I was given a tiny Papaya plant & decided to plant it in the corner of one of my raised vegetable beds- well it got this black fungus on the leaves & fruit so I went on a mission to learn all I could about Papaya trees. I treated it ( totally Organic) & have picked around 35 fruits so far with about 20 left to go- Papaya Jam / Mango & Papaya Chutney/ Papaya Relish & the list goes on- I am about to plant 2 more trees from my seeds which have sprouted from this original tree. I live in Brisbane Australia, which is sub-tropical & seems to be the perfect climate for them, I have just found your channel & will be watching. Cheers Denise - Brisbane Australia

Unripe papaya is excellent for making salsa for eating with chips. Just dice it up together with tomatoes, jalapenos, onions, garlic, cilantro and add lemon juice, guava or orange juice and a little tapatillo sauce. It's amazing. I discovered this after being disappointed that a green papaya refused to ripen and I didn't want to throw it away. Now I use green papaya for many things.

As a central Florida tropical fruit grower my self, I found this video very imformative.

Julia--we love your educational videos....learning a lot from you, and having fun doing it. Make some more soon?

Yes we do! Sugar apples are in a group known as Annonas and we have a page on our website that list growers who can ship this fruit to you in season. TFGSF

Rich with pain... A protiolytic enzyme Sweet in taste fruit Fantastic and lovely fruiting With best of wishes and love friend

Great video, I just purchased a home in South Florida and can't wait to grow nice fruit trees

papaya is my favorite salad , i love to eat them every days, its beautiful trees.

In Thailand green papaya is used in a fresh salad called Som Tom Thai. It’s almost a national dish. you must make medium length strings

This is a very well made and well edited video. The topic is important to us who do not live in the tropics or sub-tropics since, in most cases, we are not familiar with all of the aspects of the papaya. I have seen them for sale in the Asian stores in my region, but was never really comfortable in buying one. I think this is one of the exotic fruits that should be more a part of our diet since by all accounts it is healthy and has a many uses. I would give this video an A+ and a Like for sure.

you can eat the ENTIRE papaya....the skin has health benefits, as well as the seeds. the seeds have a nice peppery taste. yum!! makes me want to move to south florida!

And delicious too! Thanks for your comment. Louise

strawberry papayas are called mamey papayas in the Cuban comunity of South Florida and Cuba ,they are twice as sweet and juicy as the yellow onesand also more orange reddish orange color than those the best!

I love what you guys are doing...

Excellent and helpful videos. Thank you.

I didn't know you could eat the seeds! Cool Didn't know they can help tenderize meat. Wish I knew that sooner!

We couldn't agree more! TFGSF has been working hard to let the public know about the great fruits that are grown here in Florida. But we could use some more help. Please let your produce managers know that you want Florida grown fruit. not imported. In that way, you will get the freshest fruit available and at the same time, help to support Florida farms. Re:strawberry papaya, Yes, we have heard of that variety. It is not suited to the soils and other conditions in Florida. Thanks! TFGSF TFGSF

Beef Soup green Papaya,yummy !

i like growing and also eating papaya i found this video very educative thank you keep it up from Dar TAnzania

Super good video. I have Irritable bowel syndrome (UBS) and they recommend papaya. I like to drizzle it with lime juice.

No, there are still non-GMO plants around providing fruit. TFGSF

i miss watermelon loaded with seeds - sweet and juicy- like we use to have when we were little kids.

"The papaya is the fruit of the plant Carica papaya. The papaya is believed native to tropical America. There are two types of papayas, Hawaiian and Mexican. A properly ripened papaya is juicy, sweetish and somewhat like a cantaloupe in flavor. Although Mexican papayas are much larger than the Hawaiian types, the flavor is less intense than that the Hawaiian papaya." quoted from: Beauty Fruit for Lady - Papaya (Mugua)

Many of the answers to your questions depend on where you live, or where your papayas will live: the temps, the soil; the sun light., etc. Contact your local Cooperative Extension agency to help you find the answers to your questions. Also, click on the links on the papaya page of our website to reach the Univ. if Florida bulletin on papaya. Good luck!

I didn't know that papayas were commercially grown in Florida. How come every time I buy a papaya at Publix or other Florida stores, they're always from Mexico? As Floridians, we would prefer supporting our Florida growers and buy locally produced products, but it seems we don't have that choice. Ever heard of the Strawberry Papaya? I tasted some in Hawaii and they're much better than regular papayas. This variety might be good for your operation too.

Those are some huge papayas!

to mr tropical fruit grower i live in puerto rico and i pick alot of papaya especially green ones for candy making and i have to use them withing tree days or my papaya would ripen up

peeled green papaya can be added to chicken soup or boiled cut up chicken as you would potato or carrot, good for cold winter night

I feel that way about brussel sprouts!

when i lived in guam we would pickgreen papaya skin it then cut it up into bite size pieces and put them in a jar of vinger and water lrt soak for a little bit then eat with a fork .there awesome

Six is plenty!!!

tight tight tight! thanks Tuco. great video

@gengorudder in commercial plantations typically 8ft apart, some varieties can be planted closer, and in some places 10 ft apart. they like lots of sun, and MUST NEVER grow in standing water, safe bet is to plant them on a raised mound of well drained fertile soil.

Hi. Thank you for sharing your wonderful information. Do you have any suggestions about how to control the papaya wasps we get in Florida? They completely devastated my fruit.

