Papaya is a MUST-Grow Crop in Florida || Cultivation Info + Cooking Show @HEART Village

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[@kemosabikeemanart]

Sweet Dirty Papaya!

[@TranHai-xl6kw]

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[@castrogovianni]

Love your deep dive info vids on specific citrus types. Great info. Thanks 🍊

[@guineverependragon9804]

In Hawaii the Filipino folks make a great "chicken calamugay" soup with green papaya and moringa. This is the most comprehensive breakdown I've ever seen on one plant. Wonderful!

[@lisab9836]

Growing up in Jamaica, my mom would use green papaya as meat tenderizer for beef and pork. We always had a couple trees. It's easily one of my top tropical fruits to enjoy.

[@millysanchez7137]

Hello I’m intrigued on how do you use it? Do you cook it along with the meat?

[@lisab9836]

@@millysanchez7137 just wash and peel the green papaya and remove seeds. Cut it up like you would a potatoe for beef stew.

[@sheldon_co0per]

What we like to do in South America is use it to tenderize BBQ steak by taking like 2-4 drops of the green papaya sap and mix it into your marinade. But you gotta be careful though as leaving it to marinade for too long or adding too much can cause it to just fall apart on the grill:)

[@rcor0net304]

Papaya Seeds can be dried (baked) then ground into pepper. It's milder than regular pepper, but is excellent taste. I prefer it over regular black pepper.

[@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL]

Thanks for sharing!

[@Jahmastasunherbalist]

Aaand it's a male contraceptive :0

[@millysanchez7137]

Plus is a natural dewormer

[@nickotasla3091]

Drink papaya seeds , it KILLS parasites in our intestines!!👍👍👍👍

[@QuestFinal1]

@@Jahmastasunherbalist what does that mean

[@territodude]

Thanks so much for your video. I was just having a conversation with my wife who always wants Papaya for her digestion problems and she was telling me you can't grow papaya in central Florida. I live in Brevard county and can't wait to grow some papaya here. Also didn't understand all the other ways you could use the fruit for noodles, etc. Great information, I appreciate it! I would like to take a trip down there from Rockledge to check out your farm one day.

[@subtropicalpermaculture]

Time to plant papaya seeds in Central florida now ..get em in ?

[@laurensimonelli5654]

Your advice for planting makes SO much sense to me as someone who moved from NY to FL. The seasons feel so much different. Early winter in FL is like fall in NY. Late winter in FL feels like early spring in NY. Spring in FL feels like a very hot summer in NY. Summer in FL can't be compared to any season in NY. In NY, you have the chance of seeing snow 7/12 months of the year, and hail in the other 5. In FL, you have rain and sun at the same time, and the sun is trying to burn everything. I had to create a greenhouse style canopy with sunscreen mesh to reduce the UV scorching on my more delicate plants. I learned my lesson when I lived in Miami... even breeds deemed to be 'sun loving' keeled over and died in that kind of light exposure. I can 100% see the sense in when you said in the summer to plant like you're in Central America.

[@gentlemanfarmer6042]

Lauren, there are spots in N.Y. that reach 8a, becuase of the Atlantic Shelf, that stretchs from Florida all the way to the Bite of New York Harbor. It becomes an increasingly thin and barrow strip of land up the east coast, but i know people in Marths Vineyard, who grow things they have no business growing that far North. Along with appropriate microclimates, you'd be surprised at what you can do. I'm in Maryland, SE of Baltimore...because the cities residual heat, along with my placement on a penninsula and a SE direction from the city. In 8a, with nearly 8months of growing season. I'm also big fans of Josh, Pete, and Adam...lol Esp Adam. I have Jaboticaba (sabara and RH), baobabs, Green Sapote, Annona, bananas... I have a 6 yo Miracle Fruit Tree that I grew from seed, it comes in only 1 month of the year. I know Florida sorta has a lock on this very tropical weather, reminiscent of the Neotropics....but stuff can def be grown elsewhere with a lil help and care. Push the limits!! And grow away lol.

[@rafaelg092591]

And don’t forget the Caribbean, Southern Mexico, Northern South America (Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname & Venezuela) & Brazil

[@lymemj]

Deeply appreciate giving the information specifically for Central Florida. Would love if you help us to learn how to grow all the other you have in your nice farm. Note: I was raised in South America and ate papaya all my life, and the only way green papaya was eaten was in a desert. Your recipe here was aweeesoooommmeee and gave me great ideas because I love doing stir fry of vegetables. You guys are the young people we want in our world ;)

[@simone222]

Thank you for sharing such informative video on papayas. Delicious fruit. It has anti-inflammatory properties besides being rich in vit. C, beta carotene, and fibre. In my neck of the woods, we use unripe papaya to make pickle called atchara and also as a substitute to chayote in some chicken-based soupy dish called tinola.

