PROTECTING PAPAYA FRUIT FROM THE FRUIT FLY

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  • เผยแพร่เมื่อ 27 ส.ค. 2024
  • Actually I am using a combination of plastic wrap when the fruit is first setting and is very small and then as it gets bigger I remove the plastic wrap and put the produce bag over it.

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  • @Rose-lg3ht
    @Rose-lg3ht 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    You’re doing the lords work Meena. Thank you 🥲

  • @laurasanchez5642
    @laurasanchez5642 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    OMG you poor woman!🙊🤦 Good bless you! 😇 Where there's a will there's a way! Thank you again for sharing your suggestion and your story. I really do appreciate it. It really did save me a lot of time. This is my first time growing my first fruit tree and I'm so grateful because I didn't know what to do! 🙏😇👍❤️💯☺️

    • @Meenadevidasi
      @Meenadevidasi  10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      papaya trees are wonderful. Good luck.

  • @ZainalAbidin-d8q
    @ZainalAbidin-d8q 21 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    One of the best story telling on yt, what a soothing voice ❤

  • @user-hz7kv6js6l
    @user-hz7kv6js6l 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Thanks for the tip. I've used organza bags, and that's worked for me. If you want to keep your trees short within reach to harvest your papayas, you need to top off the tree when it's within your reach. The tree will still produce a lot of fruit, and you won't need a ladder.

  • @carlalv7717
    @carlalv7717 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    😄 I am here in Florida with the same problem. I will use your method. Thank you so much.

    • @Meenadevidasi
      @Meenadevidasi  4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Good luck. It worked like a charm for me.

  • @UndoKarma
    @UndoKarma ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This is just what I needed to know. Thank you for sharing this...

  • @yhourruitiner
    @yhourruitiner 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Thank you so much for this! I grew a papaya tree many years ago and every papaya I opened had maggots in it. I was so disheartened I didn’t attempt papaya for over 20 years! I’m growing a new tree this year and was wondering what to do to protect the fruit. I will try this. You give me hope!

  • @kaiprinting
    @kaiprinting 8 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Thank you. I was thinking around the same way. I really think your method is the most practical way and the cheapest way of getting around the problem. Thumbs up for you!

  • @jamestan8266
    @jamestan8266 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    You are great, the time taken and the dangerous leader climbing. With due respect you special for love of papayas.

  • @dinewman4749
    @dinewman4749 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Great solution and video!

  • @AnneMcCrarySullivan
    @AnneMcCrarySullivan 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I love your persistence! Thank you for sharing all of your attempts to problem solve. I learned a lot of this video, and I'm pretty desperate, so I'm eager now to go out with plastic wrap and see what I can do.

    • @Meenadevidasi
      @Meenadevidasi  7 ปีที่แล้ว

      It will work. Just be careful on the ladder. :>)

    • @TruckTaxiMoveIt
      @TruckTaxiMoveIt 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      You mean plastic bag right?
      Or did you not hear the whole video?

  • @user-de9yb5fn9l
    @user-de9yb5fn9l หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I had previously wrapped closely packed fruit in some surplus taffeta but as I couldn't see when it was ripening, when I did open the cloth they were going mouldy. I think may be rats or bats might have gone at the unprotected fruit when they started to ripen and bit big holes. We have another bunch so I will try your plastic bag suggestion and the hole for drainage sounds like a good idea. Also cutting the tree so it doesn't keep growing as it already needs a ladder. I will come back later and report how it works out.

    • @Meenadevidasi
      @Meenadevidasi  หลายเดือนก่อน

      The plastic bag is see through so that helps. The plastic should be something of a deterrent for animals. They use sense of smell and the plastic will block the smell of the fruit. Also to be sure to make a hole in the bottom of the bag so air can circulate and any water can drain out. Do you have squirrels? The biting could be squirrels. If so that might need some additional measures. Or maybe birds? Good luck..

