Can I ripen a green papaya?

[JeffDM]

The wind just blew a medium sized green papaya off my plant and I was wondering if there was any way to ripen it?  No hint of yellow and I'm guessing it's probably a goner.

[buddyguygreen]

your good, if you want it to ripen faster put it in a paper bag. either way it will ripen. You can also make papaya salad at this point while its green.

[greenman62]

unless there is some yellow on it
it will not ripen properly, or, at all.
it needs %7 yellow to ripen.

i read somewhere that you can scratch the outside with s knife
creating several slits down the side
but, i think thats meant to do on the tree to speed it up

tried it twice. first time didnt work, second is on the tree now.

[FLnative]

If any of the papaya fruit was ripening normally with some yellow on it, from the same level or above the one that dropped, it should ripen.

[bsbullie]

Greenman and FLnative are correct.

If it is green green, there are some good recipes out there.  Pickled is one, Thai green papaya salad is another...

[buddyguygreen]

Let me clarify it depends on the papaya, my Caribbean red always ripen when picked green, sunrise and sunset need at least a stripe of yellow

[bsbullie]

Let me clarify it depends on the papaya, my Caribbean red always ripen when picked green, sunrise and sunset need at least a stripe of yellow

Red Lady also needs color.

[greenman62]

buddyguygreen
you have a Carib Red that will ripen when picked completely green with no yellow at all on it ?
 was it more than 1 fruit you saw this ?
do they actually get soft/sweet/edible ?

last year when it froze here, i yanked all the fruit off of my 3 trees
and put them in a pile and watched them rot over the weeks.
not one turned even a tiny bit yellow.