[@anamariaguadayol2335]

Hi, in my country, we make a delicious dessert from green papaya. It is the typical Christmas dessert -- for those who celebrate that holiday. Look for it, it's called Dulce de Lechosa. Finger licking good! 💚

[@KeithHoranParkour]

I've never been a huge fan of papaya but it took about 2 minutes of this video and I'm sold. I gotta add some papaya to the garden

[@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL]

Definitely worth giving them another try! We just got some select varieties in from Josh.

[@KeithHoranParkour]

For sale or for keeps? I can't wait to come by again. I'm still looking like a grasshole out here!

[@proudpatriot1457]

Dang it Pete. Now I need to go back to your Spring Hill garden and buy this!!

[@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL]

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[@edenhomestead5382]

Killer Video Pete! This is going to change how many look at Papaya. We've fallen more and more in love with this Tropical Fruit at our Eden Homestead. Love it!

[@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL]

Thanks my friend!👊

[@dslgod]

Thank you so very much on the cooking part. Did not know!

[@alingvlogs0618]

Awesome video just enjoyed harvesting papaya super yummy and sweetened ..very informative and interesting love it thanks for sharing watching from Philippines thumbs up😎

[@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL]

Awesome! Thanks 😊

[@fortmyersfruitforest5214]

Yes completely agree papayas will keep you eating fruit year round, thanks for video

[@susanasalter6056]

Yum!!! That salad!!!

[@tarawebster6797]

I don't even know if I like papaya but now I'm going to grow it. I see lots of people who have them but this video convinced me that I need to grow it. It's a easy food source and even if I don't like it I can share with friends that do.

[@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL]

Awesome Tara! They’re definitely worth growing.

[@michellemiller178]

And if you sprinkle lemon juice on them it brings out the sweetness. They do this in the Caribbean 😊

[@tarawebster6797]

@@michellemiller178 Thanks for the info! Since watching this video I did plant one and it's now about 4' tall with a few fruit on it. I can't wait to harvest.

[@mariaannainditahernawati7132]

sautee green papaya for spring roll, yum

[@Veniaminchik]

Big Thanks to you Pete, for all videos that you have made for us , so much knowledge and knowledge is power.. Big Thanks to Josh and Emily,- you inspire many people with your great work. God bless you Pete and your family and Josh and your family! Thanks!

[@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL]

Much love! I truly enjoy making these videos.

[@blankcanvaseventdecor]

I'm in Melbourne FL, which is on the east coast and jut slightly more north than you and my papayas are being devastated by stinging fruit flies. Any tips to help with that? I have a net on one now and the leave are being weighed down by it, but its working. I don't know if it will affect the growth by hampering the leaves.

[@oxennguyen3148]

SHREDDED GREEN PAPAYA THEN STIRFY SLICELY GOOD FOR EATING. MY YARD IS LOADED WITH PAPAYAS. THANKS FOR SHARING.

[@maxyorkshire5930]

That chick was killin it with the creativity. I want to eat that salad!

[@2011Mamamia]

Raw papaya for a few Filipino recipes-crispy spring roll, crispy ukoy( fried patties), ginger chicken soup (tinola)

[@ScMooki]

Love the videos at heart pete, thank you!

[@matwhite6481]

Great information, this really makes more sense than battling with cold climate vegies.

[@terrencegibbs1828]

Very good information about growing food

[@clramos5034]

Thank you for sharing your experience with a delicious papallas.💝

[@zafrullahrazak4520]

Wise demonstration. Thank you

[@juandelosrios6501]

really a acool video ! thanks Pete for the efort!

[@Matthitizidu]

That end bit of knowledge was so helpful.

[@Mrbfgray]

More GREAT CONTENT!! Thanks Pete.

[@ChefDwight]

Blessed Sunday Pete what's growing on 👊🏾

[@vruzekschol2636]

You guys gave me such a inspirational life style!

[@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL]

🙌🙌🙌

[@bythewaybytheway67]

I've lived in south florida for 40 years thinking I don't like papaya. Tried it again recently and I love it! Problem is when I first tried it, it was too rip. Tastes totally different from just ripe (green with a little yellow) to over ripe (yellow). Now I can't get enough. Pickled papaya from totally green fruit is amazing.