  • @boshenaw.929
    @boshenaw.929 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow. I have 10 papaya trees and they are absolutely getting hammered with fruit flies. I will certainly be wrapping the fruit up now as I really want to eat them :-) Thanks for sharing

  • @zhannavalieva9372
    @zhannavalieva9372 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you !!!!! I live in Florida and it’s always nonstop war with that wasp 🐝! I love that some people really willing help others !!! 🥰

    • @SowViableGardens
      @SowViableGardens ปีที่แล้ว

      I’m in south Florida and the rain with the brown bag is a pain in the you know what. I’m definitely trying this today 💚💚

  • @thelonglife5772
    @thelonglife5772 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I’m in very northern Florida… I grow red lady papaya… I’ve never experienced any pest issues . I’ve not imagined a fruit fly harming a green unripe papaya fruit . This is so interesting. Possibly my below freeze winter nights, make a completely different pest reality. (I cover the base of papaya plants each year , wool blankets and bubble wrap . Lose the top .

    • @Meenadevidasi
      @Meenadevidasi  10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Thanks for sharing that. I have since moved to North Central Florida. And would love to be able to grow papaya. There are 2 volunteers from the compost now that both have small fruits. I'll try over wintering them and keep an eye out for the fruit flies.

  • @elbaedaniels2758
    @elbaedaniels2758 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Thank you so much this video. Sharing your difficulties and ultimately your success has helped me , i'm going out to my yard right now to wrap my papayas, i hope your suggestion will work for my little papayas.

    • @Meenadevidasi
      @Meenadevidasi  8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Happy for you. It will work. It looks like they like having a wrapper. The little fruits themselves seem to have a latex component of their own. Careful on the ladder.

  • @lindabethel3272
    @lindabethel3272 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you that sounds reasonable enough to try. Thanks again. I'm trying tulle at this time so I will see how this work.

    • @Meenadevidasi
      @Meenadevidasi  ปีที่แล้ว

      It'll work. Just be careful on the ladder.

  • @SevenEonXeon
    @SevenEonXeon ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I am going to try this and will get back . Everytime the papaya fruit comes up it gets attacked by the fruit Flys.. only exception was a plant that was close to our pig's for some they never attacked that one plant . Thank you so much for posting .

  • @freedombee9900
    @freedombee9900 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I'll try it. Ive tried everything else too, but havent tried that. Im not sure it will work here where I live because we have just as much problem with a black spot fungus which rots the fruit, & I dont know if the plastic will make that worse or possibly protect it, so I will definitely try it to find out. These are the best types of videos where people like yourself show all the problems & the ways theyve finally resolved those problems. Good Job !

    • @Meenadevidasi
      @Meenadevidasi  6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Sorry to hear about the fungus. It's always something. Maybe this will help? www.gardeningknowhow.com/plant-problems/disease/black-spot-fungus.htm

  • @prillycharmin
    @prillycharmin 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Very helpful, thank you!! I'm just starting to grow papaya and already the fruit pests are working on them. I'm going to put plastic bags on them tomorrow. Your video is very good!

    • @Meenadevidasi
      @Meenadevidasi  6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Great, Hope that helps. it worked like a charm. Starting out with a little plastic wrap when the fruits are very small and then the produce bags when the fruits got bigger.there were hundreds. I gave many away I dehydrated many of the papayas. still eating them. 2018.

  • @juliegfoster1
    @juliegfoster1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    You rock! I'll go do this right now. I did conquer my leaf cutter ant problem without chemicals. Hope I have some papaya fruit that has not been damaged yet.

    • @Meenadevidasi
      @Meenadevidasi  5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Good luck. It works. Just have to get up on the ladder. Let us know how it goes.

  • @krishnaReddy-xt6kf
    @krishnaReddy-xt6kf 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It's really helpful to me I hope, I have same problem. Today I try this method . Thank you so much .

    • @Meenadevidasi
      @Meenadevidasi  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      It'll work. Just you have to climb up into the tree.

  • @jebro
    @jebro 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    it's September 2020 and it is going to help me watching your video. thanks a lot! you made things easier for me.

  • @deemacloud3622
    @deemacloud3622 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Thank you for your persistence and for sharing your idea. Removed all my weeping fruit and plastic wrapped the barely swollen flowers. Those wasps attack the blossoms almost immediately! Too bad I can't find an easy solution for wasps attacking my monarch caterpillars!

    • @Meenadevidasi
      @Meenadevidasi  7 ปีที่แล้ว

      The blossoms will probably need to left open at the ends so they can be pollinated. If I wrap them too completely when the flower is still there they don't grow. They dry up and fall off. Good luck. Sorry about your butterflies. Nature is rough sometimes.

