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Papaya: why does this happen?
« on: September 23, 2015, 09:34:50 PM »
I planted this Solo triplet several months ago. Last week I noticed that 1of the 3 started dying, wilting, from the top down. The other 2 look fine. Thanks!

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Re: Papaya: why does this happen?
« Reply #1 on: September 24, 2015, 12:57:33 AM »
Lost one of my Papayas last winter due to frost and it looked very similar to that, but obviously that can't be the case here. How's the watering schedule?
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Re: Papaya: why does this happen?
« Reply #2 on: September 24, 2015, 03:27:49 AM »
Perhaps too much water.  Root rot.
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Re: Papaya: why does this happen?
« Reply #3 on: September 24, 2015, 08:28:11 AM »
papayas do that sometimes, usually root rot.   

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Re: Papaya: why does this happen?
« Reply #4 on: September 24, 2015, 11:44:30 AM »
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Re: Papaya: why does this happen?
« Reply #5 on: September 24, 2015, 12:48:59 PM »
It's not too cold yet.....i think root rot....how often do you water it?

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Re: Papaya: why does this happen?
« Reply #6 on: September 24, 2015, 09:31:46 PM »
Root rot is very possible. The sprinkler was accidentally left on too long recently. If so, is that wilted plant a goner?

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Re: Papaya: why does this happen?
« Reply #7 on: September 27, 2015, 12:49:13 PM »
Root rot is very possible. The sprinkler was accidentally left on too long recently. If so, is that wilted plant a goner?

I would pull - or dig it up and destroy it.
root-rot is a microbe (bacteria?) that multiplies
i would mulch the area, about 3ft sq,
feed the area with fish emulsion and molasses, (papaya plants will love that also)
and not use it till spring.
this will increase bacteria and fungi which will help out-compete the bad guys.

its possible you can save it, but they grow so fast from seed , IMO its not worth it.
every time i had a papaya i tried to nurse back from a serious problem,
it took several months... in that time, you can grow one from seed.

yep, they hate standing water.
if you really really want to save it, feed it like i mentioned
and cut the top off completely. it will reduce transpiration through the leaves.
the roots now can not uptake as much water as before, until it grows some new ones.

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Re: Papaya: why does this happen?
« Reply #8 on: September 27, 2015, 03:24:43 PM »
Thanks greenman,

I was wondering if I remove the rotted one, and leave  the other 2 (still look very healthy),  and still  be able to  get  fruits. I'm not  sure it the other 2 are hermaphrodites or female,  guess I'll just have to wait for  some flowers.

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Re: Papaya: why does this happen?
« Reply #9 on: September 27, 2015, 04:21:50 PM »
My Red Lady plants were really looking beautiful, but we're infested with iguanas where I live, and they've taken a liking to papaya leaves.  I'm praying for a freeze this winter to kill off the iguanas!  (What are those buggers going to start eating next?)
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Re: Papaya: why does this happen?
« Reply #10 on: September 27, 2015, 11:02:16 PM »
pellets lower Iguana populations, and way more fun than a freeze.

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Re: Papaya: why does this happen?
« Reply #11 on: September 28, 2015, 12:19:45 AM »
pellets lower Iguana populations, and way more fun than a freeze.

Dunno about that. The freeze looks pretty fun.
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Re: Papaya: why does this happen?
« Reply #12 on: September 28, 2015, 08:17:52 AM »
pellets lower Iguana populations, and way more fun than a freeze.

What "pellets" can you use?  Would that be poison or shooting them?
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Re: Papaya: why does this happen?
« Reply #13 on: September 28, 2015, 10:07:19 AM »
Pellet gun, takes a while but once all the big ones are gone the damage all but goes away, you just have to keep at it. Down here it doesn't get cold enough to kill them.

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Re: Papaya: why does this happen?
« Reply #14 on: September 28, 2015, 04:58:08 PM »
Thanks greenman,

I was wondering if I remove the rotted one, and leave  the other 2 (still look very healthy),  and still  be able to  get  fruits. I'm not  sure it the other 2 are hermaphrodites or female,  guess I'll just have to wait for  some flowers.

Solo" papaya has a 66 percent chance of producing both male and female flowers, according to the California Rare Fruit Growers.
so, with 2 plants, you have a very very very small chance to having 2 males.



actually, i just read SOLO do not produce male plants. and sometimes females will produce fruit with no males,
though, the fruit may be seedless.
there are different "types" of SOLO

many of the new commercial varieties produce %66 hermaphrodite, and %33 female
with virtually no males...
they have bred them that way to reduce the amount of males, and increase the Herm percentage.
growers like having all herm plants, or, at least all herm and females.

i have 4 varieties growing, 24 plants in all, and 2 are males.

here is some info...
http://www.ctahr.hawaii.edu/oc/freepubs/pdf/F_N-5.pdf


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Re: Papaya: why does this happen?
« Reply #15 on: September 29, 2015, 09:18:06 PM »
Looking at the condition of that papaya reminds me what happened to mine years ago. I had papaya trees along the fence with a neighbor, no matter what I did every so often they would die. As it turned out my neighbor at the time was obsessed with weeds and used too much weed killer that affected the papaya. They were on my side of the property but some roots inevitable go the other side. At the time I learned that they are susceptible to some weed killers.
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