[@milaadams6836]

Hello, Good Morning.. I am just going to suggest about the Green Papaya, I grow them when I was young, my mother cook them in Coconut Milk. Cut up your papaya for Stewing size. Sauteed your slice onions, garlic minced, and ginger roots if you also add lemon grass, you can use chunk chickens, or ground, hamburger, or beef, pork, or even shrimps. or cut up salmon, ( just don't over cook salmon,) or any fish or seafood you like, you can experiment and which one would you like best. I bought Papaya here and cut up and freeze the rest. If it's ripe we eat it in one day. Or make smoothie. and it's good too. My grandson likes it coz it's sweet. I toss the seeda in my garden and when it bigger I just a turn in into compost. Right now I am experimenting the one papaya plant as it has bloom. Thought I covered it if t's going to last to spring. It was t late to buy Green House for it. But this coming month, I will try to order it from Home Depot or other place I can order it.. I don't like ordering on line.. Viewing from the Midwest... love your Channel. I want to see what else you will post here, I know a lot of plants and cooking. I lived in Florida staying at my friends my Oldest kid was born there. Jacksonville,

[@catherinebisoux2697]

Very well done! I learned more in this video in a short time than i have reading many individual posts

[@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL]

Awesome 👏🏻

[@Coolclimatetropicalfruits]

My papaya is just starting to flower so I made a quick video of it 👍🏻

[@nancyfahey7518]

I plant mine out on valentine's day. But I hold a couple back just in case. Citrus county and my yard is well protected from cold winds

[@gritandgrace6425]

I'm in Citrus County too, Homosassa. I just sprouted a bunch of seeds. Any tips? Should I keep them in a pot until Valentines day? And if yours freeze do they grow back?

[@ALayne08]

New subscriber that came here from *Self Sufficient Me* Channel about *Papaya Growing* Thank you so much for the great growing tips and the knowledge of the *Green Papaya Noodles*. I have a *Gluten Free* family and this will make life so much easier and healthier for noodles. We also use zucchini noodles, spaghetti squash as well. Again, thank you so much for this great and informative video. Off to find a *How to plant Mango* video. 👍👏

[@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL]

Welcome to the channel! I hope y’all enjoy 🙌

[@NoemiNancy]

Excelent video. Also you can prepare a dessert with the green papaya, call "Dulce de papaya". Hi from Puerto Rico.🌱

[@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL]

That’s sounds really good!

[@53peace]

This video has such a wealth of information. I’m certainly going to have a go at growing papaya although our climate is cooler zone 8.5/9. Good video indeed. Thank you.

[@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL]

Thanks 🙏

[@aurora571000]

Heart is probably Zone 9a

[@JohnSmith-qg6wz]

My papaya tree was burnt up by frost but has some leaves sprouting from the bottom now. Should I give up or will it grow & produce now? I’m in zone 9a gulf part of FL

[@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL]

It should come back and fruit again.

[@dalynnch]

Awesome stuff, I'm telling ya papaya is one of those you must grow!!!

[@Mrbfgray]

Been wanting to and this is pushing me over the edge, "They Don't Grow Here" either....farther NorCali.

[@ReapWhatYouSowGardening]

I was weeding in our food forest and I came across a baby papaya seedling I planted it and let's hope it can grow good here in zone 7B greensboro

[@milkweeddreams8828]

Love papaya ripe, but have never tried green, guess what's on the menu for this evening...yup...all 3 of my trees are fruiting, I actually like the seeds in salads, they are spicy like nasturtium flowers, wonder how they are sautéed...hmmm...

[@gritandgrace6425]

In central FL, Citrus County, will papaya grow back with the freezes?

[@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL]

Normally, yes they recover fine after being cut back.

[@constancerussell7809]

Learn a lot about this fruit I did not know.

[@polkcellar]

I'm applying these principals here in hot dry central california! Pushing the zone with banana and avocado too! Thankyou, great info!

[@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL]

Awesome!

[@gb8518]

❤Johs & Emily great team!!! It was very intrested. I plant papayas everywhere for my consume at home. I started watching year ago or more Pete and one day I decided to begin. It's true what Johs said abt South Florida best time here is winter. Thanks for all the information.

[@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL]

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[@mzindyg007]

@ 19:10 best advice for gardening in Florida. Especially the things to grow and when to grow.