  • @newtong579
    @newtong579 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks for sharing. I've been searching the internet to find a way to protect my papayas from fruit flies and your produce bag system is the best so far. I wish I could get as many fruits as you on one tree. My trees will produce about five at a time. Let us know your secrets for great fruit production. God bless..

  • @russellmillard6346
    @russellmillard6346 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Thank you for your efforts and sharing your solution

  • @asgglass2709
    @asgglass2709 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Excellent informariion my dear.

  • @stephenhince4415
    @stephenhince4415 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Brilliant work! thanks for sharing. I have no papaya but peaches, and our fruit fly is called Queensland fruit fly, a distant relative but similar ever spreading threat here. (Australia) Cheers.

    • @massimilianotosi7585
      @massimilianotosi7585 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Same problem here in Melbourne. Did you try something that worked for you?

  • @tommyknockerparanormalinc
    @tommyknockerparanormalinc 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thanks for vid. I laughed a little but great info. Thank you. My very first Papaya is 5ft tall. I can't believe how fast it grew. It is just starting to bloom. Excited

    • @Meenadevidasi
      @Meenadevidasi  7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Papaya is a lot of fun to grow. If weather conditions aren't quite right it gets temperamental and only produces male blossoms for a while. Good luck.

    • @TruckTaxiMoveIt
      @TruckTaxiMoveIt 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Update, hows it growing?

    • @user-hz7kv6js6l
      @user-hz7kv6js6l 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Keep it topped off if you don't want your tree to grow 40 feet. I topped mine off just under 6 feet so I can reach my fruit.

  • @sonnynaicker4448
    @sonnynaicker4448 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you kind lady for sharing your info. May God bless you. I would suggest that you shorten your papaya trees by air layering in this way you would not need a ladder.

  • @joanm.4517
    @joanm.4517 ปีที่แล้ว

    I use the 12" x 16" organza gift bags with drawstrings (on Amazon). Mesh is tight enough that papaya fruit flies cannot penetrate. However, you must put them at the very early stage, immediately when flower shows the slightest inclination for having fruit in it. Literally can be the second day that flower appears. Very delicate operation when at this stage as you can knock the flower off if not careful. I slip bag under the flower (between it and lower branch), then carefully pull the drawstrings and tie them around the TRUNK of the papaya. I use an overhand single knot then one extra overhand (double overhand). This way they are secure, but will allow the trunk to grow bigger. If you like, once papayas are large enough, you can re-tie them around the papaya stem rather than the trunk of the tree. Not sure if this is completely foolproof for all critters.
    For bananas, to keep away squirrels, etc., I use the large 30" butterfly cages/habitats with ziipper. Just zip them around the stem. Has protected the fruit from those mischievous squirrels.
    FYI, I am in South Florida.

  • @americancubangardener
    @americancubangardener 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you so much. I’m going crazy

  • @jermainemcquay
    @jermainemcquay ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I live in the bahamas and I have the same thing you have fruit flies destroyed my papaya trees so I will try your way thank your ❤

    • @Meenadevidasi
      @Meenadevidasi  ปีที่แล้ว

      It requires some work to get the bags on the fruits, but it's worth it. Works like a charm. Happy harvest.

  • @vilmablais2261
    @vilmablais2261 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you for sharing your video. I grow veg and fruits in my backyard and never have problem before except this year my papaya fruits were full of maggots.

  • @rachelhernandez2178
    @rachelhernandez2178 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you for the info 👍

  • @MmeJen
    @MmeJen 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great info and story! Thank you for sharing it!

  • @christineguo2001
    @christineguo2001 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you! Very informative and I appreciate your suggestions. We will try those too.

  • @julierawlins5984
    @julierawlins5984 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    This video absolutely helps. I am going through the same thing with my tomatoes. Thank you. I am going to use plastic bags that I bought off Amazon.

  • @robinmontenegro905
    @robinmontenegro905 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you SO SO much for sharing!!! I have been trying to keep out the papaya wasp/fly and have had NO luck, I am so excited to try this!!! I've lost about 20 papayas so far. I started my first trees from seeds, now have 4 trees with flowers and fruit. But I haven't been able to eat any. =(

    • @Meenadevidasi
      @Meenadevidasi  8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Robin Montenegro It's up the ladder. down the ladder. but it works, really well. Good luck.

