Papaya harvested

[JEFF IN MODESTO]

He is a photo of the first papaya of the year harvested yesterday.

It's tr Hovey , which is a tropical papaya.

This plant barely made it through our mild winter, though it got a little freeze damage

[Funkthulhu]

Now that I have one that I'm pretty sure won't randomly die on me, my new goal is to get my potted papaya to produce! (it's only 12" tall, I give it 2 years)

Nice Fruit!

[Palms1984]

It looks very good for going through some freeze damage.

I just harvested my last Thai Dwarf papaya last week. The fruits on my plant are very large (14" long and 16" circumference at the bottom of the fruit) and sweet like candy.

Is TR Hovey a very sweet variety?

Edited June 4, 2015 by Palms1984

[MattyB]

Looks good. Those tropical/Hawaiian ones are hard to grow. I have much better luck with the Mexican ones and when they're grown to full ripeness on the tree before picking them come out just as good as the hawaiian ones.

[Bennz]

Hey Jeff, any seeds set in there? Taste good?

[JEFF IN MODESTO]

Ben, yes there are seeds.

I'll see if they are viable.

This papaya is planted very close to a Babaco papaya.

Perhaps they crossed ?

Based on what I read on the web...This one was picked at 50 percent green, I'll leave the others longer.

[Palms1984]

Looks good. Those tropical/Hawaiian ones are hard to grow. I have much better luck with the Mexican ones and when they're grown to full ripeness on the tree before picking them come out just as good as the hawaiian ones.

That's strange, I grow the Hawaiian solo varieties very well. The one that is the challenge for me is the 'Red Caribbean' (the ones sold at Trader Joes'). I did get very nice, sweet fruit on my 'Red Caribbean' this year, though.

[JEFF IN MODESTO]

Harvesting more.

[Palms1984]

Looks good. Those tropical/Hawaiian ones are hard to grow. I have much better luck with the Mexican ones and when they're grown to full ripeness on the tree before picking them come out just as good as the hawaiian ones.

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Edited June 25, 2015 by Palms1984