[@edwincancelii2917]

Cute hens, roosters and turkey.

[@Becca-Becca-Becca]

Who knew I’m going to try this

[@oxennguyen3148]

VERY GOOD. I LOVE TO GROWTH PAPAYAS #1 EASIEST TO GROWTH AND GET TO EAT.

[@eternal_nomad]

Thanks , this is a great video and very informative

[@sandrabentley1420]

Very good info. Thank you. Question though. I understand Papyas are fairly shallow rooted and blow over in a very strong wind or tropical storm, I don't have a very big garden, how far away from the house and screen porch should I grow it? Also, here in central Florida, which direction is better to grow? Thank you.

[@debzyj376]

So cool.

[@ilusionsolorzano3269]

Great video! Lots of info! Can you share here the name of the papayas that grow well in central fL. Thank you!

[@DebyatMixedMediaArts]

There wasn't any cultivation info was there? Except grow it in a pot and then plant outside. How do we prepare the seeds? Anything or just scoop them out and put them in a pot?

[@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL]

Better to direct sow Papayas

[@JackPopFart]

Good job! Thanks.

[@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL]

Thanks for watching!

[@Me-ch9qc]

3:45 Peanut butter? I'm a noob to permaculture but I've lived in Thailand and I know that "peanut butter" isn't an ingredient in anything aside from Americanized dipping sauces or bad Pad Thai. I hope that helps. Your channel is amazing, Pete, and your guest totally amazing. I've recently followed @heart village as well. So much to learn! Thank you for sharing!

[@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL]

Thanks 😊

[@farisasmith7109]

I planted papaya from seeds. I watch a KZbin video from India where the growers snipped a little bit off the main root to make the seedlings female and remain short. I tried it and it seemed to work. All the seedlings were female. And so far they are all about 5 feet and already bearing.

[@kathychen214]

Really . I grow papaya but all tall I want to learn how to grow short

[@saltlifegull4091]

WOW, Awesome video! Covered EVERYTHING! Just what I want to know. Do chickens like the seeds? Thanks so much. Subscriber from NW Fl.

[@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL]

Yes they will probably eat the seeds

[@nahok7]

Can you advise the beginning needle grinder’s brand? Where to buy it? Thanks!

[@kellyclark7517]

Good info on shifting ur mindset to the tropics. I’ve been in N FL and have struggled growing fruits n veggies,cuz I kept comparing wat I could grow in New England and when. Not to mention the rich soil up north compared to sandy soil.when in Rome................ This is such a simple and PRICELESS peace of info for all of us transplants.(no pun intended) Aloha🤙🏽

[@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL]

Glad to help!

[@GatorLife57]

Love H.E.A.R.T. & Crew (Josh & Crew).....great people and great place !!! I have bought great plants from their nursery and "ALL" are doing fantastic !!! Ty4Sharing ...Thumbs up & for Pete`s sake......" P O U N D E R "........ Wolf from Dade City, FL.

[@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL]

We all appreciate you Wolf!🙌👊

[@robertphillips2051]

I live in Las Vegas, Nevada and I have several papaya plants I have started from seed. They like the extreme heat but it gets down to 26-30 degrees a few times during the winter. What happens to the tree when the temperature gets down into the mid 20s? Does the tree die or can it recover? Also, how many years before a tree starts to produce fruit?

[@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL]

Sometimes it can recover from wherever the cold damage ends

[@arialee6344]

You can also dip the not so ripe papaya in vinegar. :)

[@benb5891]

you can shorten the papaya tree and give longer years of furit by splitting into the tree itself..like slice into the tree evently in the middle ..staff the knife right thru the tree and make a split about 2-3 feet up from the tree

[@xyooj96]

nice video. what species best to grow in Lake Wales area, that's not tall then 5ft?

[@Doktracy]

Are there any dwarf varieties that I could grow in a greenhouse/tunnel situation in zone 8?

[@dontbea7237]

Pete I live in Pasco my papaya keep turning to mush after the freeze and I'm left with nothing is there a special variety for Central Florida that I should be planting? I had 10 of them grow from nothing to seven-foot-tall in less than three months and then blam dead

[@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL]

You have to plant after the freeze and harvest before the next one. We almost grow them as an annual, although some grow back. We simply cut them down until you hit hardwood after the frost and some recover.

