Mike Jay wrote:Thank Nathanial! One nice thing about northern Wisconsin is that we don't have termites, venomous snakes or many other warmer climate nuisances. Hopefully the pests of the tropics will leave these plants alone and they'll thrive
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Any suggestions for a cultivar for pigeon peas? Or is there just one type. I'm guessing I can't easily import them from abroad.
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Mike Jay wrote:Thank Nathanial! One nice thing about northern Wisconsin is that we don't have termites, venomous snakes or many other warmer climate nuisances. Hopefully the pests of the tropics will leave these plants alone and they'll thrive
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Any suggestions for a cultivar for pigeon peas? Or is there just one type. I'm guessing I can't easily import them from abroad.
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Mike Jay wrote:Thanks Nathanael, now I know how to multiply my papayas
Since I think I want the mountain papaya (cultivar Babaco) I might have to buy one plant first. Otherwise one from the store could be less cold hardy.
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Mike Jay wrote:Oh, there's a gender thing with papayas? Do you need a male and female to get fruit?
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Nathanael Szobody wrote:
Mike Jay wrote:Oh, there's a gender thing with papayas? Do you need a male and female to get fruit?
Yup.
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Mike Jay wrote:
Nathanael Szobody wrote:
Mike Jay wrote:Oh, there's a gender thing with papayas? Do you need a male and female to get fruit?
Yup.
CrapIf you have two females of different cultivars, can you get by with a male of a different cultivar to pollinate both of them?
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Mike Jay wrote:Ok, I did some quick research. Thanks to Daleys fruits it looks like the Babaco mountain papaya is self fertile. Yay!
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Mike Jay wrote:
For papayas, I'm planning on Babacos because they're a mountain papaya and more cold hardy. They're $30 ea so I was actually thinking of just getting one and maybe multiplying it with cuttings after a year or two. I'm assuming for that price it would be a female. If I propagate it and end up with several female clones, is that a good thing?.
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Mike Jay wrote:Oh, can papaya seeds ship? I thought most tropical seeds needed to stay wet and fresh (they die if they dry out).
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Mike Haasl wrote: These strange tropical plants may need different friends but I'm not sure I can do much about that.
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