How to grow Babaco

Vasconcellea x heilbornii

Dappled Sun
OR
Partial Sun
Medium

Harvesting Babaco

Home grown babaco fruit can be harvested when almost fully yellow.²

How long does Babaco take to grow?

These estimates for how long Babaco takes to sprout, grow and harvest are from real observations from real gardeners, right around the world.

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Other names for Babaco

Mountain papaya, Champagne fruit

Footnotes

¹ Wikipedia entry on Babaco

² www.crfg.org/pubs/ff/babaco.html

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