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My papaya tree hasn’t been doing so great lately. The leaves have been yellowing and shriveling up rather quick. Any tips? I know the soil looks dry but it’s still moist about an inch down.

 

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It has been my experience with a good many of these that the do NOT like there roots wet. VERY good drainage is a must as they rot at the drop of a pin.

Let it dry completely between waterings as they are somewhat drought resistant.

 

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I would look under the leaves as it may have spider mites. They will be very small red specks and webs.

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I've was given two papayas last year. I know yours is not the case, but three days after the transplant, they wilted and died. I did transplant on rainy/foggy days. I'm under the impression papayas germinate and grow whereever the seed falls in. But once you transplant a papaya, it's usually a Kobiashi Maru scenario. (Trekkie reference for a no-win situation). I ended up planting dragon fruit cacti in their stead.

Hope your papaya makes it. Nice coconut seedlings btw.

 

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5 year high 42.2C/108F (07/06/2018)--5 year low 4.6C/40.3F (1/19/2023)--Lowest recent/current winter: 4.6C/40.3F (1/19/2023)

 

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Thanks for the advice everyone. I will cross my fingers that it pulls through.

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19 hours ago, GottmitAlex said:

once you transplant a papaya, it's usually a Kobiashi Maru scenario. (Trekkie reference for a no-win situation).

I'm surprised you had problems after transplanting here either in San Diego's south bay or Tijuana.  I had one grow through the pot, and root in the ground below, because I was lazy and didn't get it planted right away.  I have a full crop on 3 "Solo" variety, just waiting to ripen as temps rise again.  Last year's crop on one of the plants, as some were ripening in early May:

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I've been growing papaya plants here in San Diego for many years.  They are one of the easiest plants to grow and fruit...as long as they are in the ground in a sunny warm spot and receive enough water and nutrients.  Papaya plants can tolerate a lot of dry conditions. However, they do best with regular water here in very dry San Diego during summer. My  Red Caribbean and Thai Dwarf papayas are ripening now...even though we've been getting cooler weather (this past week) after the months of very hot weather this winter.  

I took these pics a few weeks ago.

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9 hours ago, Palms1984 said:

I've been growing papaya plants here in San Diego for many years.  They are one of the easiest plants to grow and fruit...as long as they are in the ground in a sunny warm spot and receive enough water and nutrients.  Papaya plants can tolerate a lot of dry conditions. However, they do best with regular water here in very dry San Diego during summer. My  Red Caribbean and Thai Dwarf papayas are ripening now...even though we've been getting cooler weather (this past week) after the months of very hot weather this winter.  

I took these pics a few weeks ago.

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Well grown!

 

 

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Thank you! The very hot, dry weather of the last few months have dried some of the leaves.   Here's some pics of my papayas in Summer.

 

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23 hours ago, Palms1984 said:

My  Red Caribbean and Thai Dwarf papayas are ripening now...even though we've been getting cooler weather (this past week) after the months of very hot weather this winter.  

I do have a couple of papayas starting to ripen on one of my solo varieties right now too.  The recent cold snap has slowed that process though.  Just curious in that I am only growing the one variety, if you have a favorite variety or find any particular variety which performs better here in San Diego area?  Any which you feel are able to achieve better taste when grown in our local climate?  (Sorry for diverting this post a little, but I'm staying with the general Papaya growing theme).

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4 hours ago, Tracy said:

I do have a couple of papayas starting to ripen on one of my solo varieties right now too.  The recent cold snap has slowed that process though.  Just curious in that I am only growing the one variety, if you have a favorite variety or find any particular variety which performs better here in San Diego area?  Any which you feel are able to achieve better taste when grown in our local climate?  (Sorry for diverting this post a little, but I'm staying with the general Papaya growing theme).

My papayas ripen many times in January and February through April.  I find the Maradol and Thai Dwarf papayas are the easiest papayas to grow here in San Diego.   Maradol and Red Caribbean have really sweet fruit (like candy) here any time of the year.  Red Caribbean plants are definitely much more intolerant of cool weather  and dry Santa Ana wind conditions; However, I always get really sweet fruit from all the papayas I've ever grown, even during the winter.  I know some people haven't gotten the same results here.  I think some people may pick the fruit too green.  I let the fruit ripen on the plants (as much as possible).  

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This is a very interesting thread. 

On a side note, does anyone have any links or resources for the identification of Papaya variety?  I bought some seeds in a Hawaiian airport and have no idea what kind they might actually be. 

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10 hours ago, Palms1984 said:

I always get really sweet fruit from all the papayas I've ever grown, even during the winter.  I know some people haven't gotten the same results here.  I think some people may pick the fruit too green.  I let the fruit ripen on the plants (as much as possible)

Thank you for the feedback.  When its time to replace any of mine, I will look into the varieties you have suggested.  I have also tried to leave fruit on the plant as long as possible to ripen, and noticed a difference if I had to pull a fruit a little early and wait for it to ripen.  Glad to hear the reinforcement of my guess that this was the best strategy.  I try to do the same with bananas, only removing a hand at a time if I can, to leave the rest to ripen on the plant.  Sometimes other forces intervene though.

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5 hours ago, Tracy said:

Thank you for the feedback.  When its time to replace any of mine, I will look into the varieties you have suggested.  I have also tried to leave fruit on the plant as long as possible to ripen, and noticed a difference if I had to pull a fruit a little early and wait for it to ripen.  Glad to hear the reinforcement of my guess that this was the best strategy.  I try to do the same with bananas, only removing a hand at a time if I can, to leave the rest to ripen on the plant.  Sometimes other forces intervene though.

You're welcome.  I know there's so many other varieties out there.  I need to experiment more with other varieties, as I've only grown the three varieties I mentioned above and the Hawaii Solo.  Most people don't like papayas because store papayas are picked way to early and many people pick them too green (when growing them).  This is before the papaya fruit can develop the sugars.  Green papayas are very good to cook with; however, they will never develop into sweet fruit (even if the colors changes).  

I wanted to mention:  It depends on where one lives in San Diego, also.  The sunnier and hotter the area, the better the growing conditions for papayas.  I live by San Diego State University on a south-facing slope.  I never get frost and temps very rarely drop below the 40's here during winter.  

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