Tropical and subtropical fruits (2+1)

Flowering and fruit set

• Papaya starts flowering in 5-6 months after planting.
• When the sex of the plant is identified, surplus male plants (plants with long 1-11/2 meters flower stalk hang out with small tubular flowers contains stamens only), may be removed keeping one male plant for every 10 female plants, as pollinizers.
Thinning of Male plant

• Removing of male plants by maintaining1 male plant for every 10 plants after flowering.