When to Harvest Papaya - Grow Everything - Episode. 6

In this video I show how and when to harvest a Papaya. As well as how to ripen the fruit indoors. Hope you all enjoy!

[@ritabaker7847]

I just want to thank you! I did exactly what you said, and my papaya was yummy!!!! Thank you so much!!!!

[@sabugdalantx]

So I am Filipino American and you did a good job explaining this tropical fruit

[@GardeningWithPuppies]

Thanks for ripening tips. We had loads of fruit on your papaya tree this year. The wasp kept laying eggs in them. I guess I should have tried to bag the but there were just so many and they were all so close together.

[@Grow_Everything]

Thank you and no problem Paula! Yeah those papaya wasps are very sneaky. However, iv'e noticed that if I water my trees any day that we don't have rain, they go away completely. When the trees are properly hydrated they seem to have higher immunity to pests. Reminds me of the wise words of Paul Gautschi. Thanks to 4 inches of crushed oak leaves my trees are doing much better than when I used to hand water them daily. Thanks for watching! And keep making great gardening videos yourself. I really enjoyed watching you grow Rocky.

[@javeria126]

informative video,guidance is in humble,soft,loving voice,keep it up,stay blessed

[@ArtfishStudio]

Your information is so helpful! Thank you sir 😊

[@pn3940]

raw green papaya for salad, shrimp salad is yummm.

[@nyccheckin]

Hello there a couple of questions thank you for your video first of all. Can you put more than one piece of fruit in a bag? How do you know if the wasps have already arrived and is there any way to prevent this? That was kind of a dual question. Thank you

[@markseifried3959]

Hello, and thanks for the information. My papaya are so beautiful as they grow, but the outside starts to get round rot circles immediately when they get about one half yellow. I haven't seen any wasps or bugs. It seems like a disease. I'll start using your method now. In another city where I lived the insects attacked my fruit as it got ripened.

[@arielimmerman855]

How long dose the fruit stay on the tree till it starts turning yellow

[@SaenzBridalBoutique]

thanks!

[@gerriedixon9576]

Do all papaya ripen to yellow? Im curious since there are so many different species of the plant.

[@snowvalley11]

spectacularly informative video. Thank you

[@blancalopez9320]

I have to beautiful papaya trees and they both give many many papayas but they don’t ripe , they go from green to rotten , either when they are still on the tree or if I cut them and do what you suggest on this video , they wet yellow patches and and still green and hard at the same time , they never mature evenly, it’s a shame because the trees make a lot of papayas but they are good for nothing, they give papayas the whole year round but they are not good. Any advice ? Please :)

[@heathylivingwithsometwists]

Thanks for information 👍

[@sunshinejenny777]

Great Video! Thanks!

[@livesimplifiedlife]

Thanks for sharing your helpful tips. It is greatly appreciated. :)

[@matthewcook4955]

Thank you, very useful information

[@BongGuy777]

can a papaya be ripen using the same process when it is totally green?

[@Grow_Everything]

I personally have found that if they are harvested fully green. They will be much less sweet. The window for early harvesting is quite slim.

[@khomplex]

Hi, my mother is growing papayas on her property but they just stay green.. she is wondering why they are not yellowing.. any ideas. thanks!@@Grow_Everything

[@peteharrison9816]

THANK YOU VERY HELPFULL

[@MyGirlMyWhiskeyAndMe]

yummm... how to grow in van?

[@bshvlog99]

Woow is good 😊👍

[@davidrosado9742]

That papaya was hungry. He didn’t go in the bag alone😮

[@leroylee9507]

I would like to ask what's the average height of a papaya tree

[@nelabonnin2294]

Ty.

[@SabihaKitchen]

Wow nice 🎉❤

[@labella1217]

What does it taste like.

[@sarah_farm]

I'm really happy to watch your video, I hope you will grow and create for the benefit of all our compatriots with love. And it's an honor to have you visit our channel, we can discuss more about our experiences in harvesting and building farms.

[@educationlines2348]

Thanks for sharing your helpful tip

[@antoniiocaluso4387]

Consider your safety, for those papayas are way too-tall. You'll never see plants that tall in a commercial operation. Dwarf them! They'll sprout side stems at that lower hgt. & continue fruiting. I'm in Punta Gorda, FL but have grown papaya for decades, from Homestead-2-St.Pete. Always ask an old Latino Grower about PAPAYAS, or UofF/Extension Service, as they REALLY know papaya. No tomato-in-a-bag needed! :-) Never ever seen that before, & never have needed it. Most Growers spray the fruits (you decide with what))) against that SOB wasp. I plant a close grouping of 3. Since they're all "gals", I figure their happier chatting :-) Btw, falling off a tall unsteady picking ladder can sure ruin your day.

[@Chris-pj1os]

This is sound advise. I lost a friend due to a ladder fall that could have been easily avoided.

[@quinnard9750]

Hey is it ok if you cut a part of the papaya to let the air in?

[@fisherbuali784]

Excuse me i have papaya tree in my house and the fruits is full yellow but still is very hard like a rock i don't know why can you help me waiting for reply Thanks

[@Grow_Everything]

You know, to be honest I've never heard of that happening before. Were they yellow the whole time they were on the tree, or only when they became larger and more mature?

[@emanueladavis1885]

I had a paw paw tree and it grew to 5ft then it went soft and fell over it was like hollow don't know what happened any ideas? cheers I am in Perth WA

[@Gloria-oj9gp]

I understand that papaya is normally hollow inside what would be called "the trunk" of the tree....I look at it as more of a "weed," not a true tree....I understand that it is (a tree), but it's physically closer to a weed....

