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Hi Sandra, Thank you. I bought the papaya as a two foot tall plant from Laguna Hills Nursery two springs ago (about a year and a half ago). I actually worked at a papaya packing plant in Hilo years ago so I guess I got spoiled by the taste of Hawaiian papaya. It was funny that the tastiest, tree ripened papaya fruit was thrown away because they had no shelf life. We could have all we wanted for free.

Thanks, Chris! I think the mites are the problem. Finding an effective miticide that's not illegal is a slight problem here in the USA. Sorry, ton2menehune, I've only recently joined the 21 st century, and I'm still fumbling with my digital camera and the procedures for including images in my posts. Hope to figure it out soon, but in the meantime, I'm fumbling with verbal descriptions. The actual tissue of the leaf is...

Marcelo, hi, great fotos....I have seen many large ceibas down here but none as impressive as that one!!! Calgary who lives in Trabuco in southern cal has one growing in his yard, maybe he can tell you more.....chris

Gary, I am referring to the Med magnifica. I also threw some coconut husk into the mix. Let me know how it does epiphytically for you. I've also read that that's how it grows. I've have killed every species of Medinilla so far. :( Oddly, they all died after blooming. So I am keeping my fingers crossed on this mix. I also have miniata in the same mix and it is doing fine.

Hi Take it you don't have the papaya fly there?? They grow very easily here but you get maybe one fruit out of ten. Nothing as wonderful as slicing a fruit open and it's crawling with maggots lol my birds LOVE them though lol gary

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Looks ok. paw paws as we call papaya in Australia use to do well in Sydney which is zone 10. They use to say either you got no fruit or enough to feed the street. The one you have illustrated looks like a bisexual paw paw as the fruit are on the ends of long storks. Normally the female plant produces the fruit but needs a male plant nearby. The fruit on a female paw paw is held close to the trunk.

Hi Gary, That's a nice looking plant you have! How long did it take for it to get this big? I'm also in So. CAL and growing a few varieties of papayas (Mexican, Hawaiian Solo and Hawaiian Strawberry papayas) that I grew from seeds. Some are about 2 to 3' tall. I hope they turn out better than your other ones. :) Good job! Sandra

Hello, I am from Puerto Rico, the tree you are talking about is one on the native trees from Puerto Rico (Ceiba) the tree in the picture in the park must be over 300 hundred years old maybe 500? if your zone is a tropical area you should have no problem full sun is fine no need to be watering every day. If you will like it to grow it fast put it in a big pot, full sun and super-thrive fertilizer every two weeks or once a month. If you plant it...

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