Looking for Dwarf papaya and dwarf star fruit plants

[Harish-C]

New to this forum and also a novice in trying to grow tropical fruit in containers in NJ, zone 6b.   I am looking for some not-too-expensive source for getting some dwarf papaya and dwarf star fruit plants for growing in containers.    Thanks for any ideas and tips.

[RodneyS]

University of Hawaii at Manoa has a seed bank.  I obtained sunrise and waimanalo seeds from them for very cheap
https://www.ctahr.hawaii.edu/seed/seeds.asp

[bsbullie]

University of Hawaii at Manoa has a seed bank.  I obtained sunrise and waimanalo seeds from them for very cheap
https://www.ctahr.hawaii.edu/seed/seeds.asp

They didn't exhibit dwarf characteristics grown here.

[Vernmented]

Don't buy TR Hovey papaya. It tastes like festering vomit. I just put in a Waimanalo but it hasn't produced yet. You can prune back papaya when you have to bring it in as well. Star fruit also likes to be pruned. I have heard of dwarf carambola but I don't know about fruit quality.

[kar1ma3]

Waimanalo Low Bearing Papaya is also low bearing in Florida or I have selected one that stays up to 9-10ft tall. Sunrise/sunset reaches the sky quickly but not easy to grow in FL when young.
Carambola - Hart variety only (dwarf and not usual tasting, Excalibur fruit trees).

[bsbullie]

Waimanalo Low Bearing Papaya is also low bearing in Florida or I have selected one that stays up to 9-10ft tall. Sunrise/sunset reaches the sky quickly but not easy to grow in FL when young.
Carambola - Hart variety only (dwarf and not usual tasting, Excalibur fruit trees).

I wouldd not consider that dwarf for a papaya.  Red Lady falls in that same category but neither are considered dwarf at that height.

[bsbullie]

Don't buy TR Hovey papaya. It tastes like festering vomit. I just put in a Waimanalo but it hasn't produced yet. You can prune back papaya when you have to bring it in as well. Star fruit also likes to be pruned. I have heard of dwarf carambola but I don't know about fruit quality.

Swarf Carambola taste quality is lousy.  Since they react well to pruning, any variety can be grown and kept pruned to size (Hart, Bell, Kari, Sri Kembangen)

[kar1ma3]

5 years old not pruned Hart carambola is 1/2 the height of the Bell and Kari carambolas twice a year pruned the same age trees. When you have 3-5 trees, pruning is easy