  • @lotusflo12
    @lotusflo12 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    😂. You cracked me up but thank you. Having the same problem

  • @stephensharma4994
    @stephensharma4994 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    you have very lovely plants... i have some plants and i noticed that the leaves appear to be eaten in certaing areas... not sure what did that... dont see any cat, ants ect on the plants...

    • @Meenadevidasi
      @Meenadevidasi  4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hmmm. There are so many insects and they are all hungry. Good thing is it would be very difficult to do significant damage to a papaya tree in that way. And insects have their life cycles. So they chew away for a little while and then they are gone. Dried papaya leaves make a wonderful tea. Fresh leaves make a great vegetable dish (subji) like cooked spinach.

    • @stephensharma4994
      @stephensharma4994 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Meenadevidasi
      many thanks Meena Devi ,,,Hari Bol ...

  • @GracefulLivingPB
    @GracefulLivingPB 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    The drain hole is key. Thanks for running us through all of your trial and errors.

  • @mildwire
    @mildwire 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks so much for your input. We have been dealing with the same problem. Going to give this a try.

    • @Meenadevidasi
      @Meenadevidasi  9 ปีที่แล้ว

      It takes a little work, up the ladder down the ladder but it works. As soon as the blossom falls away I wrap the small fruit in plastic wrap until the fruit is big enough to tie the produce bag onto it. One of my trees had over 100 fruits on it. Best wishes..

  • @SandyPrager
    @SandyPrager 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I have 20 trees and have had 2 major fruit fly infestations in the past 2 1/2 years. A nursery owner suggested to me that I pick any small papayas that have any latex leakage and get rid of them. The papaya will "bleed" after the eggs are laid. This way getting ahead of the problem. It did work! I think what also helped was lot's of tree toads setting up house in the papaya trees. I'm now in the midst of another papaya fruit fly infestation. I got lazy this time, and I'm paying the price. Tree frogs haven't taken up residence yet. Rainy season is late. So I tried making a foliar spray of diatomaceous earth and water. I think it actually might be working somewhat.

    • @Meenadevidasi
      @Meenadevidasi  8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Sandy Prager Good luck with it. As you know this fruit fly is very persistent. I had 16 trees they were about 2 years old and ended up tipping over and out of the ground during a strong windstorm. I tried cutting them back to about 2 ft above ground and a few of them put out new tree trunks, but most of them rotted. They are hollow and the water gets in there and rots them all the way to the roots. If there was a way to cut them back they could go for a few more years. But I don't see how to keep the water out, even covering them where they have been cut off it somehow still gets in there. Do you have any information on this or experience? Thanks

    • @SandyPrager
      @SandyPrager 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +Meena devi dasi Funny you mention that. Had I thought about it, I probably wouldn't have lopped off 4 of ours that fell/tipped over last January. We also had lots of wind and record setting rain. They're all now healthy with side shoots that are already flowering! But I'm sure if it was rainy season they would have shared the same fate as yours. :( I'm always planting new seeds. Between that damn fruit fly, and all the critters, I figure 40% green, and 10/15% ripe is a good mark to shoot for and be content with. Btw check out University of Hawaii seed lab. They'll sell you like 100 non-gmo seeds for a buck!

    • @Meenadevidasi
      @Meenadevidasi  8 ปีที่แล้ว

      Great thanks for the tip for non GMO. I have a variety of papayas all from South america, I've herad GMO hasn't hit down there in the papaya crops. Hopefully... But that GMO is a huge problem in Hawaii. Probably why U of H has the seeds available. Maybe I'll just let them grow tall like they do and hope for sideshoots instead of cutting them down like that. Last year was a bumper crop year. There were so many I couldn't give them away fast enough. Bought a dehydrator. and froze as much as I could, 2 freezers full. they are saving my life. Such a healthy fruit. Actually I was told it's a berry? Dried leaves make a great tea. Fresh leaves can be cooked like spinach, they lose that puckery bitterness when cooked. and you know about the green papayas. Great cooked. The seeds, dried and powdered make a nice spice, a little peppery. The health benefits are astounding. I love my trees. I can't thank them enough.

