tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6266956132713397509.post8039547945707105848..comments2022-03-31T22:45:18.333-04:00Comments on $$ The Budget Gardener $$: Buy small and let them growThe Budget Gardenerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07620870316917511992noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6266956132713397509.post-51097580963392893932009-01-31T23:40:00.000-05:002009-01-31T23:40:00.000-05:00The Caribbean Red Papayas are just over a year old...The Caribbean Red Papayas are just over a year old now and they must be about 10 feet tall. I'm sure they can grow taller, but my experience with papayas is that its best to plant new plants every year, they are so disease prone, there are various viruses that attack them, plus in our sandy soil, nematodes are a very big problem. The other problem with papayas is that if the fruit ripens during the winter, they are often insipid.<BR/><BR/>Myedibleyard is awesome, thanks for telling me.The Budget Gardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07620870316917511992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6266956132713397509.post-32597903646651177332009-01-31T13:08:00.000-05:002009-01-31T13:08:00.000-05:00Caribbean Red papayas...sounds yummy. Are they dif...Caribbean Red papayas...sounds yummy. Are they different from the Mexican papaya? I've been reluctant to plant them because of how tall they get, does the Caribbean Red grow as tall? Nice blog! I'm down here in S. Florida too. Have you seen the "Myedibleyard" blog? It's a local blog all about growing edibles.<BR/><BR/>Happy day~My Mother's Gardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12650111954885067729noreply@blogger.com