How Culture Papaya - plant papaya Carica papaya is a kind of tropical fruits from the American continent and has spread in various parts of the world. The cultivation of papaya can be applied in the lowlands to an altitude of 1000 meters above sea level to a maximum terrain altitude of about 50 to 700 meters above the level of the sea.
Applying the way of cultivation of papaya need between 1,000-2,000 mm rainfall evenly distributed throughout the year. But for the dry season area papaya can bear fruit on the basis of regular watering. absorption land, good porosity and soil pH levels in the range of 6-7 is required for the culture of papaya can function correctly. Standing water will disrupt plant growth papaya and make the roots rot and do not develop.
Getting to know the papaya plant properties
papaya plants can grow up to 3 meters high. The rods are hollow, soft tissue and also become watery properties of the papaya plant. In addition, the taproot and root side software is also necessary to know the nature of the papaya plant because its root growth is quite small and shallow.
a single flower and plant flowers series papaya growing in the leaf axils. There are 3 types of papaya flowers that must be known, the female flowers, male flowers and the perfect flower that has pistils and stamens alias hemafrodit.
The flower type determines the type of trees each. male papaya trees do not produce fruit, while a female papaya trees can produce fruit is round and thin flesh. Meanwhile, papaya elongated shape of perfect fruit products the more favored people of Indonesia at this time.
papaya seeds selection
Making the selection of fruit papaya seeds must be made selective. Seeds or seeds that are obtained from the papaya fruit mature trees and perfect with the shape of the elongated fruit, free from disease and is also disabled.
ispapaya seeds usually black and white beans. white seeds are seeds of death which would not grow. While black seed can grow into a tree with a percentage of about 25 to 50% is the perfect tree depends on its genetic character. The remaining trees will be male or female tree. Should choose the seeds that are on the end of the fruit, not the fruit of papaya base.
Sowing the seeds of papaya
Phase seeding is part of a way of cultivating papaya important thing to do, among others:
- prepare the seed that germinated by soaking in warm water for a night and choose the seeds that sank.
- Prepare tissue paper and moisten with water. Spread the seeds on paper towels, cover again with a cloth and rinse with water.
- Put the packaging seeds in a box bamboo wicker translucent water, place it in the sun is not too hot for the proper germination about 7-10 days.
- Move germs in each bag about 9 x 10 cm which is already filled with soil, compost and sieve rice hulls.
- moisten the media so that the moisture awake and put it in the shady stall nursery alias Paranet transparent plastic so that the rain water, wind and the sun does not penetrate the seed directly. After the age of 2 to 2.5 months, and then the seeds ready to be moved to the open ground. Papaya seeds are used for a hectare is about 60 grams.
Caring for the cultivation of papaya
Perform maintenance on the papaya plant is important and should be done at least since the plant is 1.5 months . diseased plants should be removed and replaced with new plants that satisfactory yields. Here are some tips to care for and cultivate papaya plants, namely:
- Note papaya trees flowers. If more one, which means that the shaft is a female of the tree if and lidded, and a male of the papaya tree, and should be removed or embroidered with other seeds.
- pick flowers and press the edges with the thumb until it opens and if the interest is in is perfect flowers, then hold.
- Sulam plants were repealed by new seedlings to grow as a tree is perfect.
- fertilizer 2 weeks, the seedlings are transferred to the ground with a mixture of urea, SP-36, ZA, KCl according to age composition.
harvesting the culture of papaya
Typically papaya plants can be harvested after the age of 9 to 14 months and may be done every 10 days once. Usually the productivity of the culture of papaya about 20 to 35 tons per hectare, depending on climatic conditions, cultivation techniques or methods of cultivation of papaya and also the variety.
When the harvest, pinch cleverly fruit papaya ropes approached the stage ripen on the tree with yellow stripes on the skin of the fruit. However, if the crop is marketed in a faraway place, then the papaya fruit Pluck the strings skillfully earlier by the time calculation.