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Pink Papaya's very own Miranda Williams-Epp was recently picked to do Sarah Palin's hair during her local book tour stop - Congratulations Miranda. For information on buying green papaya for making green papaya salad or other Thai/Asian dishes, see my: Thai Green Papaya Salad Recipe. And with it's antioxidants, flavoniods, plus loads of vitamins and minerals, papaya will help you fight off cold and flu viruses and help keep you healthy through the winter. One of nature's wonders, fresh papaya improves digestion and prevents heart disease, arthritis, lung disease, and eye disorders. Nutrition Information: Papaya was called "fruit of the angels" by Christopher Columbus, and for good reason. Papayas come in various shapes and sizes: the Hawaiian variety are smaller and are pear-shaped, while Carribean and Asian papayas are long and large, like the one pictured here. This document is Fact Sheet HS11, a series of the Horticultural Sciences Department, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. Nutrient content of ripe papaya.

Cultural practices for fruiting papaya plants in the home landscape. Papaya fruit is low in calories and high in potassium and vitamin A. Non-ripe fruit may be used as a vegetable or used in green salads. After picking fruit, should be placed at room temperature to fully ripen before being stored in the refrigerator. Generally, fruit may be picked when yellow color covers 1/5 to 1/3 of the surface peel, however, greater color development of the fruit while on the tree increases fruit sugar content.

Papaya fruit may be harvested green for use as a vegetable and ripe when full yellow to orange color develops on the peel. This is because too much water too often applied causes root rot. The use of lawn sprinkler systems on a timer may result in over watering and cause papaya trees to decline. Roots of mature papaya trees spread beyond the drip-line of the tree canopy and heavy fertilization of the lawn adjacent to papaya trees is not recommended because it may reduce fruiting and or fruit quality.

Inspect the tree for insect pests and diseases and inspect the trunk of the tree will result in weakening the tree and if severe enough can cause dieback or kill the tree. Root bound root systems may not grow properly once planted in the ground. Large trees in smaller containers should be avoided as the root system may be "root bound." This means all the available space in the container has been filled with roots to the point that the tap root is growing along the edge of the container in a circular fashion.