Hi Mark, I think the only couple of points I would add from my own experience of growing Papaya here in Indonesia (Tropical) is that you need to plant on a soil mound if you have a rainy season and rivers of water flowing through your garden as the roots do not like standing in water. The second point I would add is that if you allow the tree to grow and bear fruit and is too high, cut the tree down to around 4 feet and the trunk will start sprouting crowns all over the trunk that will eventually produce another generation of fruit but at a lower height. Really enjoy watching your videos.
Hello Mark,just as a matter of interest my brother who lives on the hill above Currumbin Surf club on the Gold Coast grows great papaya ??? and the best ones are about 8 hears old and cuts em off at about 4 ft when they are about 4 hears old and puts a tin on em so they shoot below the cut with multi branches prunes them a bit doses them with lotsa chook manure and the fruit is bldy brilliant...GREAT post by Hqmpest..about growing them in Indonesia would like to hear if he prunes them and how?? also Thank You for the vidio it was great.. i follow all your stuff on utube..watch all the old ones when i am having my breakfast.. all the best brilliant al round vids
@@danielcahill3957 Here in Bali, I use a self selection process as the off shoots determine themselves which are going to be good and those that are not, once they start dying back I just snap them off of the main trunk. Interestingly this year my jack fruit is producing for the first time and again just keeps shedding young fruit however it appears to be passionately holding on to one fruit which is only about half a first size but growing healthy. First time this year for growing giant passion fruit which are something to behold also. Sometimes I just wish there was an opportunity to attach a picture to a comment to share and help the world along 👍
@@introtwerp Short answer No. The papaya trunk is fiberous almost woody and hollow in the middle. The leaves sprout out like a branch and are very tender dying back as the tree grows. Seeds from a shop bought papaya can be very good although you will not know it's gender. Plant a few about 2m apart and hope for the best. The good news is that a tree will grow, produce and die in around 12months so you won't have to wait long. Good Luck
Ever try drying orange seeds and grinding them in a salt grinder for salt? No? ...me neither! Lolol! But then again, the corner market sells salt by the bucket full!
I'm from Costa Rica and in my house we love ripe papaya juice just blender the papaya with some sweet ripe bananas, a sweet orange and sugar and is the best! also helps to clean your digestive system, that's why when you made the juice just drink occasionaly beacouse you will be a lot of time in the bathroom next day
Mark, imagine how pleased I was when I searched TH-cam for info on how to germinate and grow papaya seeds and this video popped up. I knew I would get all the info I needed, and be entertained at the same time. Thank you so much. All the best.
Hi Mark, this is Michael in northern Florida, I started planting my Papaya plants couple f months ago from seeds after watching your videos, very informative and helpful. Thank you.
hi Mark! the shape of the fruit determines the sex of future plants. Round papayas make female plants wereas long fruit gives male or hermaphrodite trees. if your tree gets too tall cut it down and put a plastic cup on the exposed end and it will branch out under it. Each branch will grow papayas on the stem if female or hermaphrodite. Green papayas can be used for candied fruit, like guava and coconut and taste wonderful with a slice of white cheese. Also in salads cut in thin slices or matchsticks and mixed with green mangoes cut the same. Don't forget to let some of the male trees grow even if they don't produce fruit so they can produce pollen. I will be sending the recipe for the candied papaya next.
Here in Okinawa, you'll only find papaya green. I'm not sure of the species, but it's considered a vegi here. My wife's favorite way to eat it is in a papaya, carrot, and egg stir-fry. (Ninjin Shirishiri) Maybe your family would find it a little more palatable.
I love papayas! I didn’t at one time until my husband taught me to take cold cut up papaya and squeeze fresh lime over the fruit and drizzle with some honey. Yummy!
I do compost on the little terrace outside my apartment. I’ve grown a nice sized papaya plant from composting one. I’m so proud of it and hope it lives through the winter 😊
"This is becoming a really confusing video, isn't it?" No, It became a really informative video actually! Really love all these information and research put into it!
Love your videos Mark. I've been experimenting with germinating papaya seeds and have found that you need to get the seeds from a whole fully ripe fruit (not a shop one that has been cut in half) and plant them straight away. No washing or drying of the seeds, just plant them straight from the fruit. This must be done during the warmer months and the soil must be kept damp. Don't let it dry out. The seeds will take up to 40 days to germinate so be patient. This will give you nearly 100% germination.
Interesting - I threw some food scraps in a trough a few months ago and it must have had some paw paw seeds in the mix... I appear to have a paw paw tree growing that is over a metre tall now. Reluctant to plant it out in the garden since I'm not 100% sure what I'm growing or if it is male/female or bisexual. I'll just see what it does in the pot. I'm in Brisbane.
I'm from the Midwest US and we have a native fruit tree called a Paw Paw. The fruits taste tropical, though it grows in forests that get below freezing. I checked out your video and hope to grow Papaya in containers. I don't like raw papaya, but I love it dried for some reason. Much love from the Midwest US 💖
They are very hardy plants, I brought one and ran out of pots so put it into the ground temporarily, then forgot all about it. When I went to tidy up my yard a year later I found some 5 and 6 kilo fruits hiding and it had grown in height a lot. They tasted fantastic and they freeze really well. Well worth growing, love your videos!
Isn’t gardening funny? Some people just forget about something and end up with a bountiful harvest, whilst someone like me plants and waters then every day yet mine all died. I have really terrible soil, no rain and harsh sun so even weeds don’t live in my yard. Haha
Sam Jones absolutely ! I have tried to grow papaya from seed, trying in various different ways but none of them have ever put out shoots. Nothing. Trying again by fermenting the seeds. Might have to end up buying a small plant...
Greetings from South Africa. I have just been given 3 pawpaw babies and found you on how to grow them. I follow you all the time. Just love your sense of humour
I agee about eating papayas green. I enjoyed a salad made mostly shredded green papaya, some shredded carrots, green onions, crushed peanuts, with a lime/lemon juice, fish sauce, honey & soy sauce dressing. I discovered this salad from my Thai friends. Good video. Thank you.
A few things I know....Use only the seeds from the bottom half of the fruit. Drop them in water, remove the seeds that float to the top, they are faulty. Don't dry them, sow immediately for the best results. Trim the main roots a bit as you transplant into the ground (Supposed to create a dwarf style tree) and always keep the leaves clipped at least halfway up the trunk and always remove dead foliage.
Thanks for the info. I planted 3 trees that I grew from seed. I planted the in November 2019. They are now about 3 feet tall with thick trunks. I'm not a fan of papaya either but my mom loves them. I'm hoping to see fruit this year. 8-2-20 As of today we 7 papaya fruit on the tree that appeared at the end of June. Hopefully they will mature and my mom will enjoy fresh off the tree soon.
Loved this. Here in South Florida, you can get a papaya in the store and the seedlings will just come up everywhere if you put the seeds straight in the sandy "soil." I did that 2-3 months ago and I had 100+ sprouts come up. I've winnowed that down to ~30 plants. Some are 2-3" tall and maybe 8 of them are 18" tall. Easy!
You are lucky. Most papayas that are store-bought are genetically modified and the seeds don't sprout easily. I will try again though in Puerto Rico.....
Unfortunately there are still a few commenters who didn't make it past the first minute of the video it seems! I think you should have to answer a couple of questions about the video before you're allowed to comment to prove you actually watched it first!
