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Posted by gonene1 none (My Page) on
Tue, Jul 15, 14 at 3:27

Hi
I wanted to ask about starting papaya from seed.
The seeds are black and soft.
but if you peel off the black soft coating you are left with a hard white smaller seed?
is it just the white which is the seed?
or is it the whole package which is the seed?
can the black coating inhibit germination and cause low percentage germinating , or is it just the opposite and the seed has better chance to germinate when the black coating is left on it?

which one should i sow for better success?
the black with the coating on?
or the white with the soft black coat peeled off.

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RE: Papaya seeds

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  • Posted by zeep none (My Page) on
    Sun, Jul 27, 14 at 8:18

Not sure what climate you are in but here in Cambodia you can gently press the fresh black seed into the ground anywhere with reasonably good, well draining soil, forget about them, and a month or so later you'll have a decent seedling. I "found" a 2 foot tall tree today that i literally did nothing for once the seed was in the ground. So the black coating doesnt inhibit anything that I've observed, at least not in the tropics! Good luck.

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The black seeds were dried in the sun during one/two days. They look like yours in the photo.
The plants you see in the photo were seeded last 9 July.
Unfortunately they die in my climate during winter.

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