TIPS TO GROW PAPAYA PLANT HEALTHY IN A CONTAINER::::
CONTAINER SIZE: SHOULD BE MINIMUM 20 INCH/
POTTING SOIL: 10% OF MANURE + 15% OF COMPOST + 5% OF NEEM POWDER + 5% OF SAND TO REGULAR GARDENING RED SOIL.
WATERING: IT REQUIRES TIME TO TIME WATERING. LESS WATERING WILL WEAKEN THE PLANT, OVER WATERING WILL LEADS TO ROOT ROT
SUN LIGHT: AS PAPAYA PLANT CAN’T WITHSTAND WIND BUT NEEDS FULL SUNLIGHT, PLACE IT IN SOUTH EAST SIDE.
FOR HEALTHY FRUITING: FEED COW MANURE, OWDC ALTERNATE WEEKS, TAKE JAGGERY+ NEEM +MUSTARD POWDER+GROUNDNUT POWDERS IN EQUAL QUANTITY, FERMENT FOR 4 DAYS, THEN DILUTE WITH WATER IN 1:10 RATIO, FEED THIS TO PLANT. NEXT MONTH FEED FERMENTED MIXED SPROUTS PASTE DILUTED WITH WATER IN 1:10 RATIO.
USUALLY FRUITING STARTS FROM 7 – 12 MONTHS
*UNDER FAVOURABLE CONDITIONS AND GOOD CARE PLANT LASTS FOR MORE THAN 5 YEARS.
DON’T GROW TOMATO PLANTS NEAR TO PAPAYA TO AVOID DISEASES.
TO CONVERT MALE PLANT TO FEMALE, INSERT AN IRON NAIL NEAR THE ROOTS OF A MALE PAPAYA PLANT.
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CTGian
-Sumreddy Mounika