You are my Idol man! I've been watching your videos and learning so much over time . I now have my entire veggie patch with varieties of vegetables and fruits !
I live in Florida I constantly have them growing randomly in my yard most likely do to my chickens. My trees fruit at 2 1/2-3 ft talk and I cut them at two years and start over. If it’s a good tree I cut it down the middle and let it regenerate in to multiple branches
Stogie. What part of SOFlo. I have had no luck with it. This is my first year growing it from see and it's only by accident. I threw the papaya seeds in the compost and voila! I have about 20 or 30 of them now. I'm afraid they will get infested with bugs like the one I had before. Anything you can recommend to make sure it stays healthy?
Orlando here Stogie. Might give it a go. It can get cool here, but a fella down the street has had luck. Thanks for the advice and thank you too Self Sufficient Me. Two Paw-paya thumbs up!
He’s funny and knowledgeable and I find usually it has really good advice and this is a good way to do it but I’ve tried so many times to do it and so many times they never sprouted until one time I just scoop the seeds out of a papaya and check them in a pot and they all grew and then I learned that if you take them fresh from the papaya and plant them they have a way better germination rate then if you dry them and store them and there’s no need for any of the rinsing or drying or vomiting or anything you can just scoop them right out into the dirt and they will grow
Hi Mark! Really enjoy watching and learning from your videos! We call it hermaphrodite instead of bisexual papayas in the Philippines, I think it’s a more accurate description for plants having both the male and female flowers. A hermaphrodite plant is desirable for commercial farmers and the female accepted as well, but male papayas are generally avoided, most times even killed. But we know a couple tricks to convert a male to female two ways: first, when transplanting a seedling to its permanent container, trim the main root. Or second, when the plant is mature and starts flowering male flowers, we drive two sticks in the middle of the tree (where the hard brown trunk meets the soft green part) perpendicular to each other. This “threatens” the tree’s life and forces it to “survive” by putting out female flowers which leads to fruiting. Looking forward to more quality content. Cheers mate!
Zzdd Hi there! I'm trying that technique this year with some of my papayas, hopefully it'll work. 😉👍 I saw it from a video from a guy in the Philippines. ❤️
It's the same in Australia, Mark's the first Aussie I've heard call it bisexual. It actually makes no sense, bisexual people are attracted to both men and women. They don't have both male and female genitalia. The correct term for that in humans is intersex. The 'I' in LGBTIQA+ is intersex.
I've only ever heard of the Eastern US paw paw (Asimina triloba). Then again, I always get a giggle when you talk about possums in the garden, because our possums (technically an opossum) are no problem. In fact, they are the #1 tick eating animal, very rarely have rabies, and just fine to have around or living under your porch.
Just to clarify and not take away from your post… opossums do not get rabies at all. They are pretty fantastic. I wish people would educate themselves about them. It’s unfortunate they get treated so poorly. Thank you for advocating for them.
They are amazing in so many ways but they have killed my chickens and so I live trap them and take them to a better place.... I'm also going to try to grow papayas in my greenhouse and I live in Northeast Oregon....
Here in Belize, Central America people use papaya seeds for deworming humans and animals. We also use it as a biological pesticide. Very useful for aphids and whiteflies. Also thank you very much for your videos. My garden has improved so much thanks to you.
Im glad you touched on the north american Pawpaw fruit. A little known fruit nowadays with a rich history! Great vids man, found your channel a few weeks ago and love evey vid you make. All the best!
@@minihaha3940 - Pawpaws are an understory tree usually found around creeks, streams, and rivers. Unless planted by humans, they are seldom found out in the open. They fruit around late July to Late August depending on zone. I grow them in 10-20 gallon pots so I can move them...............they also are very strange in how they pollinate -- not only are they male and female, but a male and female from the same genetic stock cannot pollinate each other. So if you get your plants all from the same mother plant they will not be able to pollinate each other, you will need to find a plant from another source, this is why some of the wild stock doesn't fruit.
Hi Mark, here in South Africa we also say paw paw for the yellow variety and papaya for the orange/pinkish variety 👍. I always enjoy your videos. Thank you
lol 6'1' of Australian beef cake! Great video that's so appreciative. I got a pile of huge, over-ripe ones from a grocery store dumpster and wanted to try it:) Hopefully since these are squishy, the seeds may be more mature.
Mark, greetings from Bangkok. Following you for some time now, very helpful videos you have. Great seeing you and family eating green papaya, looks like Thai som-tam salad. Personally I prefer papaya when fully ripe,great taste. I wouldn't worry when your trees get taller, in Thailand we use a kind of basket on a long bamboo pole for fruit high in a tree. Also used for mangoes. I know your visited here so sure you've seen them before. Stay safe down under 😀
We are new to papayas and live in Ecuador. We noticed that our papaya tree which was once about 4 feet is now about 20 feet tall after 27 months is now starting to have new shoots and today we noticed a flower. I had to look up if they can fruit again at a lower level of the tree and this is when I saw your video. We already lost our other tree due to the weight of the Hawian papayas being so large during a windy day and wished we knew the trick about cutting it back to 4 feet. Thank you for putting this out there for us to learn how to take care of the tree.
Paw paw ("Asimina triloba") is actually a plant native to northern america and is hardy to USDA zone 5 and below, right up to zone 10-11. Papaya is a tropical plant native to parts of Australia and can only be grown in USDA zones 10-13.
The papaya was said to have arrived in Australia around 1875 from tropical America when a British physician discovered the medicinal value of papaya and started treating patients with it in a Brisbane hospital. Over a century later production has grown and a significant horticultural industry now exists.
@@I_know_it_I_sew_it_I_grow_it looking back i think i meant to type america. For some reason I had australia on the mind while watching mark... weird...
I just ate an amazing pawpaw which I just now learnt was actually a papaya and that explains why it was so different and I'm here to learn how to plant it so I can have some all year round. This was such an informative video and you such a positive personality it felt like I was learning from my dad ❤
I learned in plant biology at university that a plant with a flower that has both male and female parts on the same flower is called a "perfect flower." Papaya would be that it seems!
When papayas ripens, they help you digesting read meal. If you have a tough cut of meet leave them marinating in Papaya for a few hours and your meet will be soften. If you eat them after eating meat it will help your digestion. You can also make milk shakes with them.
We bought one papaya (FL) years ago. I collected the seeds and just threw them out my back door towards a clearing. Aside from ONE I kept to grow forever, I give away up to a dozen volunteers every year. It's like a tree-weed.
Hi Mark If you like orange marmalade, most likely you will like the Papaya jam: PAPAYAS, SUGAR, CITRUS ZEST 1. Just dice ripe Papayas, place in the pot, dust them with sugar, and leave aside until juice will come out. 2. Bring to the boil, blend with stick blender add zest from Oranges, Lemons - natural pectin. You can add the juice as well to regulate the acidity and flavor. 3. Simmer and reduce down till desired thickness 4. Place in jars and do quick pasteurization process and now you have a stash of Citrus Papaya Jam 🙂 Awesome for toasts, pancakes, crepes Love Your channel Mark 👍👍👍 Regards from Mexico, here I grow papayas from the seeds landing directly in my compost
Hiya, just been potting up baby papaya seedlings today. I recommend using fresh seed and don't dry them. Drying will reduce the viability a lot. My seed has come up close to 100% germination. Loved learning about using them green
Thanks for your informative, straightforward interesting vlog on papaya. I live in Canada and happen to love papaya; even the seeds. Their digestive properties are legendary and I envy you being able to pop in seeds and have the climate to grow them in; not to mention just being able to harvest them right off the tree. And I appreciate the opportunity to see, ahem, first ”paw” how they are grown and harvested!!!