[@MrJoshcc600]

You maybe too far north to grow them. It's a tropical heat and humidity loving tree so anything below 60 is irritating and below 35ish will kill it even for a short moment

[@gerriedixon9576]

If i buy a fruit from a store can the seeds be germinated and grown?

[@mandiegarrett1706]

I am from Asia and love papaya so last spring I bought a ripe papaya from Walmart I throw a bunch of seeds in my compost pile then 3 papaya seedlings grew to about 2 ft. I am in Arkansas, and I know if I left it outside composted pile, they would not survive so I dug a huge hole about 2.5 ft deep and 10ft wide to transplant those seedlings. I experiment with transplant one in that hole full of my own mixing of soil because we have high compacted rocky soil. The other 2 plants I transplanted each in its own huge mineral tub with my own mixed soil. I think it was about 20-to-25-gallon mineral tub that farmers use for cows. Our last winter gets down to around 15 degrees. In order to keep them alive, we use 10ft by 10ft small greenhouse to cover them up then put a heater inside that small greenhouse. Well, it worked but with a very high cost of electricity from about $125 per month to almost $400. We did that for about 2 months of our coldest month then we pulled the plug because we can't afford that cost. I thought they would die but they survived the rest of the cold months. Currently, the one in the soil grew about 10ft tall with stem about 4inch diameter and produce about 10 fruits. The other two in their own tub didn't grow so well. They are about 6ft tall and stem about 2inches. So right now, I got a guy coming to dig 2 big holes so I can transplant the two in the tub. For winter this year, I am not going to use outside electricity, but I plan to build a structure frame with wood, support with T posts and cattle panel so that I can drapes some huge blankets around them then cover with greenhouse or 6 mil plastic for those very cold winter. I can peel of the plastic when it gets warm during the day. I also plan to put in about 4 of 55 blue water barrel as heat source, along with some woodchips/straw bales on the floor and all around the small greenhouse. This is my first time doing all this so we will see if they will survive winter with all I am doing. My goal is to keep inside small greenhouse temperature above 40 and If I have too, as a last resort, I can bring in propane heater to help. Hope it works. Thanks.

[@SelwynBaptistebsc]

For some reason I can't get my Papaya to ripen. Put in paper bag for days but never turns yellow. When I cut into its white in the inside instead. What am I doing g wrong?

[@Anamariatolvo]

Picked it too soon

[@nawazadeel5685]

Nice

[@papadelacruz8229]

Than you you video really help.

[@TruckTaxiMoveIt]

Thanks

[@BasedGodism]

Very nice

[@ইসমতআরা-ড২ঠ]

thanks for tips

[@maryfranco9406]

can u grow papayas in chicago

[@MrJoshcc600]

Like them green better anyway. Ripe they're like armpit socks

[@grandmajab1]

Where are you located? they seem to grow so quickly. there is such a big difference in this year & last year. what is the lowest temp they can take? I saw them growing in Hawaii & that is where I learned to love them. B ut I'm in Ca,

[@Grow_Everything]

I live in South Florida so we get plenty of hot humid weather which is what most papaya trees love. This particular variety can with withstand temperatures as low as 32 degrees fahrenheit for a few hours, so it's not very hardy. However there are other types such as the Chilean Mountain Papaya that withstand temps as low as 20 degrees. Thank for watching and feel free to ask questions! :)

[@grandmajab1]

Thank you so much for your quick reply. where would one get one that cantake lower temps?Thank you.

[@Grow_Everything]

Jean Barton Iv'e seen many people trading cuttings and seeds on GardenWeb. You can also buy them from online seed stores. Here is one I found. www.seedman.com/papaya.htm

[@andycucumber5165]

can i put the papaya in the bag alone or it has to have another fruit?

[@adman3540]

Best with another ripe fruit to add Ethylene - a natural ripening hormone found in all fruit.

[@MiguelLopez-ky8fs]

Should i cut the leafs OFF the fruit. I see that your papaya doesn't have. Leafs right on the fruit

[@jessiperry60]

great papayas..could you send me some seeds?

[@7303902]

how much time does papaya tree takes from growing till giving good fruits?

[@greg3203]

Our took about a year for the first fruit. These direction for ripening were perfect

[@michellevelasco7870]

Hi! Do female papayas bear fruit even there's no male papaya tree? Thank you! 😁

[@anoldladi]

Not usually. but i have a special small papaya tree with a universal flower that has both m & f functioning parts. It produced six (kind of small) fruit this year on its own. I got the tree at greenthumb. I saw a similar one at Lowes that also said no need for pollinator" on the hang tag. California. So far tree is less than 4' tall and in a good-sized wooden planter.

[@Napoleonjoker22]

Michelle Velasco mine have

[@james-jq8sk]

Yes...

[@luzvismincabungcal6919]

My papaya always half ripen and half rotten

[@siribabu5250]

What is that friut name please

[@siribabu5250]

Red fruit

[@frog382]

@@siribabu5250 Tomato

[@dampdoily]

Good vid, but the papaya wasp is in fact just a type of fly that looks waspish.

[@james-jq8sk]

Fruit Fly...

[@dampdoily]

@@james-jq8sk There is no one fruit fly species. There are dozens of species. Many of which are mistaken for wasps due to their large ovipositor.

[@james-jq8sk]

@@dampdoily Yes thank you, I am fully aware of this, in fact there are 1000's of fruit fly species in the world...

[@sweetcherrybrandy92]

Why does he sound like @nikacadoavocado

[@Grow_Everything]

Oh my god hahaha!

[@yuditaefendi7798]

Dhe Boing can she Dheast u mint earth