    • @margarettan848
      @margarettan848 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Sandy Prager '

    • @Meenadevidasi
      @Meenadevidasi  7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Interesting about removing the small infested fruits that contain the eggs. I have another problem now. Some sort of wilt. They are susceptible to hundreds of diseases. Going to not grow any for a few years see if whatever it is goes away. Planting avocados.

  • @peterfernandez5140
    @peterfernandez5140 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you! I cant wait to harvest my first backyard papaya tree!

  • @valeale5747
    @valeale5747 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very helpful. Thank you

  • @afroninja916
    @afroninja916 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Had the day off this morning, walking around our backyard with a cup of tea and a joint I noticed a little wasp attaching itself to our fruit… I knew something wasn’t right 😂 thank you for your tips family :)

  • @RussellBooth1977
    @RussellBooth1977 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I have a few red papayas in pots but they don't seem to grow as big very quickly in my area in Australia which is 1.5 hours drive north of Sydney in New South Wales, the latitude is 32.66° South of the equator.
    Our climate isn't tropical but humid subtropical meaning that we have cool winters which means that our temperatures can reach down to 33°F (about 2°C) overnight & the days get down to 11°C which means that the papaya plants die back & go into a state of dormancy over the winter.
    Horticulturist Jerry Coleby-Williams said that he had less problems growing them in Sydney than he now does after moving to Brisbane in Queensland as there is a bit more humidity therefore it gets that blackspot fungus there, it happens far less in Sydney.
    I put them out where it gets sun first thing in the morning at winter time & I put them in a semi shaded area during the summer, I think a 35-40°C (about a 95-100°F day) in the sun stunts their growth & can kill them.
    I hope that the plants are with me next year because I want to plant them in the ground when I move !

  • @freddies515
    @freddies515 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    thanks, that is really cool. Im going to try that out.

  • @sherekhan53
    @sherekhan53 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I'm glad this worked for you! I'm wondering though...wouldn't the fly be able to to get through the plastic wrap?

    • @Meenadevidasi
      @Meenadevidasi  7 ปีที่แล้ว

      I wondered about that too. But, no. It is effective. I had to make sure there were at least a couple of holes in the bottom of the bag so fresh air could circulate inside.

  • @sfaaf05
    @sfaaf05 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you for the post and info. This help. Will use produce bag to protect the papaya that I have growing in Orlando Florida. I have the papaya fruit where the papaya fruit fly laid its egg, so i will try this on the ones that are not infested. I think I made a mistake of killing the regular wasp and removing the nest. I noticed right after I did that, few days later the papaya fruit got attached by papaya fruit fly (Toxotrypana curvicauda Gerstaecker); naturally the regular Florida wasp were killing those papaya fruit flies, and as soon as I eliminated them, the problem with fruit fly started.

  • @orlandosanchez3605
    @orlandosanchez3605 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you , I will apply your remedy

    • @Meenadevidasi
      @Meenadevidasi  ปีที่แล้ว

      Good luck with it. It works. The fruits seem to like having their own little baggy. 😊

  • @JosH-lu1dy
    @JosH-lu1dy 9 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Thanks for your help. I was wondering what was happening to my fruits, finding punctures in small fruits rotting on the tree. Thankyou!!!

  • @jascam1
    @jascam1 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I struggle every year in SW Florida with the wasp who lay eggs in the young fruit. You can tell the wasp visited by the white latex on the side of the fruits. I tried NEEM oil but that washed away with the first rain. I'll try that veggie bag method. Thanks

  • @1655stewartlane
    @1655stewartlane 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you so much for sharing! The papaya fruit fly is a new pest for me, so I’m researching ways to combat the issue. I feel very lucky to have found your video. One question for clarification: you’re talking about the bags in the fruit and veggie section of the grocery; the ones you pull off the roll yourself and bag your fruits/veggies yourself, yes? Not the plastic grocery bags they put all your food in at the register, right? Thanks again!!

    • @Meenadevidasi
      @Meenadevidasi  5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I bought a few rolls of the clear on the roll veggie bags on Ebay. But the other ones would probably work too. I had a problem with the gated community complaining about bags on the trees... Ha Ha. all about appearances, you know,s so I could tuck the clear ones in really close and it wasn't so visible. They sure like the free papayas I gave everyone though. The affluent are funny. There was a giant mango tree in the common space. Filled with mangoes. No one would pick them. I picked them and gave everyone mangoes. But to go and pick for themselves they would not do.

