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Andrew starts with ...
Hi,
How can we tell if a paw Paw tree is a male, female or bisexual?
Is there a way to tell by looking at it?

Cheers

Andrew
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Andrew
Adelaide
7th December 2007 12:47pm
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Correy says...
Picture 1: Male Papaya Flower
Picture 2: Female Papaya Flower
Picture 3: Bisexual Papaya Flower

Here is a fantastic site for further reading.

http://www.fao.org/inpho/content/compend/text/CH22_01.htm
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Correy
Woolloongabba, QLD
10th December 2007 11:06am
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Andrew says...
Thanks Correy, Much appreciated.
That helps alot.
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Andrew
Adelaide
11th December 2007 8:11am
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peter says...
hi andrew,
i am also in adelaide and wanting to get a few paw paws.
how is yours growing in adelaide
and have you had any fruit.
what variety is yours.
thanks.
peter.
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peter
athol park, adelaide
19th January 2008 6:37pm
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John says...
Hay pete, I have a grafted bisexual from daleys, its about 2 months old now and grown a meter tall. Its only surposed to grow to six foot. I will be getting many more of these. They will grow well there. Also try mangoes, pitaya, star apples, choc custard fruit and jacks. All these will grow there.
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John
SB South Australia
19th January 2008 6:44pm
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peter says...
john,
thanks for your reply.
i have got lots of stuff from daleys already and will probably
get some paw paws from them also.
i have just been on their site
but cannot see any grafted
ones on their list.
do you know what sort yours is.

also have you tasted star apples before, if so what do you think.
peter.
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peter
athol park, adelaide
19th January 2008 7:14pm
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ronald says...
Paw Paw stem and leaf sundried and hand crushed(female)very good as a tea good for cancer cure. Have many happy patients
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30th January 2008 2:59pm
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Joel says...
Hi Peter and John,

I didn't know that mangos will fruit in Adelaide. Interesting to hear if anyone has successfully planted and reaped fruits for mangos, paw paw/papaya in Adelaide.

Regards,
Joel
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Joel
Adelaide
18th September 2008 4:51pm
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peter says...
joel,
i have pawpaw, dwarf mango in
a glass house, the pawpaws have
little fruits on them and the mango
which is only about two feet tall
is send out some flower stalks
at the moment.

the pawpaws which i had planted outside died over winter.
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peter
adelaide
18th September 2008 9:25pm
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Andy says...
Hi Peter

I just can't get the paw paw to grow in Adelaide. It was start fruiting and die half way. Now I want to grow in the pergola and see how is it going.
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Andy
adelaide
9th October 2008 6:40pm
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James says...
we got SEVEN Mangos from our 5ft mango tree here in Adelaide last season, it was its first year of fruit too... they were only small (Average Lemon size) & stayed green. It is grown in a pot as well!!!
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James
Adelaide
21st November 2008 9:00am
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Jantina says...
James, sounds good, can you tell us what variety of mango?
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Jantina
Mt. Gambier S.A.
21st November 2008 9:37am
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vanl says...
Hello Adelaideans,

I have not yet seen paw paws fruit sucessfully in Adelaide, neither have I seen jackfruits. I have not been successful myself with these types either. Believe me I have tried everything, including the "more" exotics like star apple, canistel, green sapote, jackfruit, carambola, coconuts and many others.

However be assured that mangos are tough as lemons here in Adelaide once they are established (this takes quite a while). A few huge samples can be found at the following locations:

Goldrush Road, opposite the BP station near Payneham road.

Days Road, near the Regency Hardware store.
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vanl
SA
21st November 2008 9:39am
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Jantina says...
vanl,are you saying you could not get canistel to fruit in Adelaide? I was thinking of trying them at Mt. Gambier.I have a close relative of the canistel, lucumo, on order.Fruitist assures me it will do ok here and he seems to be knowledgeable.
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Jantina
Mt. Gambier S.A.
21st November 2008 10:02am
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vanl says...
Hi Jantina,

I found that canistel could not handle the winter cold here in Adelaide even though it had proper shade cloth protection. I have not tried Lucmo so no comments sorry.

However by reference of these two resources: lucmo http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/morton/lucmo.html and canistel http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/morton/canistel.html, it appears that lucmo is temperate tree so I think I would do fine in Mt Gambier.
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vanl
 