Just a curious thought - have you considered using a small greenhouse setup to grow papaya and other tropical fruits up in Canada? I grew up in the the northern US (Pennsylvania) and was always very impressed by what friends & colleagues were able to grow via greenhouse. Kind regards! 🥭
@@AlisiaBolivar definitely have given it thought. Our winters, however, are very long, with some extremely cold temps, a lack of sun and crazy unpredictable winds. We erected a portable garage cover one year, only to have the wind rip it off its anchors and destroy it 2 weeks later so a portable greenhouse would be at risk. Also no suitable place to erect it. In the last 20+ years our springs have become almost non-existent with deep freezes returning again and again right into June. It just snowed on 29May. This would make heating the greenhouse an expense. I do have some tropical house plants in a southern exposure in my kitchen where I also start my seedlings. But the set up is too small for growing papaya. And I do struggle with fungus gnats..... I believe this calls for an attached sun room with a southern exposure. Sounds pretty dismal doesn’t it? But despite the reality of my growing conditions, I keep at it because out of all those cons are enough pros to convince me to continue gardening and dream of an attached sunroom!!!!........💭🌞😊
I'm growing papaya from seed using a technique that's supposed to guarentee female trees and also keeps them shorter. You snip the tap roots of young seedlings. We'll see if it works.
I recently discovered your channel and I absolutely love it! You seem like a really kind and friendly person, and you inspired me to start growing a pineapple plant! I've been looking into other types of plants, especially ones that bear fruit. I love citrus fruits, but my favourite ones take years and years and years to grow. Did you start your trees from seed, or did you buy younger trees and start with those? How long did it take for them to start producing fruit? By the way, thank you so much for putting out these videos during the quarantine, it really helps lift my spirits!
You’re better off buying a grafted tree it wil fruit much sooner and here at Home Depot you can get some from twenty bucks up to whatever I’ve got some for around forty dollars
Great info Mark, I lived in Africa for 10 years and we called them Pawpaws over there. It's been a good long while since I've tasted one, will have to see if my local fruit and veg shop has any for sale. Cheers Adam
Funny. There is tropical fruit in the US known for its cold-hardiness also called the Paw-Paw. It's not widely grown and seems to be more of an East Coast backyard/small farm oddity...I think it might also be known as the Northern Banana because of its flavor. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asimina_triloba
I have a pair of American Paw Paws just put them in this spring and they're leafing out. The European explorers named everything similar, they weren't the most creative with names. I prefer the name Hoosier banana. P.S. I also have a Papaya plant in my greenhouse I will overwinter it in my grow tent. love new fruits.
I'm on the Sunshine coast and have grown papaya from seed. Unfortunately, like with mangos, we get black spot which destroys the fruit. Do you have any recommendations on keeping black spot at bay or is it just pointless trying to grow mangoes/papaya in my area? Thanks :)
Is it like blossom end rot, where the flower is? I found out that when my squash were rotting, it was because the flower died but never fell off the fruit, and stayed there wit trapped moisture and made the fruit rot. So now when the flowers die on squash and okra I pick it off with my fingernails immediately, and now they don't get the blossom end rot.
I love Papaya, the first time I ever had it was in Brisbane, when I came to Australia in my late teens from New Zealand. The fruit has digestive emzines that helps break down meat and I always try to have it when eating Pork. The seeds are very peppery when eaten and crushed with the teeth and are good in eliminating parisitic worms. In the Philippines they make a pickle salad from green ones that is very nice that goes great with cold meats.
@@-desertpackrat Intersex is proper, or intersex variant. Bisexual is nonsensical as it relates to sexuality.. of plants or dimorphism. I don't know much, but I do know "bisexual plants" is whack and hermaphroditic can be vulgar depending on the person
@@AlyxGlide But still the "text book", Scientific term for those types of plants.... Is/are "Hermaphraditic" Not based on feelings... & Wasn't it you that said, a human term for dimorphism ( "bisexual plants are whack") was wrong? And than, you pull another human term for dimorphism, "intersex" out of your hat?! Who is whack now? Lol
That's Awesome!!! I wanted to do this and we are a sub tropical area in Northern Northern California. I think I may try it!! Who am I Kidding!! I Am Going to Try it!!
pretty confusing to hear him calling it paw paw all the time and must be a very aussie thing to do …..never heard anyone else calling papayas pawpaws I got 3 Asimina triloba in my garden, easily surviving north german winters …..wont assume that regarding the 4 tiny papaya seedlings that I found yesterday between my tunneled Paprikas and just potted them right away
Interesting you all have another paw paw that's different to the Asimina Triloba that he said at 1:52 is called "paw paw" outside of Australia. @Pete Do you know the scientific name of the one in your backyard, that's different to the Asimina Triloba mentioned in the video? And @Peter Vaughan the North American Paw Paw that you said is nothing like the Triloba, do you have any other details about it? Amazing that there are so many different fruits called "paw paw"!
im learning so much from your channel. I live in Fiji and have pawpaw trees growing like a weed on my compound, this'll help me select and plant them, good on ya mate.
My daughter bought me papaya from supermarket 5 years ago germinated the seed. She has a beautiful papaya tree in her yard.yieldrd fruit in the second year as well👍
Somebody in my weird household loves to mash it and put it on their faces for “natural” skin care. They can do whatever they want I just want the seeds. Weirdos
we have learned about this on a course i did with a food forest expert and he showed us that will certain seeds if you leave the layer on top for too long then it will absorb into the seed stopping it from growing until the next year. if you take the fruit and remove the seeds and add them to a jar of water and then put a hand held blender that has a space between the blade and top large enough to let the seeds pass then you can turn the power down and that will clean the seeds and remove all of this so they can be dried and then stored ready for use any time you need them. and this also stops fermentation and moldes growing on the seed collection
We really like the pink lady from bali, sometimes they add lime juice to them. Here in the philippines we have red lady which is like the one from bali, really good compared to the regular papaya. But as you said its great fresh and green, we use it like that too 👍
My daughter and I love papaya, We had a tree in the yard for the longest time, Not bearing fruits... We only recently realized it's a male, We finally cut it down and are looking to plant some more, hoping for some females that can produce those delicious Papaya... I am new to gardening I didn't know what I was missing. Attempting to germinate some Papaya seeds right now. These videos are a great help to me, I am your biggest fan.
In Missouri US, our pawpaw don't last but maybe a week, they go bad fast. No luck trying to grow them, yet. Even though our area is to cold for papaya we are going to try it anyways. That is why I came back to this video...LOL. I have shared your how to's with many. I always here, but he doesn't live in my area..... DUH, the plants still like the same stuff. Love your channel. Thank you for all the how to's and for keeping it real.