  • @Indusxstan
    @Indusxstan 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you 🙏

  • @PeppermintTwyst
    @PeppermintTwyst 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    AWESOMENESS alert! Thank you so much!

    • @Meenadevidasi
      @Meenadevidasi  8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +Eddy W. Happy if this helped. It really does work. Just a little labor intensive. But I feel it is well worth it.

  • @richardwolske2015
    @richardwolske2015 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    When is the best time to bag them to protect from the bugs ?

  • @richardwolske2015
    @richardwolske2015 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I loved your whole experience video ❤️👍

  • @StevinSto
    @StevinSto 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I'm going to try this.

  • @astridvandermolen3834
    @astridvandermolen3834 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you for sharing, excellent tip! What a determination. Good for you

  • @BisonArmstrong
    @BisonArmstrong 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Awesome! Thanks I'll try it! Im losing all of them.

    • @Meenadevidasi
      @Meenadevidasi  4 ปีที่แล้ว

      this might not be the most practical solution for a commercial grower with 1500 trees. But for us backyard gardeners it'll get it done. Works great. Good luck.

  • @torquat0
    @torquat0 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    good idea, thank you for making this video.

  • @owlprophet1
    @owlprophet1 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Try large pieces of thicker clear plastic sheet to wrap around bunches, & tie it to tree trunk above & below bunches (with maybe stretchy material?) so the plastic sheet balloons out in the middle giving fruit room to grow. Maybe clear plastic drop cloths to protect floor from paint drips? Bunches of bananas have thick blue plastic put around them. Just an idea, because it sounds a lot easier if it'd work. Consider cutting top half of tree back to keep trees smaller also. A great video on how to do this @ www.abc.net.au/local/videos/2011/10/26/3348803.htm. The video is called "Lopping Pawpaws" because we call papaya trees "pawpaw trees" in Australia, but the video is definitely about papayas, as you will see.
    I lopped back mine yrs ago because I couldnt get to the fruit & hoped trees wouldnt die, & they were fine & they still grew lots of lovely fruit from side branches that just grew low down instead. You may want to try just one or two trees first if you dont feel confident about it. I congratulate you on your perseverance because healthy free homegrown fruit is definitely worth it,

    • @Meenadevidasi
      @Meenadevidasi  8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +Susie Whitney Thank you for the link. I had been cutting the trees way back, like to about 2 feet above the ground. But then the water gets into the stump and rots tree. So I'll check the link out. Thanks again. About the plastic sheets wrapping around... Problem is the leaves... don;t see ow to wrap anything around until the leaves fall off, but by then the small fruit would be exposed. I've got the plastic bag thin down. It's not that much work now. Every three or 4 days i climb up to adjust things. These papayas are blessing. I have a dehydrator. They delicious dried. I use the unripe fruits as a vegetable. Steamed they are great. the leaves dried for tea, and the seeds powdered make an interesting spice, peppery. What a blessing. Best wishes..

    • @Meenadevidasi
      @Meenadevidasi  7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Just saw your suggestions. Thanks. I have a pesky Home Owners Association to deal with. It's all about appearances. I can get away with a few things but I'm not supposed to even have any fruit trees at all. Rule is no fruit trees. Can you imagine it,. No fruit trees in Florida. These people are crazy. They are afraid it will attract animals. So whatever I do has to be real low visibility. The produce bags are bad enough but I can tuck them under the fruits and they are transparent. So I get away with it.

  • @ianwakeling1111
    @ianwakeling1111 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I HAVE USED TO STOP OTHER SPECIES FRUIT FLY PLASTIC BAG WITH REAL SMALL HOLES
    IT WORKED

    • @Meenadevidasi
      @Meenadevidasi  7 ปีที่แล้ว

      The papaya itself is loaded with latex. so a plastic bag isn't going to bother the fruit. Just kind of a cozy place to hang out. :>)

  • @bonniebays
    @bonniebays 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I grew my own horned melons and papayas and dragon fruits i had 3 trees of the dragon fruit and papaya and horned melons are on vines live in florida to and this helped alot

    • @Meenadevidasi
      @Meenadevidasi  7 ปีที่แล้ว

      That makes me feel very good to hear. Glad it helped.

