Growing short female papaya trees

General Fruit Growing
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i recently watched a few videos on methods to grow short papaya trees.

  1. in one video, the guy took these steps: the bottom seeds of the papaya fruit were collected, put in water and the floating ones were kept, then the light colored seeds were separated from the darker seeds and these were planted in soil, after about a month, the seedlings were removed from soil and half of the main root was cut, some were not cut if the roots grew more laterally. these were replanted in pots. he said these three steps will guarantee a short female tree.

  2. in another video a papaya that was already grown from seed had the bottom stems regularly pruned off when they were perpendicular to the main trunk, and he would regularly pinch off flowers, not letting too many form and he said he always had fruit and they grow into short trees just a few feet tall.

has anyone tried these or any other methods? also, can someone explain the mechanisms/rationale behind these methods?

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Living whare I am unless I over winter it, standard papaya won’t work out well.

I did grow a dwarf variety that produced in my growing season.

Your posts about zone bending tropicals are things I’ve thought of off and on. I’m just not ready to invest in what it would take to protect them or create a space (greenhouse) just for them.

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Is papaya even really possible in a pot?

I’ve always been tempted, but I already have too many houseplants…

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Though I don’t recall the name, the dwarf papaya I once grew was in a pot and produced fruit… So I can only speak for that one experience and one variety.

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