I’m in Hawaii and we have papaya everywhere. I’m not a big fan like you but love it fresh with lime, in spicy green papaya salad or dehydrated! And it I a good sweetener in my green smooothies. Seeds from a hermaphadite tree can produce trees that are male or female. I was taught to plant seeds directly in the ground as stems will be stronger. You want 9 Seeds for each tree you want. Make a 2 foot circle and prepare the area. Set seeds in 3 groups of 3. When they sprout, thin to 3 trees keeping 1 from each group. Let those trees grow until you can tell the sex typically 4 ft . Keep hermaphadite and or strongest. While I’ve done this, most my papayas are volunteers...but I still take down males.
Mark, I also did not care much for the taste of papaya until I had it tossed in lime juice. If you haven't yet, get some nice ripe papaya, cube it up, squeeze half or a whole lime all over it and toss it around and see how absolutely delicious it tastes! And in my opinion even better when chilled. Love your channel! I just purchased and planted my purple popping corn seeds after watching that video the other day as well.
Hi My wife loved this segment usually only I watch your channel, but u had her on the edge of her seat as she loves paw paws and she has some seeds and U turned up at the right time !! By the way congratulations on the 800000 you should be over the moon, a big double thumbs up 👍🥰👍
Very interesting. As another person stated, in the US we have a native fruit called Pawpaw and is not generally found but does exist. Ripe papaya tastes great with a little lime juice squeezed on it or in a green papaya salad, (Thai recipe). It absorbs the various juices and can be served with shrimp. I have grown papaya for over 15 years with no problems. My first one came as a volunteer out of my compost pile and was transplanted to a more favorable location. Since then I get my plants by broadcasting the seeds from the older plants, (or out of the compost). I have had them grow to about almost 15 feet but the plant is tender and may break off around 8'. Since it is a soft wood new stems will grow just below the break, usually two or three. Or you can cut into the stalk and may get another branch at this point, just don't cut to big or deep. I had one break a few years ago and it developed 4 new branches. The plant was bent almost 90 degrees and the back of the main stalk split opened and healed itself. Since the stalk comes in sections as does bamboo it looked like a backbone. This plant produced for another year and then rotted out. BTW: Papaya is a very good digestive and can be used as a meat tenderizer. Commercially it can be found in Accent and Aji-No-Moto, (papin).
Who are all the slug nuggets who dislike wholesome videos? Cheers for all the content during lockdown Mark. Got some great ideas for my half acre I am doing up
Mark, we love your videos and your humor and following you last few years. And thank you for an another informative video. Last week my doughter brought me papaya/pawpaw seeds from US. Hopefully works out in where I am in Izmir, Turkiye
Thank you very much...we live on the gulf in Florida, near to Tarpon Springs and been growing eleven papaya tree's, from seeds we bought organic at Aldi. All survived, though when small last winter...spent time inside house on cold nights, out growing on our balcony with no sun until a few months ago. We have been getting them all used to the 🌞 sun slowly and growing in very large pots, they are almost five feet tall and have fruit, flowers growing. I don't care for taste of papaya, but, looking forward to trying your recipe for frying green papaya🤗
I live in zone 10 a few miles north of San Francisco CA and successfully grow 2 varieties of dwarf Hawaiian papaya, "TR Hovey" and "Sunrise" (not to be confused with the more common 'Mexican' papaya you find in grocery stores, which is bigger and not as sweet as Hawaiian papaya). I bought mine from Logee's online for anyone interested. They have to go into the greenhouse in winter but they do ok. So for anyone who lives in a warmer climate and wants the sweet, delicious Hawaiian papaya, give it a try!
Papaya is very good for the digestive system. It’s nicer in salads. They are a required taste for sure. I am patiently waiting for my self sewn trees to fruit and ripen .. TFS this information.
Hi Mark, I think the only couple of points I would add from my own experience of growing Papaya here in Indonesia (Tropical) is that you need to plant on a soil mound if you have a rainy season and rivers of water flowing through your garden as the roots do not like standing in water. The second point I would add is that if you allow the tree to grow and bear fruit and is too high, cut the tree down to around 4 feet and the trunk will start sprouting crowns all over the trunk that will eventually produce another generation of fruit but at a lower height. Really enjoy watching your videos.
Hello Mark,just as a matter of interest my brother who lives on the hill above Currumbin Surf club on the Gold Coast grows great papaya ??? and the best ones are about 8 hears old and cuts em off at about 4 ft when they are about 4 hears old and puts a tin on em so they shoot below the cut with multi branches prunes them a bit doses them with lotsa chook manure and the fruit is bldy brilliant...GREAT post by Hqmpest..about growing them in Indonesia would like to hear if he prunes them and how?? also Thank You for the vidio it was great.. i follow all your stuff on utube..watch all the old ones when i am having my breakfast.. all the best brilliant al round vids
@@danielcahill3957 Here in Bali, I use a self selection process as the off shoots determine themselves which are going to be good and those that are not, once they start dying back I just snap them off of the main trunk. Interestingly this year my jack fruit is producing for the first time and again just keeps shedding young fruit however it appears to be passionately holding on to one fruit which is only about half a first size but growing healthy. First time this year for growing giant passion fruit which are something to behold also. Sometimes I just wish there was an opportunity to attach a picture to a comment to share and help the world along 👍
Are you serious??
That is Soo cool because I really want to grow fruit trees but I don't want my backyard to get shaded out!
Thanks for the tip
Can we grow a papaya from the branches like cutting?
@@introtwerp Short answer No. The papaya trunk is fiberous almost woody and hollow in the middle. The leaves sprout out like a branch and are very tender dying back as the tree grows. Seeds from a shop bought papaya can be very good although you will not know it's gender. Plant a few about 2m apart and hope for the best. The good news is that a tree will grow, produce and die in around 12months so you won't have to wait long. Good Luck
Proof that long form videos do well as long as the content is engaging and the presenter is clear and credible. Well done.
Hey Mark! I'm a 13 year old who LOVES your channel. My dad grows papaya. The trees are HUGE and we got around 12 to 15 of them!
Have a great day!!!
that’s awesome! hope you and your dad are doing well ☺️
@@citrus4419 Yeah, we are! Hope you are too? Stay safe 😊
That's the age I started gardening on my own. Now 20 with big vine fruit plants trees and of course tons of veg's growing
Could i buy a papaya?
@@isaksoumahoro7276 yes you can.
Hi Mark, another thing to use the seeds for is a pepper substitute. I dry the seeds then put them in a pepper grinder. Works and tastes like pepper.
Interesting!
I don't think it taste like pepper though
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Ever try drying orange seeds and grinding them in a salt grinder for salt? No? ...me neither! Lolol! But then again, the corner market sells salt by the bucket full!
I will try that, thank you!
this guy is a comedic genius, i dont know how he does it
lol
I thought it was only me that saw that
He is quite funny tbf haha
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Effortlessly
It's like Red Skelton said. "If you've heard this joke before, don't stop me. I want to hear it again."
I'm from Costa Rica and in my house we love ripe papaya juice just blender the papaya with some sweet ripe bananas, a sweet orange and sugar and is the best! also helps to clean your digestive system, that's why when you made the juice just drink occasionaly beacouse you will be a lot of time in the bathroom next day
@Ivy Hurley it has a weird smell but I love it
If you have constipation papaya is the best but it's not easy to get ripe papaya.
Mark, imagine how pleased I was when I searched TH-cam for info on how to germinate and grow papaya seeds and this video popped up. I knew I would get all the info I needed, and be entertained at the same time. Thank you so much. All the best.
