Plant 1/2"-1" deep. Soil moderately moist 75-85°F . Can fruit from seed in 9 months.
Papaya plants prefer full sun and like to be dried between watering. Papaya trees like to grow against the house walls where there is more warmth. They like to be sheltered from wind. Excessive moisture are very detrimental to them.
Papayas do not tolerate salty water or soil.1
Easy but may take weeks.
Papaya does not transplant well so start plants where they are to stay.2
Papayas are ready to harvest when most of the skin is yellow green.2
These estimates for how long Papaya takes to sprout, grow and harvest are from real observations from real gardeners, right around the world.
Average 15 days | Min 11 days | Max 66 days (4)
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Carica papaya was the first transgenic fruit tree to have its genome deciphered.1
Waimanalo Papaya, Papaw, Paw Paw, Pawpaw,