How to Plant and Grow a Hawaiian Papaya Tree
Planting and growing your own Hawaiian Papaya tree is fun, easy, educational and hopefully you will end up with delicious papaya fruit as well. The next time you buy a papaya from your market, save a few seeds to plant, and the rest of the seeds for papaya seed dressing, marinade or spice.
If you are unable to obtain papayas in your area, you can order Hawaiian Papaya Rainbow Solo Variety direct from Hawaii for shipment to the mainland USA. We guarantee that you will receive the most delicious fresh papaya fruits and a tree will grow from the seeds. However, I can't promise the fruit will reach full maturity--that takes a male and a female tree or a tree that has both sexes.
To grow a Papaya tree from seed, this family grew a papaya tree in a pot in their house--just like an extra large houseplant. See their directions on how they did it, including photographs documenting it every step of the way.
If you live in Hawaii or other hot temperature region, read this great article for directions on planting a papaya tree in your yard.
My daughter loves papaya! I wish we could grow them here. My relatives in Florida grow them. It gets too cold in Maryland, Bah!
Posted by: Opal Tribble | October 22, 2007 at 02:08 PM
My father has papaya trees in his yard. One is so tall and skinny that you can see it from miles around! LOL!
Posted by: kailani | October 22, 2007 at 07:06 PM
Opal, I am glad that at least you can get fresh papayas to eat!
Kailani,
I bet that is the tree the birds go after when there are ripe papayas on it!
Posted by: HawaiiVacationGifts | October 23, 2007 at 01:49 AM
That link really documented the growth process in detail. Do you think that female papaya trees produce papayas with female only seeds or would there be a mixture? Do male papaya trees produce fruit, too?
Posted by: Sheila | October 23, 2007 at 07:39 AM
I called the Hawaii Papaya Growers Association in Hilo, and they told me that the female tree produces male and female seeds. The male trees do not produce fruit that ripens or matures.
Posted by: HawaiiVacationGifts | October 30, 2007 at 02:32 AM
Cheryl - Thanks for checking on that!! How fascinating!!
Posted by: Sheila | October 31, 2007 at 11:20 AM
You are welcome Sheila. Let me know if your dad ever plants the papaya seeds.
Posted by: HawaiiVacationGifts | November 04, 2007 at 02:19 AM