from this papaya ring spot virus and how to control it? can you give me some tips?
how long does it take for the fruit to actual get big?
i hope its not hybrid or gmo. papayas are best in original and organic form. i love papayas regardless of smell. good for the digestive system
I'm pretty sure it is not the Mexican papaya, which I can get from the market in Southern California. I found some photos of the Hawaiian papaya online, that has yellow flesh. So, to answer to your question, the exact name should be "Hawaiian papaya". Or if there is other official name for it, I wouldn't know though.
I feel that way about brussel sprouts!
you're very lucky get to taste all the fruits.
How come I don't see these in central Florida supermarkets?
@gengorudder in commercial plantations typically 8ft apart, some varieties can be planted closer, and in some places 10 ft apart. they like lots of sun, and MUST NEVER grow in standing water, safe bet is to plant them on a raised mound of well drained fertile soil.
What do you do with Papaya wasp laying eggs on your fruit
How many feet apart should papaya trees be spaced out?
There are two reasons for this 1. Papayas in Mexico may be in season when Papayas in Florida are not. 2. Mexico and Chile are more competitive when it comes to pricing of produce.
This bothers me too. I live in California and our stores sell a lot of produce from Mexico and Chile. California is the biggest agriculture state in the country,and we're importing all this produce from other countriees =:- \
Hey nice video. Can i get the seeds here in South Africa?
Six is plenty!!!
I just bought a papaya and it's not ready yet. But I want to plant it. The seeds isn't black yet. The seed is still white, but how you go turning white seed to black when it's cut and taken out. Do I soak them til they turn black or what.... Need advice please!!!!!
+Choua Voung You need to buy a ripen fruit then take out all the black seeds. Dry them and follow the proper way to germinate them.
when the fruit is ripe it turns yellow outside, and the seeds will be ready to harvest and dry for planting.
they will not help you grow papaya, they are trying to sell it to you.
Sick papayas bro!
i like papaya for its sweet flavor. here in New England a fresh papaya is around $1.50. i sm germinating papaya seeds now
How are they fertilized, I am growing a tree in a container?
I grew 7 Papaya plants from seeds that my neighbor gave me from her tree.. All of them seem to be male plants. All of them have the male flowers but are not growing off of long stems hanging off of plant.. All seem to be growing off of the trunk.. Is there any explanation for this.. Any help would be wonderful, Thank You.
They sound like females!
Sandy Schneider take the seeds put in water : those one go down that female & go up that males.100 percent.
is this the carica papaya shown in the video? if not can i know the exact name. thanks
i have some papaya plants,, from the last2 years ,after flowering ,fell down flowers,,,without making frouit,pls can u advise me ,what to do?
had a male plant, no fruit from them
hi i have a papaya plants growing in a pot in my balcony i wanna know if they will grow their their are tall and what happens if i transplant them outside in the ground i am growing those plants from seed of a papaya i want to know if it will bear me fruit and how long does it take it to grow i have a neighbor who bought a papaya plant from small and it already has flowers coming out i have had mines for more than 5 months how long do i have to wait.
Papaya for me is something completely different lol
Hey my what can i do to stop fruit flies
hello my name is Charlie trying to stop fruit flies any suggestion
great , thanks for the video.... !
Hello! Did you have Sugar Apples in Florida? Thanks!
Yes, that was a quick shave from the plantation on the way to the kitchen! :)
Yes, some papaya are sweeter than others and so have a different odor.
TFGSF
Many of the answers to your questions depend on where you live, or where your papayas will live: the temps, the soil; the sun light., etc. Contact your local Cooperative Extension agency to help you find the answers to your questions.
Also, click on the links on the papaya page of our website to reach the Univ. if Florida bulletin on papaya. Good luck!
I got one from a market that was ripe, took it home and opened it to find out it tasted and smelled moldy. Is that common ?
Smokeydabee Charles Coleman no IT should taste amazing
Is it possible to germinate white seed of unripe papaya - even seeds color turn into black color later .
Which company seeds are you using?
what happens if you eat a green papaya?
@rbaker02 Usually green papaya will not ripen - it will stay green once picked . Green papaya is not sweet and is most often used as a vegetable. Once the papaya has started to get a little yellow color to it on the tree, it can then ripen off the tree into the sweet, delicious fruit.
Yes, we have growers that can sell you the Dragon Fruit plants. check out our website and click on the Nursery page.
TFGSF
hi i have about 30 papayas trees and one Mexican papaya or that's what i'm told
5 of the pair shaped ones have started flowering but the Mexican one has Multiple flowers on it 6 to its 1 any clues of whats going on ?
hello, how much $ cost 1 papaya in for example florida ? because in germany they are very expensive ...
Do you have "yellow flesh" papayas? Yellow papayas are smaller but taste better than this.
I grow lots of these in thailand i like when ripe and sweet but its not easy because the family eat these so quickly
i got that exact same papaya right now in Canada
good video great explanation the guy is good dddddd
it can be eaten cooked sorted, it can be very good. u can also make sweet of it. i eat both of them
Thanks,that's informative.
Is this fact that papaya tree can give fruits for two years only and then you need to cut it off and plant another one ?? I saw big old papaya s tree and still deliver fruits plz advise
He is talking for farming practice and business only. If it is a plant for your home garden - keep it as long as you want. Like you, I have also seen papaya plants fruiting for 6 years or more. They get very tall though. My dad chopped our old tree down to near the ground and it sprouted 3 new branches which all started fruiting that same year. He covered the stump with a plastic pot right after chopping the top off. Hope that helps.
Phangz 83 thank you for the info
I have a few papaya trees. My don't grow so big like that. Where can I get a plant like that?
You will need to grow your papaya from seed to get trees like you see in this video.
***** Yes, sure.....some will give male plants, other female plants
***** you can use the seeds to grow your own trees.you can eat the soft seeds - very good for digestion. But only eat a few (less than five) a few times a dayyou can dehydrate the seeds after washing the pulp off and use them in a pepper grinder as pepper. Whatever you do, don't toss the seeds out. I use them for all three!
+Anita E I k z
i still don't see how the fruit bats manage to get them.
I have eaten papayas that are tasteless and sweet. How to differentiate between them? If I plant the papaya seeds from a papaya fruit that is sweet, does it mean that my papaya tree will produce sweet papayas? Sorry for my ignorance.
If Papaya is sweet then it has been left to ripen and will be yellow in colour
I am not aware of any yellow fleshed varieties grown here. Perhaps those grow in the Central American countries???
do you sale the flower too?
chew a big handful of seeds and swallow, tastes bad but the most medicinal benefits
Paused the video (his hands look like "spirit fingers"). Just had to say that in the thumbnail, I thought those were giant grapes. Yep, I am American. lol
Do you have Dragon Fruit cactus?
Thanks!