permaculture

[George Anna Clark <esac@laneta.apc.org>]

Hi Antonio,

I've planted commercial papaya seed in seed trays and haven't had any 
problems. Supposedly Maradol (orange, hybrid, "unisex") don't produce 
true to parent, but have seen enough which have sprouted in the ground, 
in compost piles, and produced good fruit. So go figure...

passionfruit... did a websearch several months ago and it appears that 
commercial growers either re-plant at two years or prune them back 
heavily. They do require quite a bit of of water.... here it rains 4 
months out of the year (june-september) when we're lucky... no flowers 
until their roots are soaked for a good amount of time, and of course, 
warm weather. If you have a cool and/or dry corner you might have 
problems. Never had to pollinate by hand.

I plantedted passionfruit to climb up to my roof and shade it. Big 
mistake, fallen fruit stays up there and attracts rats... potential 
growers: train it where you can harvest it!!!

suerte,
george anna