Hay all steemian friends, how are you guys today?
It's been a long time since I've been posting on steemit because I'm doing research on how to grow papaya california from the beginning of planting until the harvest time.
From time to time I summarized the ways of planting and I will share this dipostingan I this.
Let's talk about papaya california.
Papaya California itself is a type of prime papaya with early age. Because it is a type of genjah type California papaya can be harvested in a short time that can be harvested when the age of 7 months. Because the harvest period is quite short this type of papaya has a shorter stem compared with other types of papaya. From California papaya fruit has characteristics measuring 0.8 - 2 kg / fruit, thick-skinned, oval-shaped yellow fruit, sweet, chewy and thick flesh.
In terms of productivity, papaya California has a high productivity. As described above the harvest can be done when the age of 7 months - 9 months with productivity age up to 4 years. California papaya harvest can be done four times each month. In each harvest can produce 10-20 pieces of papaya each tree. If you are cultivating a California papaya on a 1-hectare plot, in one harvest it can produce 2 tonnes of California papaya.
Seeding Papaya California Seed
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California papaya seedlings are produced from seeding seeds. Can be obtained from the mature California papaya fruit requested or purchased at the farm shop. Here are the steps to seed the papaya seeds California:
Seeds to be used for seeds are soaked in water overnight. After overnight check the seeds, used for the seeds are the ones drowned.
Selected seeds are immersed in Newsprint / wet cloth for a week, for maintenance enough to keep moisture on the newspaper or cloth.
Seeds that have been consumed for 1 week is ready for sowing in polybags, the composition of planting media used is fine and composted soil with a ratio of 2: 1
Seeds are ready to be planted in cultivated land when they are aged 1-1.5 months.
Planting of California Papaya Seedlings
Before planting the seedlings first cleared of weeds. The next step for planting hole with the distance between plants 2.5 M x 2.5 M or 2.5 M x 2.75 M. Population perhektar plants between 1,450 to 1,600 trees. Holes with a mixture of soil and manure.
The holes that have been made are then flooded with water. And the seeds can be planted directly into the plant hole. The best time to plant California papaya seedlings is in the afternoon.
Maintenance of California Papaya Plants
Treatment steps are not much different from other plants. It only needs to be watered, fertilized and embroidered when there are dead seeds.
To get the maximum productivity of fertilization must be done either with organic fertilizer or non organic fertilizer. Fertilization is done when planting with fertilizer or compost fertilizer with a dose of 40kg / plant. Fertilization is done again by using NPK fertilizers seedlings 2 weeks old with a dose of 200 grams / tree. Fertilization is done again with manure and NPK per three months with a dose of 500 gr NPK / tree + 40 kg manure / tree. Especially after the fruitful plants can be added KCI fertilizer to improve the durability and sweetness of the fruit.
Harvest and Post-Harvest Papaya California
The first harvest can be done in the age of 7-9 months. California papaya fruit that can be harvested is already ripe with a sign of yellow tinge on the skin of the fruit. For harvesting is done by cutting the fruit stalk, for the planting period can be done every 10 days.
Similarly, the steps of California papaya cultivation are complete. Hopefully this article can help you in doing business of California papaya cultivation. Greetings cultivation from me @vebri.
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