Q.Papayas
I have two papayas trees,how do I know their sex, male or femail?
They have no flowers and we are at the end of july with a temperature of about 20 to 30ºC
They look healthy and they are growing small leaves next to the normal leaves,should I cut the small leaves?
I’m a ferfect ignorant on papayas , can you help me?
Thanks alot,
Downtoearthdigs
Answered on July 20, 2017
You need the fowers to determine if your tree is a male, female or Hermaphrodite variety.
These links have more information for you.
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/fruits/papaya/growing-papaya-fruit.htm
https://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/morton/papaya_ars.html
https://www.ctahr.hawaii.edu/oc/freepubs/pdf/F_N-5.pdf
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