Actually, papayas do not grow on trees, they grow on plants classified as herbs, like basil and parsley! But they do LOOK like trees, with the brown trunk, and leaves on the top. In Florida, papaya, plants do not last but a few years before productions declines. Once the trees starts to produce less fruit, the farmer will cut down the plants, and then put seed in the ground to start the next production cycle! Thanks fro your comment. TFGSF

Excellent video

I love papaya beacause all pilipino favorite the papaya

i like papaya for its sweet flavor. here in New England a fresh papaya is around $1.50. i sm germinating papaya seeds now

Yes, that was a quick shave from the plantation on the way to the kitchen! :)

Subscribed to this freaking show right here booooiiii. love you guys love ya!

i hope its not hybrid or gmo. papayas are best in original and organic form. i love papayas regardless of smell. good for the digestive system

Love your channel, and the work you are doing, i have really learnt a lot from it. Please what is the maximum number of papaya that can be grown in an acre of land?

@rbaker02 Usually green papaya will not ripen - it will stay green once picked . Green papaya is not sweet and is most often used as a vegetable. Once the papaya has started to get a little yellow color to it on the tree, it can then ripen off the tree into the sweet, delicious fruit.

I don't know about Central American countries. I came from Taiwan. I remember those papayas I had at my childhood, were yellow flesh. They taste better than these orange fleshed papaya, which taste bitter. The yellow fleshed papayas are the same yellow color inside and out. I can't find them in the market here at West coast of The States.

Papaya for me is something completely different lol

I grow lots of these in thailand i like when ripe and sweet but its not easy because the family eat these so quickly

you're very lucky get to taste all the fruits.

Yes, some papaya are sweeter than others and so have a different odor. TFGSF

AMAZING

There are two reasons for this 1. Papayas in Mexico may be in season when Papayas in Florida are not. 2. Mexico and Chile are more competitive when it comes to pricing of produce. This bothers me too. I live in California and our stores sell a lot of produce from Mexico and Chile. California is the biggest agriculture state in the country,and we're importing all this produce from other countriees =:- \

Yes, we have growers that can sell you the Dragon Fruit plants. check out our website and click on the Nursery page. TFGSF

About how long do the solo papaya trees take to fruit from seed? Mine is 2 years old and 3 feet tall

I'm pretty sure it is not the Mexican papaya, which I can get from the market in Southern California. I found some photos of the Hawaiian papaya online, that has yellow flesh. So, to answer to your question, the exact name should be "Hawaiian papaya". Or if there is other official name for it, I wouldn't know though.

i got that exact same papaya right now in Canada

it can be eaten cooked sorted, it can be very good. u can also make sweet of it. i eat both of them

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Omg I want the greens one! So I can make dum muck houng! Laos Papaya Salad. Mmmmm

Thank you for your answer. I don't have land and I wanted to plant the papaya tree in a container. But my friends said that it won't grow because papaya trees have deep roots. What is your advice?

Thanks!

I LOVVVE PAPAYA!!!!! WHERE CAN I GET THEM YEAR ROUND IN NJ.

chew a big handful of seeds and swallow, tastes bad but the most medicinal benefits

I'm in Ft. Lauderdale, but I have a bad nematode problem in my garden. I've got some papaya plants started. Should I be concerned, or do the nematodes typically not bother papaya plants?

Pepaya are good for your digestive system

Paused the video (his hands look like "spirit fingers"). Just had to say that in the thumbnail, I thought those were giant grapes. Yep, I am American. lol

Green Pa-paw can be use it as a meat tenderizer.

If you pick the papaya green can you let it ripen as is and then eat or do you have to score it to release latex?

great , thanks for the video.... !

Thank you for video. Can I ask you why papaya leaves would turn yellow?

Sorry for the later reply. To answer both of these questions, Google this: "Papaya Growing in the Florida Home Landscape" This will answer these questions. Thanks! TFGSF

there are plenty here in vietnam

How do the roots grow? Deeply or shallowly and spread out?

I have 2 papaya trees on my garden.

THANK YOU!!!

Sick papayas bro!

Thanks,that's informative.

good video great explanation the guy is good dddddd

how to protect your papaya from this papaya ring spot virus and how to control it? can you give me some tips?

Growing my first backyard papaya. Do you have any recommendations to control the papaya wasp? I just discoved this pest on my tree.

I grew 7 Papaya plants from seeds that my neighbor gave me from her tree.. All of them seem to be male plants. All of them have the male flowers but are not growing off of long stems hanging off of plant.. All seem to be growing off of the trunk.. Is there any explanation for this.. Any help would be wonderful, Thank You.

I am not aware of any yellow fleshed varieties grown here. Perhaps those grow in the Central American countries???

how long does it take for the fruit to actual get big?

How come I don't see these in central Florida supermarkets?

Is it possible to germinate white seed of unripe papaya - even seeds color turn into black color later .

I like papaya

hi i have a papaya plants growing in a pot in my balcony i wanna know if they will grow their their are tall and what happens if i transplant them outside in the ground i am growing those plants from seed of a papaya i want to know if it will bear me fruit and how long does it take it to grow i have a neighbor who bought a papaya plant from small and it already has flowers coming out i have had mines for more than 5 months how long do i have to wait.

How many feet apart should papaya trees be spaced out?

Do you have "yellow flesh" papayas? Yellow papayas are smaller but taste better than this.

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Any problem with papaya fly down there ? If so. How do you deal with it?

What do you do with Papaya wasp laying eggs on your fruit

i still don't see how the fruit bats manage to get them.

hi i have about 30 papayas trees and one Mexican papaya or that's what i'm told 5 of the pair shaped ones have started flowering but the Mexican one has Multiple flowers on it 6 to its 1 any clues of whats going on ?

Nice!

is this the carica papaya shown in the video? if not can i know the exact name. thanks

Hey nice video. Can i get the seeds here in South Africa?

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How are they fertilized, I am growing a tree in a container?

Nice to know😆

Hahaha, I'm from Brazil and I have one of these in my yard. "Mamão papaia" as we know here, it's very easy to find and it's very cheap! (Here you can have one for 1 dollar) =D

I like it