how to grow a papaya?

Question

i bought a fresh papaya and i got the seeds out i want to plant them but i dont know what i need to do with them first can anyone help?

Answer 1

I have threatened to grow some myself but never get around to it. All I know is that the papayas get ripe fall off and lay on the ground. The next season there are papaya trees everywhere. I was told to let the seeds dry so I put them on a paper plate. When they were dry my cat knocked them all over the kitchen and I swept them up. The old vet druggie down the road told me all of this and he has papaya trees everywhere so it must work. I think all you have to do is barely cover them and they will start. They start from bird droppings so it can't take much to make them start. The only thing I know for sure is that the female plants are much smaller than the male plants and that if youwant papayas you best have at least one male among a bunch of females. I know that there are many different kinds of papayas and they flower and seed differently.