    • @1655stewartlane
      @1655stewartlane 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Dragonfruit trees? Dragonfruit grow on a rainforest cactus... maybe you don’t actually have dragonfruit?

  • @carmel9724
    @carmel9724 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thanks a lot ... makes me laugh too 😆😁

  • @dafanglin841
    @dafanglin841 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thank you, I will use the plastic bag on my peach tree's peaches.

    • @Meenadevidasi
      @Meenadevidasi  7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Requires some work and looks a little funny, but it works for the papayas. They have a tough skin though, it's reinforced with natural latex... so will be interesting if the bags work on peaches... little softer skins. Give us an update. :>)

  • @anofritz
    @anofritz 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    thank you, that certainly helped me :)

  • @marksfowler1
    @marksfowler1 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you for the video. I am in the process of putting nylon stockings on mine. It seems like I can cover a lot of them with one set of stockings. I like the bag idea. Have you thought about cutting your papaya back so they are easier to reach, I am pretty sure they will grow a new head, I have only tried it with a small one. Maybe being tall is an advantage to keep some of the pests from reaching them.

    • @Meenadevidasi
      @Meenadevidasi  9 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      +Mark Fowler Good luck with the nylons.. Too expensive for me. 11 trees. I had one tree that was way too tall to service. I cut it all the way to the ground. I wasn't counting on it coming back. But it did. 4 new trunks all producing as much fruit each as the original trunk had produced,. Nice... I cut another one back thinking maybe that wouldn't happen again. But it did. I saw a video a while back where someone had been doing that for 40 years to the same papaya tree. The trunk just gets wider and wider. amazing trees. Amazing fruits. I have a decent dehydrator and the fruits are great sliced thin and dehydrated.

    • @marksfowler1
      @marksfowler1 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      That is awesome information, thank you so much! What type of papaya do you have, probably a lot? I have three red ladies and an unknown.

    • @marksfowler1
      @marksfowler1 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +Mark Fowler I just talked to a friend that has a different method you may want to look into, it is easier. He gets a yellow plate, he is using like a disposable dessert plate, i think, but any yellow plastic plate would work. Paint tanglefoot on the plate and attach it with string or long twist tie around where the fruit is. He says he catches the papaya fruit fly on the plate and does not have any problems with them injecting eggs in the fruit.

    • @Meenadevidasi
      @Meenadevidasi  8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +Mark Fowler just saw your post... thanks. I'll DEFINITELY try that. Party supply store, maybe Dollartree, ought to have yellow plastic dinner plates. I knew white flies were drawn to yellow and they can be captured that way. If that works, what a relief. The bags work... but it's a lot of work. It's a miracle fruit. I'm actually turning slightly orange from eating so many.

    • @Meenadevidasi
      @Meenadevidasi  8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      +Mark Fowler Not sure the varieties. Just some seeds from a produce stand.... label from Costa Rica. From what I understand South American papayas are non gmo. Some of the fruit from Hawaii might be gmo though. Three or four different kinds. They all produce a lot of fruit, so no problem there. One of them wasn't producing any fruit. It was quite tall and stout. I cut it to about a foot off the ground. Thinking I would just plant another one hoping for fruit. But it surprised me. 4 new trunks and they all put out a lot of fruit. Really a miracle tree.

  • @amilom007
    @amilom007 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The best place to grow papayas is the desert, althoug the tree set back during the winter , it will come back and produce a very good yield especially in the fall and there is no rot no fungus no flies

    • @Meenadevidasi
      @Meenadevidasi  5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Makes sense. But if it is too hot the fruit won't set?

  • @tanyabey8556
    @tanyabey8556 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you

  • @MsFishingdog
    @MsFishingdog 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    great video. thanks

  • @TruckTaxiMoveIt
    @TruckTaxiMoveIt 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wow, great work exceptional results.
    What zone are you in?

    • @Meenadevidasi
      @Meenadevidasi  5 ปีที่แล้ว

      moved a 5 hours north. too cold here for papaya. the video was taken in West Palm Beach Florida. zone? One tree has made it through the winter here so here come the plastic bags and plastic wrap, Happy to hear this worked for you.