[@laurensimonelli5654]

I'm admittedly ignorant about papayas, but anything I've eaten from a grocery store has had a strange metallic flavor to them. Is that indicative of improper storage? What are the different flavor profiles on the various breeds you have? Can you do a comparison video?

[@TomBTerrific]

Loved the video but there are two Floridas. Lake Wales rarely freezes here in Ocala we get several every year which can actually include multiple nights/days at a time. I can’t tell you how many plants I have lost in just the few short years (2015) I have lived in Florida. It seems in a relatively short distance the challenges to grow multiple

[@sunshinejenny777]

What type of sweet potato do you recommend?

[@NanaTrece9444]

I live in Port St Lucie, Fl. I would really like to know what fruit trees are good to grow in large pots.

[@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL]

Definitely Jaboticaba, Barbados cherry, Surinam cherry, dwarf mangoes, sapodilla, strawberry tree, loquat etc. If pruned the list could even get longer.

[@Ankorthmey]

the best location to grow papaya in Southern California is close to your house, they don't grow well in the open since they don't like cold and where the the soil is too wet, roots rotten is very common.

[@Lasenggo]

Cook the green papaya with chicken and coconut milk. They're delicious.

[@2eganja1]

Us Laotian love spicy papaya salad, especially with some fried chicken and sticky rice. That guy got all the combo and plus that fat ass Turkey, 😋🍽 FEAST!

[@doreenwilliams9857]

Thank you I have a things of 50 you have proven they don't like water. I have over 200 seeds to plant

[@edipurwanti5493]

For information we can cook unripe papaya and young papaya leaves....👍❤️

[@ichomann2]

Great video, great knowledge! I wish we could grow this tropical stuff here in germany :-)

[@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL]

Thanks 😊

[@byebabies2962]

My favorite fruit

[@JanahLife]

I love green papaya cook them with chicken feed👌🏽 bali cooking 👍

[@wongthong7]

I wish I could grow papaya in Northern California!!

[@gritandgrace6425]

What's the best tasting variety for FL?

[@rts306]

Aren’t the shredded papaya near the middle (seeds) bitter?

[@nickotasla3091]

How do we deal with Papaya trees in GAINESVILLE ,FL in the WINTER?❄❄❄☃️☃️☃️ Thank you in advance🙏.

[@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL]

They probably will come back from root each Spring

[@nickotasla3091]

​@@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL😁👍Thank you. Just saw your reply.Appreciate it. Its August right now, I'm gonna throw some papaya seeds in Gainesville. You think it'll be good?👍

[@arialee6344]

You can use the green papaya in 'tinola' with moringa. :)

[@kellyclark7517]

Aria Lee yummmmmmm😍😍😍

[@ritabeitz9598]

No one mentions squash? I want to grow squash in Northern Florida. Is is possible?

[@maxmax-mv1oe]

Guys can I get some seeds to buy. A few different varieties, do you have a store up?

[@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL]

Yes check them out

[@saintluke2nd]

3:04 how do you spell those Asain named Papayas? If you can. Thanks!!

[@rubyandleec7889]

Hello Pete We grew some papaya from seeds in a local grocery store. Do some grow but never flower? they are all 6 foot tall with no blooms. Is this normal since we are growing in 10 gallon pots

[@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL]

They do better in the ground long-term. But most all that I started from seed have flowered. They do like some good light.

[@rubyandleec7889]

@@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL thanks

[@1d1hamby]

He didn't mention that you need to allow the seeds to sit in some water for a week or two. This gets rid of the outer layer so they germinate better.

[@kellyclark7517]

d hamby I just “pinch” of the gel sac

[@elizabethsansom6447]

Can you repeat the different varieties of papayas that you grow in Florida please thank you

[@hawnjoe925]

Chicken and green papaya soup

[@richardordonez8331]

I found a papaya growing in my yard. I was so happy it was booming then discovered it will never bear fruit because the male doesn't bear friut.

[@mykvass]

how do you process the seeds from a fresh papaya to plant again ?thanks

[@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL]

Usually you can just plant them right after

[@SamRadRV]

hahaha i hateeee musky papayas I just never understood why people loved them. nonetheless, I have a ton started in my backyard!! I'm very excited to try them green.

[@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL]

They taste like honey in Costa Rica 😋

[@kellyclark7517]

Waimanalo🤙🏽🤙🏽🤙🏽

[@stephensharma4994]

the other way you can eat papaya is to curry it with alloo and soya (you can add green peas, diced carrot ,corn .).... its super tasting