How To Grow Papaya From Seeds indoors

I(caps)f you really love papaya juice and would like to grow your own. Well let me tell you how easy can it be to grow your own from the seeds taken from a fruit. Papaya is the easiest and most rewarding for beginners to grow. This is because they germinate fast and grow extremely tall in just a few years. But first of all you have to know that to grow good papayas you need a frost free climate, lots of sunlight, lots of water and very good soil. So to have good success, check whether papayas will thrive in your climate.

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There are so many different varieties of papaya seeds to choose from, and choosing the correct variety will be fundamental to how successful you will be.

You can simply use any shop bought papaya for seeds, but you will get best results if you use seeds from locally grown papaya fruit.

How to Collect Papaya Seeds 

• You can cut the papaya in half and scrape out the seeds 

• A single papaya fruit will yield several hundred seeds.

• Dry the seeds in a shady place. Once they are totally dry, you can use them for plantation.

How To Plant The Seeds

I found that it is best to plant the seeds in pots to have greater control of plant arrangement once i see which ones are sprouting. Plant as many seeds as you have to increase the odds of both male and female plants sprouting because papaya plants might be female, bisexual or male, and only the females and bisexuals produce fruit.

You will be able to know which trees are female and which are male only once they start to flower. This is why you should always have more than one papaya tree.

Watch How to Plant Papaya Seeds Video

• Fill a plastic pot with sterile potting soil and sprinkle the seeds on the top. 
• Plant your seeds in about 1 cm of depth. If you plant too deep, the seeds will slowly germinate or will not germinate at all!
• Cover the seeds with 1/2 inch of soil.
• Water thoroughly after planting, but do not soak to the point that standing water forms on the soil. Try to keep the soil slightly damp, but not soggy.
• Place the pot in a shaded area for good germination.
• Keep average soil moisture, not too dry or too moist.

• Approximately two to five weeks after planting your seeds, many of the seeds will germinate, and emerge through the soil surface as seedlings. 

• Soon you will notice that your seedlings are very different in size. 

• Start removing the weaker ones. 

• After about two weeks, determine which seedlings to keep. Pull out the smallest seedlings, along with any seedlings that appear withered, spotted, or unhealthy.

• Once you have chosen your most successful, good-looking plants, move on to the section on transplanting in single pots.

• Some of the newly transplanted papaya seedling may appear wilted or slightly deformed shortly after transplanting, don't worry they may recover nicely soon. Continue to water them regularly until the plants are established.

• Water thoroughly and monitor the moisture levels by keeping the soil damp but not soggy as the seedlings grows to increase the amount of water supply to the plants.

There is nothing better than having a beautiful papaya plant in your garden. I hope that the following growing guidelines will help you to succeed in growing it from seeds!

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