Hi Mark, this is Michael in northern Florida, I started planting my Papaya plants couple f months ago from seeds after watching your videos, very informative and helpful. Thank you.
mark, i aspire to be you when im older. living in austrailia, having endless fruit gardens, honestly just vibing
hi Mark! the shape of the fruit determines the sex of future plants. Round papayas make female plants wereas long fruit gives male or hermaphrodite trees. if your tree gets too tall cut it down and put a plastic cup on the exposed end and it will branch out under it. Each branch will grow papayas on the stem if female or hermaphrodite. Green papayas can be used for candied fruit, like guava and coconut and taste wonderful with a slice of white cheese. Also in salads cut in thin slices or matchsticks and mixed with green mangoes cut the same.
Don't forget to let some of the male trees grow even if they don't produce fruit so they can produce pollen. I will be sending the recipe for the candied papaya next.
Can you grow fruit from a male fruit brought from store???
No
Here in Okinawa, you'll only find papaya green. I'm not sure of the species, but it's considered a vegi here. My wife's favorite way to eat it is in a papaya, carrot, and egg stir-fry. (Ninjin Shirishiri) Maybe your family would find it a little more palatable.
I love papayas! I didn’t at one time until my husband taught me to take cold cut up papaya and squeeze fresh lime over the fruit and drizzle with some honey. Yummy!
I do compost on the little terrace outside my apartment. I’ve grown a nice sized papaya plant from composting one. I’m so proud of it and hope it lives through the winter 😊
Same!
"This is becoming a really confusing video, isn't it?"
No, It became a really informative video actually!
Really love all these information and research put into it!
And he gave his references 👌🏽👌🏽
Love your videos Mark. I've been experimenting with germinating papaya seeds and have found that you need to get the seeds from a whole fully ripe fruit (not a shop one that has been cut in half) and plant them straight away. No washing or drying of the seeds, just plant them straight from the fruit. This must be done during the warmer months and the soil must be kept damp. Don't let it dry out. The seeds will take up to 40 days to germinate so be patient. This will give you nearly 100% germination.
Interesting - I threw some food scraps in a trough a few months ago and it must have had some paw paw seeds in the mix... I appear to have a paw paw tree growing that is over a metre tall now. Reluctant to plant it out in the garden since I'm not 100% sure what I'm growing or if it is male/female or bisexual. I'll just see what it does in the pot. I'm in Brisbane.
I'm from the Midwest US and we have a native fruit tree called a Paw Paw. The fruits taste tropical, though it grows in forests that get below freezing. I checked out your video and hope to grow Papaya in containers. I don't like raw papaya, but I love it dried for some reason.
Much love from the Midwest US 💖
They are very hardy plants, I brought one and ran out of pots so put it into the ground temporarily, then forgot all about it. When I went to tidy up my yard a year later I found some 5 and 6 kilo fruits hiding and it had grown in height a lot. They tasted fantastic and they freeze really well. Well worth growing, love your videos!
Isn’t gardening funny? Some people just forget about something and end up with a bountiful harvest, whilst someone like me plants and waters then every day yet mine all died. I have really terrible soil, no rain and harsh sun so even weeds don’t live in my yard. Haha
Sam Jones absolutely ! I have tried to grow papaya from seed, trying in various different ways but none of them have ever put out shoots. Nothing. Trying again by fermenting the seeds. Might have to end up buying a small plant...
Greetings from South Africa. I have just been given 3 pawpaw babies and found you on how to grow them. I follow you all the time. Just love your sense of humour
I agee about eating papayas green. I enjoyed a salad made mostly shredded green papaya, some shredded carrots, green onions, crushed peanuts, with a lime/lemon juice, fish sauce, honey & soy sauce dressing. I discovered this salad from my Thai friends. Good video. Thank you.
Elisa Taleu Green Pawpaw as we say in the Caribbean has medicinal purposes too
A few things I know....Use only the seeds from the bottom half of the fruit. Drop them in water, remove the seeds that float to the top, they are faulty. Don't dry them, sow immediately for the best results. Trim the main roots a bit as you transplant into the ground (Supposed to create a dwarf style tree) and always keep the leaves clipped at least halfway up the trunk and always remove dead foliage.
Thanks for the info. I planted 3 trees that I grew from seed. I planted the in November 2019. They are now about 3 feet tall with thick trunks. I'm not a fan of papaya either but my mom loves them. I'm hoping to see fruit this year.
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As of today we 7 papaya fruit on the tree that appeared at the end of June. Hopefully they will mature and my mom will enjoy fresh off the tree soon.
Loved this. Here in South Florida, you can get a papaya in the store and the seedlings will just come up everywhere if you put the seeds straight in the sandy "soil." I did that 2-3 months ago and I had 100+ sprouts come up. I've winnowed that down to ~30 plants. Some are 2-3" tall and maybe 8 of them are 18" tall. Easy!
You are lucky. Most papayas that are store-bought are genetically modified and the seeds don't sprout easily. I will try again though in Puerto Rico.....
Mark, you saved yourself a ton of "but actually" comments with your comprehensive introduction, good on ya mate
Unfortunately there are still a few commenters who didn't make it past the first minute of the video it seems! I think you should have to answer a couple of questions about the video before you're allowed to comment to prove you actually watched it first!
How to watering for papaya?
You are my Idol man! I've been watching your videos and learning so much over time . I now have my entire veggie patch with varieties of vegetables and fruits !
I live in Florida I constantly have them growing randomly in my yard most likely do to my chickens. My trees fruit at 2 1/2-3 ft talk and I cut them at two years and start over. If it’s a good tree I cut it down the middle and let it regenerate in to multiple branches
lol same, I purposely cut the top off my Papaya in the front yard to have it sprout multiple branches. I think there's 5-6 branches rn
Stogie. What part of SOFlo. I have had no luck with it. This is my first year growing it from see and it's only by accident. I threw the papaya seeds in the compost and voila! I have about 20 or 30 of them now. I'm afraid they will get infested with bugs like the one I had before. Anything you can recommend to make sure it stays healthy?
Orlando here Stogie. Might give it a go. It can get cool here, but a fella down the street has had luck. Thanks for the advice and thank you too Self Sufficient Me. Two Paw-paya thumbs up!
Anyone in the Orlando area want to get rid of some seeds or small potted trees? I'm looking for a Papaya for the backyard.
@@tsnorquist I can send you seeds if you want to.
He’s funny and knowledgeable and I find usually it has really good advice and this is a good way to do it but I’ve tried so many times to do it and so many times they never sprouted until one time I just scoop the seeds out of a papaya and check them in a pot and they all grew and then I learned that if you take them fresh from the papaya and plant them they have a way better germination rate then if you dry them and store them and there’s no need for any of the rinsing or drying or vomiting or anything you can just scoop them right out into the dirt and they will grow
Hi Mark! Really enjoy watching and learning from your videos!
We call it hermaphrodite instead of bisexual papayas in the Philippines, I think it’s a more accurate description for plants having both the male and female flowers.
A hermaphrodite plant is desirable for commercial farmers and the female accepted as well, but male papayas are generally avoided, most times even killed. But we know a couple tricks to convert a male to female two ways: first, when transplanting a seedling to its permanent container, trim the main root. Or second, when the plant is mature and starts flowering male flowers, we drive two sticks in the middle of the tree (where the hard brown trunk meets the soft green part) perpendicular to each other. This “threatens” the tree’s life and forces it to “survive” by putting out female flowers which leads to fruiting.
