Papaya carica 'Maradol' - Maradol Papaya

Will you be replacing this one or leaving it be Delonix?

Meanie:

I will let it grow and produce papayas as long as it continues to do so. This is the only one of 8 original papayas plants which I planted in May of 2004. All the others I've cut down. I always continue to replace them...as this is common practice with papayas.

I have a pot with dozens of Red Caribbean papayas seedlings growing. These will be planted in the ground very soon.

Mmmmm... Delicious. :o)

Yes, home-grown papayas are the best! Unfortunately, most people not living in the tropics/subtropics will never really know the true taste of a papaya (not unless they visit the tropics). Store-bought papayas are picked when very green and never develop the true sweetness of a home-grown, tree-ripened papaya. The home-grown papaya is very sweet, tasting almost like candy. The bland, tasteless flavor of the store bought papaya is the reason why I've heard so people say they hate papayas. It's very unfortunate!

Papayas we get here, are usually the small ones, but we do occasionally get the large variety.
They had them in Mexico, and yes there was a difference with the taste compared to what we have here. :o)

Lindalooloo:

The small solo papayas are very good! I've grown many varieties of solo papayas here...they are a little more difficult to grow here in San Diego, because they're so very tropical.

Here's some photos of what my backyard used to look like when I had the "Papaya Forest".

http://www.growsonyou.com/photo/slideshow/75595-carica-papaya-thai-dwarf-thai-dwarf-papayas/member/Delonix1

http://www.growsonyou.com/photo/slideshow/75594-carica-papaya-maradol-maradol-papayas/member/Delonix1

Thankyou Andy.
Have just had a look. Fabulous. Wish we could grow them here. :o)

Thanks! :>)

Papayas are ultra-tropical. We're lucky we can grow them here in San Diego's drier subtropical climate. Papaya plants go semi-dormant in winter here (although, I do have fruit ripening in winter). In the tropics papaya plants grow and produce fruit all year.

Mmmmmm. Haven't had Papaya for a while. :o)

These papayas will be ripening by possibly Nov. You're more than welcome to some. :>)