  • @tookarisk
    @tookarisk 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    I just got Dwarf Red Lady papaya, it's about 2.5 ft tall and very healthy. I have a large sun room I have typical house plants in, no bugs, etc. It gets very bright light during most of the day and around 2 pm it's sunny. It's a Dwarf so I could lop off the top to keep it short but am wondering if it would be good to grow it in that year round room supplemented with a grow light to mimic the sunshine? Your video was great and thanks for posting it, I am learning alot. The nursery said it's a hermaphadite tree, self pollinating, and disease resistant.

    • @Packgammon
      @Packgammon 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Red Lady is GMO.

  • @juntakfoods
    @juntakfoods ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is in Florida? Fruit Flies are that bad over there ?

    • @Meenadevidasi
      @Meenadevidasi  ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes. They were very active. I was in southern Florida at the time. Here in North Central Florida papaya doesn't grow well. Too cold in the winter months.

  • @pn3940
    @pn3940 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    gotta use a much bigger plastic bag than that. papaya fruits grow fast.

  • @josephalenghat3629
    @josephalenghat3629 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Does fruit fly sting trough the produce bags?

  • @janetneo4272
    @janetneo4272 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I had the same problem fruit fly attack my papaya. Its look nice outside and its turn yellow n when i cut open inside there are worm bcos fruit fly when inside the papaya. I try apple cider with dish soap n i also try cover with plastic n still dont work. Recently i bought fruit fly trap from internet n hang it on the tree n see there hundred of them went into the trap. So i hope the next papaya that i am going to harvest will be good. Hope for the best.

    • @hawaiiski5765
      @hawaiiski5765 ปีที่แล้ว

      What's the name of the trap?

  • @susanchong68
    @susanchong68 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    How soon do i have to start wrapping each fruit? Its my first time growing papaya. I've actually throw away 7 fruits.

    • @Meenadevidasi
      @Meenadevidasi  4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Throwing away the fruit is so disappointing. The larvae in the papaya fruit fly ruins the whole fruit, not like in an apple or a peach where you can just cut around the worm. I did two stages. When the little fruit with the flower on it was done blooming I would use a little plastic wrap. When the fruit got a little bigger, big enough to support a produce bag I would tie a bag on. Poking holes in the bottom so that when it rains the water could run out the bottom. Good luck.

  • @sandramaier2781
    @sandramaier2781 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Just became acquainted with this persistent pest and my search for solutions brought me here. My fruits are young and some of them have that milky sap on it. Does it mean the fly successfully laid eggs inside and are the fruits ruined? Appreciate any advice this is my first attempt to grow papaya.

    • @carlosgraft7386
      @carlosgraft7386 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes … some of the fruit will be able to kill the larvae though ..

  • @sankeyamram4132
    @sankeyamram4132 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    thanks buddy

    • @Meenadevidasi
      @Meenadevidasi  4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Deep fried "green" papaya strips are great. Little salt and ketchup. mmmm. Better than french fries. I bought a deep fryer just for this. All stainless steel cheap on eBay. Enjoy... www.ebay.com/itm/2500W-6-3QT-6L-Stainless-Steel-Electric-Deep-Fryer-Home-Commercial-Restaurant/401651670424?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649

  • @gowiththeflow2568
    @gowiththeflow2568 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I used electric mosquito bat to kill those bugs. Bt i have to do twice a week.

  • @donaldraya
    @donaldraya 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Cut them when u see some yellow wrap them in news paper in leave them in a dark place also pray ask God to share your fruits rightfully with His animal kingdom and last enjoy the fruits that you get its a big circle, ,,,, God bless

    • @Meenadevidasi
      @Meenadevidasi  5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes. God bless. For all the gifts. The papaya is such a generous servant.

  • @juneaoalfred3704
    @juneaoalfred3704 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This is old but.. imagine we have acres of this for side income..

  • @veedem2506
    @veedem2506 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @HariiBTV
    @HariiBTV 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    PAPAYA Condoms :P

  • @anr1682
    @anr1682 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Organic pesticide anyone !

    • @mahaabbas9370
      @mahaabbas9370 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Try using Neem oil mixed in water and a little dishwash liquid. shake n spray , before it flowers and during and after flowering.
      as per need.
      check ratio on net

    • @1655stewartlane
      @1655stewartlane 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      It doesn’t protect from oviposition. The female injects the eggs inside, and the maggots eat their way out.

  • @joshuadavidson2638
    @joshuadavidson2638 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    🤣😂😂😂