- Technique for Choosing Seeds
For nurseries that will be used to grow papaya, we can use seeds that can be obtained by taking on mature papaya fruit. Then in the middle part there is the seed removed. For the selection of seeds themselves, you should choose papaya fruit that has good stem conditions, healthy fruit and no disease.
After that we have to clean the seeds clean and put the seeds from the skin on the outside. If it is clean, then, the seeds that have been cleaned are dried again in a shady place. Then, it should be noted also for the seeds used, such as do not use seeds from fruit that is very mature, or fruit that comes from old trees because it must be completely avoided.
- Hatchery
For the scale of papaya cultivation on a garden scale. So, we should prepare at least 60 grams per hectare, with 60 grams of the seeds, it can be estimated that if there were around 2000 crops arising.
Plant seeds that were previously cleaned, must be immersed first by using NASA POC solution 2 cc / liter in a period of about 1-2 hours, then the seeds are drained.
After that Natural GLIO is given by sprinkling it and after that it is sown in a polybag measuring 20 x 15 cm. And, the planting medium will be used as a seeding medium for 2 buckets containing previously cultivated soil and a bucket filled with manure that has been ripe and sifted.
Then prepare 50 grams of previously refined TSP and 30 grams of Natural GLIO. Then all the ingredients that have been prepared are mixed so that they can be used as seed for seeding from papaya
- Planting
Do the planting on the plant when the papaya plant has entered the flowering period. Meet the right papaya trees with some of them which are classified as males
- Fertilization
Fertilization is definitely needed for each plant so that plants grow optimally. Because by providing fertilizer, will get a lot of substances and nutrients that can be used as food for the plant itself
- Harvesting
After plants are 9-12 months old. The fruit will start member, and the skin from the fruit will begin to turn yellow. Then after entering this period, Bangkok papaya fruit will be harvested for 10 days.
Finally, when we have entered the harvest, what we can do is to do maintenance by giving it as usual. Some of the articles on how to grow papaya plants start from nurseries to become plants that are ready to bear fruit.
