My female trees sometimes have a few seeds inside them. I've tried to grow a dozen or so, and have yet to have any germinate. Are seeds from female trees viable?

One of my papaya is giving up the sweetest fruit I've ever had in a papaya. The fruit is golden yellow, and juicy the tree is as yet manageable in size but I suspect it will ultimately be a big fellow. 

Seeds in any quantity for South Florida residents to pick up only, sorry no traveling or Mail. PM me for info, those who know me call or text.

Bovine, underneath is typical FL sand.  It was wooded lot i cleared some of.
Questionable part (after reading forum) is brazil pepper tree leftover debris between original lot sand & topsoil i used.
The topsoil is not loamy at all.  It's black dirt that compacted so hard, it's like digging concrete.
Testing i should do.  Where should i mail some?  Ph i did myself & showed very high like 8, so i spread 20lbs or more cr90 a month ago before the feet of rain we got.

Epicat, thanks for your input.  Course is what i think it needs to drain.

I too live in SE. Fla (N. Broward) and have grey sandy / loamy stuff under my topsoil and just dig a hole and put the trees (all species) into the hole with a bit of top soil as an amendment. I probably do not have to but all my trees are happy.

Most say put it in the hole, mulch and you're done.

the Iguanas love them.. here in Broward county, they eat all the leaves and flowers.. fruit never settles!!
i can not compeate with the Iguanas and stopped growing the plants

Easy fix, next freeze go out and whack them in the head with a shovel. When I lived on a salt water canal the barracuda loved eating them after a head whack. :-)

I had a 50+ gallon rain barrel that was scheduled to go to recycling then I thought I'd punch a bunch of holes in it and compost my GF's and neighbors kitchen debris.

With it nearly full (not completely composted yet) I'm thinking that with the "recipe" I found online (1/3 garbage, 1/3 leaves and such, and 1/3 soil) I'm beginning to rethink the whole deal.

I did not have any soil lying about so I went and bought nearly a dozen cheap bags of "top soil" for the 1/3 soil part, and have used my leaf litter (depriving some of my trees of mulch) for the other 1/3 to mix with the garbage. Yes, I'll eventually wind up with nearly 50 gallons of compost but realistically I could just as well have bought a few 50 pound bags of Black Cow composted manure and not have wasted the effort.

Yeah, I saved the dump from getting our 15 gallons or so of garbage but once this experiment is done, I'm thinking of going the black cow route.

Has anyone else started composting and made it a LONG term endeavor? Your reasons for continuing to do it, aside from save the planet issue.

Thanks I have seen that. But found no mention of the selection processes.

No comparison I have one Grumichama of four which tastes quite good maybe half as good as a northers U.S. cherry but not ib the same universe as a Sabara jabo.

I've been growing papaya from a few sources, killing the males and allowing the only the hermaphrodite and female plants to fruit. After about 50 plants I have two that have fruited less than three feet from the ground.

My question is has anyone here taken this on through several generations to see if dwarfism can be bred / predicted / selected?

The leaves are green, stems brown, nothing different than the green types.

I've tried to grow sugar apples from seed without success. Do the seeds need to be scarified before they will sprout?

Congrats, they're beautiful!

All of mine have done extraordinarily well, it was a L-O-N-G wait but worth it.

Your sapodilla looks very cool. I'm really glad you managed to raise her. My friends told me that it is very difficult to care for such a tree. But to be honest, I don't know since I have never tried it. I usually plant more standard trees in my garden. The main thing for me is not the harvest, but the atmosphere that the garden creates. For me, this is a place where you can come in the evening and think about life (as in the good old fairy tales when the princess ran into the garden). I pay a lot of attention to decorating my garden. I constantly try to decorate the trees and the garden as a whole. For example, various lanterns in the trees, benches under the oldest and largest trees, a small fountain in the center. All these things create real magic. Guys, good luck with your gardening! I'm sure you will be able to grow even cooler fruits!

Here in So. Flo. my sapodilla is the most trouble free of all in my yard. I wonder if your friends are having regional issues?

I'm like you, I setup my yard/garden as much for the atmosphere/aesthetics as I did for the fruit. From lighting, seating, stepping stones to water features it's all been planned with shade and relaxation in mind.

I also cut tbe flower and harvest whatever starts to change color.