Looking forward to more quality content. Cheers mate!
Zzdd Hi there! I'm trying that technique this year with some of my papayas, hopefully it'll work. 😉👍
I saw it from a video from a guy in the Philippines. ❤️
It's the same in Australia, Mark's the first Aussie I've heard call it bisexual. It actually makes no sense, bisexual people are attracted to both men and women. They don't have both male and female genitalia.
The correct term for that in humans is intersex. The 'I' in LGBTIQA+ is intersex.
Maria P. Great! Hope it gives you an abundant harvest this year!👍
@@thestarspark2288 There's nothing wrong with gender non-discrimination. Gender is a choice. Let papaya's be free of gender stigmatisation.
TRANS PLANT REPRESENTATION! FINALLY 🦞🏳🌈
I stumbled upon this channel last night and honestly it’s my new favourite channel. Absolutely loving it!
In the Philippines we put the green papaya in a chicken soup called tinola. Its like a warm hug.
I've only ever heard of the Eastern US paw paw (Asimina triloba). Then again, I always get a giggle when you talk about possums in the garden, because our possums (technically an opossum) are no problem. In fact, they are the #1 tick eating animal, very rarely have rabies, and just fine to have around or living under your porch.
Just to clarify and not take away from your post… opossums do not get rabies at all. They are pretty fantastic. I wish people would educate themselves about them. It’s unfortunate they get treated so poorly. Thank you for advocating for them.
They are amazing in so many ways but they have killed my chickens and so I live trap them and take them to a better place.... I'm also going to try to grow papayas in my greenhouse and I live in Northeast Oregon....
Here in Belize, Central America people use papaya seeds for deworming humans and animals.
We also use it as a biological pesticide. Very useful for aphids and whiteflies.
Also thank you very much for your videos. My garden has improved so much thanks to you.
Oh wow, how do you use it as a pesticide? Do you crush the seeds and spread the powder or use another method?
Yes, please share more
Thanks for the knowledge on telling me that Paw Paw and Papaya is not the same thing. We love your videos by the way. God Bless You.
Im glad you touched on the north american Pawpaw fruit. A little known fruit nowadays with a rich history! Great vids man, found your channel a few weeks ago and love evey vid you make. All the best!
5 loaves 2 fish l have not seen a pawpaw in u.s. great lakes area, have you
@@minihaha3940 ive seen a few here in virginia though they are pretty scarce
@@minihaha3940 I saw a few when I lived in SE Michigan, they're a very unique flavor and I really recommend giving it a try!
@@minihaha3940 - Pawpaws are an understory tree usually found around creeks, streams, and rivers. Unless planted by humans, they are seldom found out in the open. They fruit around late July to Late August depending on zone. I grow them in 10-20 gallon pots so I can move them...............they also are very strange in how they pollinate -- not only are they male and female, but a male and female from the same genetic stock cannot pollinate each other. So if you get your plants all from the same mother plant they will not be able to pollinate each other, you will need to find a plant from another source, this is why some of the wild stock doesn't fruit.
Also known as the Indiana banana
Hi Mark, here in South Africa we also say paw paw for the yellow variety and papaya for the orange/pinkish variety 👍. I always enjoy your videos. Thank you
Love papaya!! It is so good for you!! Brain food my great grandmother told me! :)
How to growing up papaya in AZ?
This guy is the best TH-cam garden assistance teacher/entertainer. Keep it up brother
Green papaya makes for one of the greatest salads- Som Tam 🤤
eesha alles papaya salad is AMAZING. My favorite salad
I need to try papaya in salad.
One of my favorite things!
lol 6'1' of Australian beef cake! Great video that's so appreciative. I got a pile of huge, over-ripe ones from a grocery store dumpster and wanted to try it:) Hopefully since these are squishy, the seeds may be more mature.
Mark, greetings from Bangkok. Following you for some time now, very helpful videos you have. Great seeing you and family eating green papaya, looks like Thai som-tam salad. Personally I prefer papaya when fully ripe,great taste. I wouldn't worry when your trees get taller, in Thailand we use a kind of basket on a long bamboo pole for fruit high in a tree. Also used for mangoes. I know your visited here so sure you've seen them before. Stay safe down under 😀
We are new to papayas and live in Ecuador. We noticed that our papaya tree which was once about 4 feet is now about 20 feet tall after 27 months is now starting to have new shoots and today we noticed a flower.
I had to look up if they can fruit again at a lower level of the tree and this is when I saw your video.
We already lost our other tree due to the weight of the Hawian papayas being so large during a windy day and wished we knew the trick about cutting it back to 4 feet.
Thank you for putting this out there for us to learn how to take care of the tree.
Paw paw ("Asimina triloba") is actually a plant native to northern america and is hardy to USDA zone 5 and below, right up to zone 10-11. Papaya is a tropical plant native to parts of Australia and can only be grown in USDA zones 10-13.
The papaya was said to have arrived in Australia around 1875 from tropical America when a British physician discovered the medicinal value of papaya and started treating patients with it in a Brisbane hospital. Over a century later production has grown and a significant horticultural industry now exists.
@@I_know_it_I_sew_it_I_grow_it looking back i think i meant to type america. For some reason I had australia on the mind while watching mark... weird...
I just ate an amazing pawpaw which I just now learnt was actually a papaya and that explains why it was so different and I'm here to learn how to plant it so I can have some all year round. This was such an informative video and you such a positive personality it felt like I was learning from my dad ❤
I learned in plant biology at university that a plant with a flower that has both male and female parts on the same flower is called a "perfect flower." Papaya would be that it seems!
*some varieties
If you dry the Papaya seed’s put them in a pepper grinder they have a very nice peppery , flowery flavor good on poultry, fish , and meat .
Man You’re the coolest guy I’ve ever seen on TH-cam !! One day I wanna live up in qld and make friends with you for more gardening tips hehe
When papayas ripens, they help you digesting read meal. If you have a tough cut of meet leave them marinating in Papaya for a few hours and your meet will be soften. If you eat them after eating meat it will help your digestion. You can also make milk shakes with them.
Love the videos Mark thank you for making them.
We bought one papaya (FL) years ago. I collected the seeds and just threw them out my back door towards a clearing.
Aside from ONE I kept to grow forever, I give away up to a dozen volunteers every year. It's like a tree-weed.
Awesome video.
Hi Mark
If you like orange marmalade, most likely you will like the Papaya jam:
PAPAYAS, SUGAR, CITRUS ZEST
1. Just dice ripe Papayas, place in the pot, dust them with sugar, and leave aside until juice will come out.
2. Bring to the boil, blend with stick blender add zest from Oranges, Lemons - natural pectin. You can add the juice as well to regulate the acidity and flavor.
3. Simmer and reduce down till desired thickness
4. Place in jars and do quick pasteurization process and now you have a stash of Citrus Papaya Jam 🙂
Awesome for toasts, pancakes, crepes
Love Your channel Mark 👍👍👍 Regards from Mexico, here I grow papayas from the seeds landing directly in my compost
i live in malaysia and they grow so easily i dont even have to try, just throw the seeds around and they will come out
This man! Is the man of the farm!!!!! Healthy and peaceful
Looking at those varieties, you need to grow the Hawaiian papayas. They're pretty taste much like mangos. Other varieties aren't nearly as good.
