Growing Papaya Plant with a very broad leaf

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Now look at this beautiful thing. This is what we call a broad leaf papaya and it's name for these really beautiful large leaves. They get bigger than this so this is just a modest example of the leaves and it's quite a spectacular looking plant and it has these really lovely torpedo shaped red fruits which like other red papayas are really delicious great in fruit salads, great eaten fresh just as they are, so this is perfect and we're going to take it back to the kitchen and cut it up and show you what it looks like inside. So if you wanna grow one of these in your garden what do you need. Well firstly you need a warm, really well drained position so they like a nice sunny spot but they also like protection from extremes so extreme, hot afternoon sun, windy conditions they're not going to like. So if you can give them a nice sheltered protected spot and perfect drainage, mound up your planting site to improve your drainage and you can also plant them up against a wall which will give them a bit of reflective heat if you are in a  cool climate like down near Sydney. Ideally they are going to like a subtropical or tropical climate they are going to thrive and you'll be picking these beautiful fruits in about 18 months.

Red Papaya and Passionfruit Combo

Just enjoying a fresh fruit salad from the orchard. Red Papaya boat with banana and Passionfruit and Mandarin juice. Super delicious. One of the nice things about fresh home grown fruit, you don't need any spices, sweeteners or cooking. Just perfect #fruitsalad #papaya

Make a Dwarf PawPaw Plant by Pruning

Shows a Pruned PawPaw Tree becoming Dwarfed

Pruning Paw Paw (or Papaya) is a great way to keep the fruit close to the ground and also increase fruit production. By doing this you have a Dwarf Pawpaw Plant Best time to do this is in early spring, Just cut them back hard about and let them reshoot down low. This is our Southern Red PawPaw Selection, which has excellent flavor when fully ripe. They also make a very nice Green Papaya Salad, great way to make use of the fruit all year round. Any recipe ideas for papaya salad?  #papaya #pawpaw #papayasalad

Video: Paw Paw or Papaya (Cutting)

Learn More About Southern Red Paw Paws

4 Month Old Paw Paw - Cutting Grown

Cutting grown Southern Red Paw Paw outside our office after 4 months

Paw Paws in Pots

We are currently trialing cutting grown paw paws and as you can see the results have been spectacular.

Advantage 1 Instead of taking 18 months to fruit a cutting grown paw paw takes only 4 months. Advantage 2 Sick of getting a ladder to pick your paw paws? Cutting grown pawpaws fruit at ground level. Advantage 3 You can even grow them in a pot. Disadvantage Cost. There is a lot more work involved in preparing the cuttings so they would cost $29 each as opposed to $10 for the seedlings. If we get enough people interested we will start making them a regular selection from our nursery. Would you like to be Emailed when they are ready for Sale? (Email me when the Cutting Grown Southern Red Paw Paw is ready)