21st November 2008 10:24am
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Jantina says...
Thanks vanl,I hve ordered my lucumo from Limberlost nursery in Cairns.The tree is about $27 but the freight is horrendous.It is a years wait to get the tree grown.I am going to get a good quality greenhouse soon do you think a canistel would cope here then?
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Jantina
Mt. Gambier S.A.
21st November 2008 11:02am
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ronald says...
try a new energy drink water and lemon
excellent to raise your ph balance, as diseases can't survive over 7.1ph levels too high oxygen, mix with your sundried paw paw leaf tea.
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ronald
qld
27th March 2009 2:26am
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Grant says...
Mangoes are tough as lemons. I have planted them in mid winter and they don't suffer at all. The main thing in winter is not the cold but not to over water and have free draining soil. This is similar for a lot of the sub tropicals. Papaya and carambola for example will thrive and fruit if provided with a little protection (shadecloth shelter, close to the house or amongst other trees) as well as the free draining soil conditions. Pepino will become a weed in the garden depending on how much water you give it.
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Grant
Whyalla SA
27th March 2009 6:45am
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Jantina says...
Hi Grant, I have read a few times in various places that it is the wet feet more than the cold that knocks off the subtropicals so I am making sure that my pots are well draining and will let my plants dry out (not to the point of wilting) before watering as it gets colder, so far everything from pepino to rollinia is growing very well, I know that producing fruit might be another matter!
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Jantina
Mt. Gambier S.A.
27th March 2009 10:12pm
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denise says...
You can grow many plants better in containers if you add crushed charcoal to the mix-especially the lower 15cms. Also use no more than 15% of peat in the mix. It may also help to have a bony mix, some volcanic soils are suitable at about 5- 10% of the mix. Also if you can afford it-import seeds from many sources and try them all against each other. They may adapt to your specific microclimate better than mail order trees,You often get the odd shiner. although you should order the trees too for insurance.
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denise
auckland kiwiland
28th March 2009 11:51am
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Tanya says...
Can someone please tell me what type of paw paws will grow from the long stems in the picture. I have never had these before. All of mine have always been like the ones in the other picture close to the trunk of the tree. Thank you.
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Tanya
Redlands
16th April 2009 4:28pm
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trikus says...
none, its a boy . sometimes you will get small fruits on a male , but not often.
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trikus
Tully
16th April 2009 4:39pm
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Ellen says...
Can anyone differentiate between the seeds if it will grow to be a female or a male plants ? Please share your knowledge,,,
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Ellen
Smithfield
16th April 2009 5:18pm
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jenny says...
hey pete, was just wondering do you grow all your fruit trees in glass houses,is that how you get it to fruit?
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17th April 2009 1:31am
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juanita says...
You're absolutely correct Ronald...I usually have my lemon drink in the morning before having brekky...
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juanita
melbourne
17th April 2009 1:55am
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RONALD says...
Hi, Juanita, I have made up an facial serum using papain from paw paw leaf extract, www.chrisomega.com.au first in Australia.
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RONALD
BRISBANE
20th April 2009 12:35pm
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Owen says...
Hey Ronald thank you I bought some of your Serum for my wife she would like som more, she has alergies toward other serums but is very pleased with yours.
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Owen
Qld
22nd June 2009 4:58pm
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kert says...
I tried the serum and all my hair fellout.
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kert
sydney
23rd June 2009 11:18am
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juanita says...
Hi Ronald,

Can your papain facial serum gets rid of minor sunspot?...How much is it?
Is that the same serum w/c caused Kert's hair to fall out?
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25th June 2009 12:46am
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wuzza says...
I tried the serum and now when I pass an ATM i have this uncontrollable urge to bite it . Can you help?
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wuzza
broome
30th June 2009 4:19pm
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Goretti says...
Thanx for all the info on Paw Paw trees.
While living in Africa, we all used crushed paw paw leaves as a meat tenderizer ... hopefully it was'nt too unhealthy !!
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Goretti
Brisbane
6th July 2009 8:58am
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Julie says...
I use a Masterfoods meat tenderiser, which is mostly made from paw paw. It works really well.
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Julie
Roleystone WA
6th July 2009 7:34pm
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amanda says...
Paw Paw, kiwifruit and pineapple contain papain (and bromelain i think?)- an enzyme that breaks down protein bonds - all very healthy(don't know bout the leaf content tho'). I use a meat mallet myself - it's quite therapeutic... ;)
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amanda
geraldton.WA
7th July 2009 10:27am
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Wayne says...
We have used green pawpaw to tenderise meat, the only downside we found was that the meat can be a bit stringy afterwards.
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Wayne
Mackay QLD
9th July 2009 9:41am
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Ronald says...
amanda the pawpaw leaf and stem if you drink it as a tea ids a very good proteolytic enzyme, if you use the stem of a pineapple that creats bromelan another enzyme to fight cancer
I also use pomegranite
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Ronald
Brisbane
23rd August 2009 8:32pm
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Johno says...
Hi Ronald
I have a male paw paw tree is there any way to turn it to a female tree ?
Regards
Steve.
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Johno
Atherton Tablelands
24th September 2009 3:56pm
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Ronald says...
Very funny Steve and Kert, if you find a seedling, and it has two roots it is female,one root is male. Don't even think of asking me about Bisexual trees.
interested in your health my book comes ut next year. Meantime go to Natural Therapies page on web. Look at Day Spa on Hamilton. Thats a me.
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Ronald
Brisbane
15th October 2009 11:13pm
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Ronald says...
kurt try chinese schu woo for hair restoration obviously your endocrin system is breaking down u may need an infusion of female paw paw tea.
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Ronald
Brisbane
15th October 2009 11:16pm
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Goretti says...
I'm growing my paw paw from seed, it all started when I through paw paw seeds in the compost !!!
By the way, in order to let them grow only to a certain height, every little while I remove 3 of the top new leaves. Is that a known practice for you too ?

And I'm trying to find out why in Africa we drive a stick through its trunk .... oooooh sounds spooky doesn't it ?
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Goretti
Brisbane
16th October 2009 8:24am
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