Pawpaw is mainly a tropical fruit that's why
Strawberry papaya variety🤤
IKR?! I’ve got some “Waimanalo” da kine🤙🏽
Hiya, just been potting up baby papaya seedlings today. I recommend using fresh seed and don't dry them. Drying will reduce the viability a lot. My seed has come up close to 100% germination. Loved learning about using them green
Thanks for the advice! I did this a month ago and they just came up so I just published a video. I am excited for fruit!
Thanks for your informative, straightforward interesting vlog on papaya. I live in Canada and happen to love papaya; even the seeds. Their digestive properties are legendary and I envy you being able to pop in seeds and have the climate to grow them in; not to mention just being able to harvest them right off the tree. And I appreciate the opportunity to see, ahem, first ”paw” how they are grown and harvested!!!
Just a curious thought - have you considered using a small greenhouse setup to grow papaya and other tropical fruits up in Canada? I grew up in the the northern US (Pennsylvania) and was always very impressed by what friends & colleagues were able to grow via greenhouse. Kind regards! 🥭
@@AlisiaBolivar definitely have given it thought. Our winters, however, are very long, with some extremely cold temps, a lack of sun and crazy unpredictable winds. We erected a portable garage cover one year, only to have the wind rip it off its anchors and destroy it 2 weeks later so a portable greenhouse would be at risk. Also no suitable place to erect it.
In the last 20+ years our springs have become almost non-existent with deep freezes returning again and again right into June. It just snowed on 29May. This would make heating the greenhouse an expense.
I do have some tropical house plants in a southern exposure in my kitchen where I also start my seedlings. But the set up is too small for growing papaya. And I do struggle with fungus gnats.....
I believe this calls for an attached sun room with a southern exposure.
Sounds pretty dismal doesn’t it? But despite the reality of my growing conditions, I keep at it because out of all those cons are enough pros to convince me to continue gardening and dream of an attached sunroom!!!!........💭🌞😊
I'm growing papaya from seed using a technique that's supposed to guarentee female trees and also keeps them shorter. You snip the tap roots of young seedlings. We'll see if it works.
As soon as I heard him say he don't even like papaya but he grows it, I knew I had to follow this intelligent man
You should do a; "5 TOP tips on how to grow chilies!"
Yes will do this coming spring/summer - thanks for the suggestion! :)
I found chillies almost grow themselves. Such a prolific, disease resistant producer.
But it's so good! I love it when you say that you don't like something but you grow it anyway. You are a true gardener.
I recently discovered your channel and I absolutely love it! You seem like a really kind and friendly person, and you inspired me to start growing a pineapple plant! I've been looking into other types of plants, especially ones that bear fruit. I love citrus fruits, but my favourite ones take years and years and years to grow. Did you start your trees from seed, or did you buy younger trees and start with those? How long did it take for them to start producing fruit? By the way, thank you so much for putting out these videos during the quarantine, it really helps lift my spirits!
You’re better off buying a grafted tree it wil fruit much sooner and here at Home Depot you can get some from twenty bucks up to whatever I’ve got some for around forty dollars
I started a project to grow a thousand pawpaw from seed this year. So far I have achieved 50 and I hope to do more after this amazing info
My papaya seeds recently germinated, letting them grow some more before repotting them. Thanks for all the info!
Great info Mark, I lived in Africa for 10 years and we called them Pawpaws over there. It's been a good long while since I've tasted one, will have to see if my local fruit and veg shop has any for sale. Cheers Adam
Funny. There is tropical fruit in the US known for its cold-hardiness also called the Paw-Paw. It's not widely grown and seems to be more of an East Coast backyard/small farm oddity...I think it might also be known as the Northern Banana because of its flavor.
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You lived in Africa! Interesting! Cheers mate :)
I have a pair of American Paw Paws just put them in this spring and they're leafing out.
The European explorers named everything similar, they weren't the most creative with names.
I prefer the name Hoosier banana.
P.S. I also have a Papaya plant in my greenhouse I will overwinter it in my grow tent. love new fruits.
I'm on the Sunshine coast and have grown papaya from seed. Unfortunately, like with mangos, we get black spot which destroys the fruit. Do you have any recommendations on keeping black spot at bay or is it just pointless trying to grow mangoes/papaya in my area? Thanks :)
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In my country, once a fruit emerge, they wrap it in plastic big enough for the fruit to grow.
@@denshizzle0517 I've seen that done with bananas on Dole plantations in Costa Rica.
Wrap it in a see through silk party baggie
Is it like blossom end rot, where the flower is? I found out that when my squash were rotting, it was because the flower died but never fell off the fruit, and stayed there wit trapped moisture and made the fruit rot. So now when the flowers die on squash and okra I pick it off with my fingernails immediately, and now they don't get the blossom end rot.
I love Papaya, the first time I ever had it was in Brisbane, when I came to Australia in my late teens from New Zealand.
The fruit has digestive emzines that helps break down meat and I always try to have it when eating Pork.
The seeds are very peppery when eaten and crushed with the teeth and are good in eliminating parisitic worms.
In the Philippines they make a pickle salad from green ones that is very nice that goes great with cold meats.
you need to put "bisexual papaya" on a t-shirt 🤣
I would absolutely buy that!!! XD
Hell, yea!! I almost died laughing when he said that!
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Thank you for the great information!! Just got a papaya given to me this morning in Florida. Now I’m going to try growing the seeds. Bravo!!!
I came here for the bisexual papaya 😂, this was great with coffee this morning
😐...?
Sorry, nvm i didnt watch the whole video yet 🤣
I much prefer this to calling them "hermaphroditic" (cringe), I'm gonna start calling them bisexual from now on XD
@@-desertpackrat Intersex is proper, or intersex variant. Bisexual is nonsensical as it relates to sexuality.. of plants or dimorphism. I don't know much, but I do know "bisexual plants" is whack and hermaphroditic can be vulgar depending on the person
@@AlyxGlide But still the "text book", Scientific term for those types of plants....
Is/are "Hermaphraditic"
Not based on feelings...
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Wasn't it you that said, a human term for dimorphism ( "bisexual plants are whack") was wrong?
And than, you pull another human term for dimorphism, "intersex" out of your hat?!
Who is whack now? Lol
That's Awesome!!! I wanted to do this and we are a sub tropical area in Northern Northern California. I think I may try it!! Who am I Kidding!! I Am Going to Try it!!
That's not a paw paw I have one in my backyard here in the blue ridge mountains in USA! You could grow it there too!
I was just thinking the same. There is a fruit tree here in Arkansas called a paw paw.
North American Paw Paw is a very hardy plant and really nothing like what he is talking about. It's seeds are bigger and the flesh is almost white.
@@petermvaughan how do they taste?
pretty confusing to hear him calling it paw paw all the time and must be a very aussie thing to do …..never heard anyone else calling papayas pawpaws
I got 3 Asimina triloba in my garden, easily surviving north german winters …..wont assume that regarding the 4 tiny papaya seedlings that I found yesterday between my tunneled Paprikas and just potted them right away
Interesting you all have another paw paw that's different to the Asimina Triloba that he said at 1:52 is called "paw paw" outside of Australia. @Pete Do you know the scientific name of the one in your backyard, that's different to the Asimina Triloba mentioned in the video? And @Peter Vaughan the North American Paw Paw that you said is nothing like the Triloba, do you have any other details about it? Amazing that there are so many different fruits called "paw paw"!
im learning so much from your channel. I live in Fiji and have pawpaw trees growing like a weed on my compound, this'll help me select and plant them, good on ya mate.
