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How To Grow Papaya From Seeds step by step successful growing papayas seed germination. WORKS Every Time! PAPER TOWEL METHOD https://goo.gl/MqR88W PERLITE METHOD https://goo.gl/Jd5i1W Subscribe to our Channel ♡ YouTube: ►https://www.youtube.com/user/firstclassgardens Facebook: ►https://www.facebook.com/firstclassgardens Twitter: ► https://twitter.com/eflowerfarm Instagram:► https://www.instagram.com/fcgardens/ Website: ► http://www.eustacedaylily.com Ebay: ► http://stores.ebay.com/fcgardens/ Pinterest ► https://www.pinterest.com/firstcgardens/ If you prefer text or hard of hearing here is the script. If you want to translate this page to your language, go ahead. 0:00:13.540,0:00:15.540 Growing Papaya is easy to do. 0:00:15.540,0:00:19.280 Take the seeds from your Papaya Fruit and wash them clean. 0:00:19.280,0:00:22.040 Let them air dry for 24 hours. 0:00:22.040,0:00:25.180 Once they are dry you will want to place them in a baggie 0:00:25.180,0:00:29.100 then put them in to the refrigerator and store them for 3 weeks. 0:00:29.220,0:00:33.780 This will bring in dormancy and help increase germination success. 0:00:33.780,0:00:38.680 Papaya is a perennial plant that grows in tropical and subtropical climates 0:00:38.680,0:00:41.880 that have no chance of frost or freezing temperatures. 0:00:42.560,0:00:46.000 Some species can grow as tall as 30' feet or 9 meters. 0:00:46.840,0:00:51.080 Most have attractive orange, yellow or cream colored flowers. 0:00:52.220,0:00:55.260 Papayas thrive in USDA hardiness zones 9-11, 0:00:55.460,0:01:02.900 which corresponds to minimum winter temperatures of 19 degrees Fahrenheit to 40 degrees Fahrenheit (or -7 degrees Celsius to 4 degrees Celsius) 0:01:03.760,0:01:09.920 Papaya trees do poorly in wet soil so you will want to plant them in a well-draining location. 0:01:09.980,0:01:13.420 Sprouting or germinating your papaya seeds is easy 0:01:13.420,0:01:17.900 with our Paper Towel Method or even our Perlite Method to seed germination. 0:01:18.180,0:01:22.660 I have linked the videos down below if you have not seen them before. 0:01:23.000,0:01:27.880 We highly recommend using one of those methods to start the papaya seeds. 0:01:27.880,0:01:33.260 You may plant seeds directly into your garden to avoid the risks of transplanting them later. 0:01:33.260,0:01:37.300 Or you may plant them in pots to have greater control of plant arrangement 0:01:37.300,0:01:39.460 once you see which ones are sprouting. 0:01:39.920,0:01:44.160 Plant the seeds 1/2" inch or 1.25 centimeters under the surfice 0:01:44.160,0:01:47.760 and about 2" inches or 5 centimeters apart from each other. 0:01:47.860,0:01:52.900 Each papaya sprout you get will either be male or female or hermaphroditic. 0:01:52.900,0:01:59.580 There is no feasible way to tell whether aplant is male, female, or hermaphroditic before planting. 0:01:59.580,0:02:05.780 Water thoroughly after planting, but do not soak to the point that standing water forms on the soil. 0:02:05.780,0:02:09.980 Monitor the moisture overthe next few weeks and water as necessary, 0:02:10.160,0:02:13.280 keeping the soilslightly damp, but not soggy. 0:02:13.920,0:02:17.040 Keep at least 5 plants for a 96% chance or higher 0:02:17.200,0:02:19.760 to produce both male and female trees. 0:02:20.640,0:02:24.240 Once plants are flowering remove excess male plants. 0:02:24.520,0:02:27.800 If you have more plants than you want to end up with 0:02:28.000,0:02:33.600 wait until the plants are about 3' feet or .9 meters tall to see what sex each plant is. 0:02:34.220,0:02:38.460 The male plants should flower first producing long thin stalks 0:02:38.580,0:02:40.100 with several flowers. 0:02:40.220,0:02:43.260 Female flowers are larger and near the trunk. 0:02:43.900,0:02:48.700 In order to produce fruit you only need one male plant per 10-15 females. 0:02:49.560,0:02:51.160 The rest can be removed. 0:02:51.380,0:02:54.100 Some papaya plants are hermaphroditic. 0:02:54.100,0:02:57.320 Meaning the produce both male and female flowers. 0:02:57.380,0:03:00.100 These plants can pollinate themselves. 0:03:00.500,0:03:06.340 Make sure not to over water the papaya plants as standing pools of water can damage them. 0:03:06.700,0:03:10.300 Please remember to Share the video and leave comments down below 0:03:10.300,0:03:13.500 to share questions and your experience with growing papaya. 0:03:14.040,0:03:15.720 See you in the next video. Thanks for watching my youtube video on How To Grow Papaya From Seeds - STEP by STEP