Tips for Successful Cultivation of Papaya

Papaya is a type of fruit that is very much contain health benefits for our bodies, vitamins contained in it is not uncommon search of this very popular papaya fruit among the papaya community is a fruit plant that comes from southern Mexico and the northern part of South America, and is now widespread and widely cultivated throughout the tropics for its fruit is taken. C. papaya is the only species in the genus Carica.

Papaya fruit eaten meat, both when young and cooked. Young fruit meat is cooked as a vegetable. Ripe fruit pulp is eaten fresh or as a fruit mixture. Papaya is also used as a vegetable leaf and softening meat. Young papaya leaves are eaten as salads (after do with hot water) or used as our wrapper. Papaya Calina can grow in the lowlands and high 300-1000 meters above sea level, rainfall 1000-2000 mm / year, optimum air temperature 22 -26 ° C and humidity about 40% and the wind is not too dense / fast for pollination. The soil is fertile, friable, contains humus and must hold a lot of water, the ideal soil pH is neutral with pH 6 -7.

Planting

Papaya seeds used are plant seeds derived from ripe fruit and that comes from good plants. The fruit of choice is in halves to be taken seeds. Seeds are then washed clean until the skin that covers the seeds wasted and dried in the shade. Seeds are ready directly inserted in polybag size 10 x 15 cm or above try that has been given media. within 3 weeks the seeds will grow into seeds. Maintenance of seeds should be intensified so that the seeds can grow healthy and normal until the time can be moved spaciousness. Calina papaya plantations need to be prepared about 1 to 2 weeks before planting. Including land preparation, cleaning, mound or bed making, planting distance determination, Making planting holes, as well as organic fertilizer as basic fertilizer.

Stitching

Planting the seeds that have been sown in polybag for 2 months is the seed that has been ready to plant. The process of planting in cultivated land is done with care because the soil in polybag should not be destroyed. Because it will cause the seeds withered and even death. Preferably, one day before irrigation land cultivation in advance. The planting process should be done during the afternoon, to minimize evaporation at the new plant being moved. The best planting distance is 2.5 x 2.5 m. The process of embroidery is done as soon as possible if there are plants that die or grow deviant due to technical errors of planting and because of pest and disease attacks.

Irrigation

The next maintenance process is watering. Papaya loves water but can not withstand puddles quickly causing rotten stems. So the irrigation system must be precise. Creating drainage channels that do not make water surrounded by papaya trees such as making a ditch around the planting hole.

Weeding should be done to reduce competitive papaya plants with good weed competition for nutrition, water, and sunlight, especially for plants that do not use mulch. The hoarding done around the plant is useful for improving drainage and soil aeration so that plant roots can grow well. Weeding and stockpiling should be done carefully so as not to hurt the roots of many plants For optimal and superior yield, can use organic fertilizer so that papaya fruit much healthier for consumption. Furthermore, the addition of organic fertilizer is done every 4 months. Fertilization using non-organic fertilizer using NPK type of fertilizer is done on the count of 200 grams of fertilizer per tree after planting. 300 grams when the plants enter the age of 3 months, 500 grams ages 6, 9 to 12 months per tree. After fruiting, add KCI fertilizer so that the durability of strong and sweet fruit.

Some types of pests that attack Calina papaya plants include white lice pests, aphids, and mites. Attacked by sucking all the liquids contained in young leaves of papaya papaya tree. Control is by spraying insecticides or akarisida. Type of papaya papaya disease Phytphora parasitica, P, palmivora, Collectricum and Pythium that attack leaves, roots, stems and fruit in the rainy season. Control can be done by spraying the fungicide solution mixed with water.

Harvesting done at age 8 s.d. 9 months. Signs of ripe fruit there is a yellow tinge in the main papaya fruit at the tip of the fruit. Harvesting should be done by cutting the stalk. Use scissors to prune and also with a sharp knife. Harvesting is done with a period of time of 10 days.

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