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Propogating Papaya seeds
Recently a local garden center here in Gilbert AZ (phoenix) I came across a
beautiful Papaya tree that was growing in a static garden within the center. I asked about it and was told the following by the caretaker... He propagated it from seed he got from a fruit he picked up at the grocery store, it was about a year old. (3 trunks were 2-5 inches in diameter, approx 4-6 height). He also told me that this was propagated indoors , but if the entire process was done out side the plant would more than tolerate the heat here in the summer as long as it began its life outside. So, I promptly stopped by the local supermarket and picked up a very ripe Mexican papaya( which looks from pictures to be pretty close to what I saw in the garden center). I cut it open and removed the seeds from 3/4 of it, and washed them, those I put in a open container and left them outside to dry. The remaining 1/4 of the fruit with seeds(probably 50 give or take) I planted in a spot in my backyard that has irrigation as a test about 10 days ago, no signs of anything yet... I did notice, later that the store bought papaya had been "irradiated". My thought immediately was that these seeds were shot from the start. Any other thoughts? Thanks Brandon |
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