Papaya Plantation

[vikas sharma]

Dear Friends,

We are planting papaya but need some information about Red Lady.


If you are an experienced Papaya grower, please inform us the following:


Which time of the year is the best for papaya sowing?
Price of seeds per kg.
How many plants per acre?
What sort of care to be taken during growth?
From the day of plantation, how many months does it take to get full grown fruits?
How many Kg fruits per plant(average)
Any intercroping possible with papaya?

We shall be highly thankful if you could share the above information with us.

Vikas

 

[Ashwini]

Hi

Papaya being a tropical fruit grows well in the mild sub-tropical regions of the country upto 1,000 m. above sea level. Night temperature below 120-140 C for several hours during winter season affects its growth and production severely. It is very much sensitive to frost, strong winds and water stagnation.


Deep, well drained sandy loam soil is ideal for cultivation of papaya.

Cost of seeds depend on which variety you chose. REd lady taiwan is the msot suitable variety.

Papaya is planted during spring (February-March), monsoon (June-July) and autumn (October-November).

A spacing of 1.8 x 1.8 m. is normally followed. However higher density cultivation with spacing of 1.5 x 1.5 m./ha enhances the returns to the farmer and is recommended.

High Density Planting : A closer spacing of 1.2 x 1.2 m. for cv. Pusha Nanha is adopted for high density planting, accommodating 6,400 plants/ha.

Intercropping leguminous crops after non-leguminous ones, shallow rooted crops after deep rooted ones are beneficial. No intercrops are taken after the onset of flowering stage.

About 10% of the male plants are kept in the orchards for good pollination where dioecious varieties are cultivated. As soon as the plants flower, the extra male plants are uprooted.

Yield depends on the spacing you adopt.


Regards
Ashwini