Red Lady Papaya Seeds
Variety red lady has the duration of about 2 years. Early vigorous,high yielding and potential yield of 120 tons/ha in 2 years productive life cycle. One tree can produce 50 to 120 fruits with average fruit weight of 1.5 to 2kg/fruit. Semi-dwarf begins to bear fruit at 50-80 cm.
Female plants produce short oblong fruits while bi-sexual or hermaphrodites are elongated. Highly tolerant to papaya ring spot virus. Early maturing harvestable at 8 to 9 months from sowing. The seeds were treated with a chemical which breaks dormancy and aids in germination. The seeds were planted in nursery at a seed rate of about 500g/acre. The nursery material includes coir pith, FYM, red soil at a ratio of 1:2:1. They were provided with water weekly once since there was surplus rainfall at the time.
