Hi friends I hope you all are doing well. Today we will discuss about papaya. How can we grow papaya at our home.Actually we have already a papaya plant in our kitchen garden 😁 so I just want to share some knowledge. 

 papaya contains

Papaya is a very important and healthier fruit.Papaya contains 88.06g water, 0.47g of protein, 10.82g of carbohydrate, 0.26g of fat, 1.7g of dietary fiber, 7.82g of sugar in per 100g of papaya. 

Health benefits of papaya

It gives us many health benefits like it boosts our immunity system, improves digestion, it is good for the eye. It also helps in reducing stress and weight loss.it prevents cancer and heart disease.

Know about Papaya 

So after knowing many health benefits now we know about papaya plant.

Friends planting of papaya is not very difficult. Papaya grows in a warm environment and it is a highly frost-sensitive plant.

The scientific name of papaya is Carica papaya.

An interesting fact is that the papaya plant is present in three sexs 1.) Male 2.) Female 3.) Hermaphrodite

In male-type plants, they have only male flowers which produce only pollen and they have not produced fruits. 

In female type plant flowers are small and have no pollens.

In hermaphrodite, the flower contains both male stamens and female overy.

So you have to grow one male plant with approx 20 female plants for a better fruit set.

The yellow pigment in papaya is due to caricaxanthin. While unripe papaya contains milk made from papain.

Most serious diseases in papaya are damping off.

In damping-off disease, the papaya plant is affected at a very young age. It is due to high heat situations. some fungi attack stem cells. You can protect it by using some fungicide.

Papaya contains the pepsin enzyme.

Carpine obtained from papaya is used as a diuretic and heart stimulant.

How to grow papaya at home

• First, we have to prepare the soil mix which we made of organic waste like a cockpit, cow dung, other fruit & veg. waste.
• Then take seed you can buy seed or use store-bought fruits seed.
• For checking the seed quality take a bowl full of water. Seeds that settle in the base are used for planting.
• Put the seed in soil mix and cover a layer of soil and sprinkle the water on the soil.
• In 10 days the seed will grow.
• Keep the plant in sunlight abundant Palace and water the plant every day
• Sprinkle neem cake on the plant for the protection of insects.
• Adding manure every month for maintaining the soil nutrients.
• And yes,  your plant will be ready in 8-10 months.

Thank you

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