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papaya tree droping fruits without gaining size




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papaya tree droping fruits without gaining size

Thu Oct 11, 2012 10:08 pm

Hi

My papaya tree developing fruits 1st time but all fruits are drop without gaining size.
What should I do?
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Fri Oct 12, 2012 3:10 am

Many (but not all) papaya trees are single sexed, meaning you would have to have a male and female tree to get fruit that will develop.

Otherwise fruit drop would be a stress reaction from, disease, insects, lack of sufficient water or nutrients, etc.
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Fri Oct 12, 2012 4:04 am

Nope, this is non-pollination (established papayas are very hard to stress).

Can you describe or post a photo of what the flowers looked like? Were they on long stems, on short ones? How many stamens were there? What colour were they (cream, yellow, white)? This will help us determine the gender of your plant. It sounds like you've got a female, which means you'll either need a male or a hermaphrodite to make it set fruit.
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