Guruji Plantation Papaya Plant Garden Live Plant Nursery Outdoor Living Plant (Taiwan-786 Papaya Plant)

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The papaya plant is considered a tree, though its palmlike trunk, up to 8 metres (26 feet) tall, is not as woody as the designation generally implies. The plant is crowned by deeply lobed leaves, sometimes 60 cm (2 feet) across, borne on hollow petioles (leaf stalks) 60 cm long. Papaya fruit is produced under papaya leaves from the leaf axils. Male trees can carry out papaya production, but their ripe fruit isn't as delicious as the larger female fruit. After successful pollination, the flower of female and bisexual plants ripens and forms papayas which are technically a berry. Papayas love the heat and sunlight. Fertilize: Papayas are heavy feeders and require regular fertilizing. Adding compost is also recommended. Water: Papayas have large soft leaves and evaporate a lot of water in warm weather, so they need above average watering. Papaya is not a typical houseplantwhich is precisely why you might consider growing one. Indoors, it generally won't be practical to grow plants to the 15-foot stature necessary for them to produce fruit. But that doesn't mean you shouldn't grow these fantastic plantsit just means you won't be eating fruit from them. A single supermarket papaya will yield several hundred black seeds. Plants grown from seeds will sprout in about two weeks and grow to flowering maturity in just five to six months. Unless pruned, many varieties will reach the ceiling before a year has passed. Papaya plants grow in similar conditions as bananas, requiring bright light, humidity, heat, and plenty of fertilizer and water. Also, like the banana, it's an extremely fast-growing semi-woody plant with large leaves that are the very essence of the tropics. Though it's easier to grow this plant outdoors, growing it inside is certainly doable if you have enough space - this plant will need a large container and a very sunny window for vibrant growth.