Papaya is one of the easiest things to grow.
My daughter bought me papaya from supermarket 5 years ago germinated the seed. She has a beautiful papaya tree in her yard.yieldrd fruit in the second year as well👍
Somebody in my weird household loves to mash it and put it on their faces for “natural” skin care. They can do whatever they want I just want the seeds. Weirdos
Tenderizing their faces lol
haha....girls!!
It is used in soaps not weird at all. people also use aloe vera for their hair.
High in enzymes
always save the seeds!
we have learned about this on a course i did with a food forest expert and he showed us that will certain seeds if you leave the layer on top for too long then it will absorb into the seed stopping it from growing until the next year. if you take the fruit and remove the seeds and add them to a jar of water and then put a hand held blender that has a space between the blade and top large enough to let the seeds pass then you can turn the power down and that will clean the seeds and remove all of this so they can be dried and then stored ready for use any time you need them. and this also stops fermentation and moldes growing on the seed collection
We really like the pink lady from bali, sometimes they add lime juice to them. Here in the philippines we have red lady which is like the one from bali, really good compared to the regular papaya. But as you said its great fresh and green, we use it like that too 👍
My daughter and I love papaya, We had a tree in the yard for the longest time, Not bearing fruits... We only recently realized it's a male, We finally cut it down and are looking to plant some more, hoping for some females that can produce those delicious Papaya... I am new to gardening I didn't know what I was missing. Attempting to germinate some Papaya seeds right now. These videos are a great help to me, I am your biggest fan.
Ever since when I was a lad I wasn't good with papaya but with time I found it extremely great and the sweet taste...
Nice to have papaya tree nearby, the papaya fruit taste good. The papaya leaves help to relief dengue fever.
In Missouri US, our pawpaw don't last but maybe a week, they go bad fast. No luck trying to grow them, yet. Even though our area is to cold for papaya we are going to try it anyways. That is why I came back to this video...LOL. I have shared your how to's with many. I always here, but he doesn't live in my area..... DUH, the plants still like the same stuff. Love your channel. Thank you for all the how to's and for keeping it real.
I’m in Hawaii and we have papaya everywhere. I’m not a big fan like you but love it fresh with lime, in spicy green papaya salad or dehydrated! And it I a good sweetener in my green smooothies. Seeds from a hermaphadite tree can produce trees that are male or female. I was taught to plant seeds directly in the ground as stems will be stronger. You want 9 Seeds for each tree you want. Make a 2 foot circle and prepare the area. Set seeds in 3 groups of 3. When they sprout, thin to 3 trees keeping 1 from each group. Let those trees grow until you can tell the sex typically 4 ft . Keep hermaphadite and or strongest. While I’ve done this, most my papayas are volunteers...but I still take down males.
Mark, I also did not care much for the taste of papaya until I had it tossed in lime juice. If you haven't yet, get some nice ripe papaya, cube it up, squeeze half or a whole lime all over it and toss it around and see how absolutely delicious it tastes! And in my opinion even better when chilled. Love your channel! I just purchased and planted my purple popping corn seeds after watching that video the other day as well.
Hi
My wife loved this segment usually only I watch your channel, but u had her on the edge of her seat as she loves paw paws and she has some seeds and U turned up at the right time !! By the way congratulations on the 800000 you should be over the moon, a big double thumbs up 👍🥰👍
Every time I gave a gardening question Mark has the answer! So grateful for your channel
Very interesting. As another person stated, in the US we have a native fruit called Pawpaw and is not generally found but does exist. Ripe papaya tastes great with a little lime juice squeezed on it or in a green papaya salad, (Thai recipe). It absorbs the various juices and can be served with shrimp. I have grown papaya for over 15 years with no problems. My first one came as a volunteer out of my compost pile and was transplanted to a more favorable location. Since then I get my plants by broadcasting the seeds from the older plants, (or out of the compost). I have had them grow to about almost 15 feet but the plant is tender and may break off around 8'. Since it is a soft wood new stems will grow just below the break, usually two or three. Or you can cut into the stalk and may get another branch at this point, just don't cut to big or deep. I had one break a few years ago and it developed 4 new branches. The plant was bent almost 90 degrees and the back of the main stalk split opened and healed itself. Since the stalk comes in sections as does bamboo it looked like a backbone. This plant produced for another year and then rotted out. BTW: Papaya is a very good digestive and can be used as a meat tenderizer. Commercially it can be found in Accent and Aji-No-Moto, (papin).
We need to get him to 1mil as soon as possible like this guy it the most wholesome guy on here
Who are all the slug nuggets who dislike wholesome videos? Cheers for all the content during lockdown Mark. Got some great ideas for my half acre I am doing up
Mark, we love your videos and your humor and following you last few years. And thank you for an another informative video. Last week my doughter brought me papaya/pawpaw seeds from US. Hopefully works out in where I am in Izmir, Turkiye
Those natural Juice drinks from papaya are the most refreshing you could have on a hot summer day.
Thank you very much...we live on the gulf in Florida, near to Tarpon Springs and been growing eleven papaya tree's, from seeds we bought organic at Aldi. All survived, though when small last winter...spent time inside house on cold nights, out growing on our balcony with no sun until a few months ago. We have been getting them all used to the 🌞 sun slowly and growing in very large pots, they are almost five feet tall and have fruit, flowers growing. I don't care for taste of papaya, but, looking forward to trying your recipe for frying green papaya🤗
Papaya salad is one of my favorite dishes!!
I eat it with thai beef jerky and sticky rice.
Yaaaas! Love Papaya salad!
I love it with thai bbq chicken :D
Thank you. Just starting the journey down the road toward growing.. I do enjoy your videos.
Mate, that pun at the end tipped me over the edge. You sir, have a new subscriber hahaha. I'm going to try to grow these in Perth soon.
Ben, did you grow any in Perth? If so, how'd you go?
Yes. The trees are small and potted but will go in the ground eventually 😁
@@benhowkimkam4915 Great job, hope they grow and produce beautifully👍
I planted some papaya seeds in dirt and I gave them water. I dint not expect them to grow, but they did. I need to learn how to take care of them now
I live in zone 10 a few miles north of San Francisco CA and successfully grow 2 varieties of dwarf Hawaiian papaya, "TR Hovey" and "Sunrise" (not to be confused with the more common 'Mexican' papaya you find in grocery stores, which is bigger and not as sweet as Hawaiian papaya). I bought mine from Logee's online for anyone interested. They have to go into the greenhouse in winter but they do ok. So for anyone who lives in a warmer climate and wants the sweet, delicious Hawaiian papaya, give it a try!
Papaya is very good for the digestive system. It’s nicer in salads. They are a required taste for sure. I am patiently waiting for my self sewn trees to fruit and ripen .. TFS this information.
Thank you. It's always a pleasure watching your videos.
Hi Mark, in the Cook Islands they use the green paw paw or papaya to tender rise wild meat, maranate. Especially wild chickens
He’s a natural!! Very passionate about his farming!! Thanks for sharing these videos Mate- I’m learning so much!!