Papayas Revisited

Not only do they taste great for a Caribbean breakfast, every papaya seed I've ever planted has grown.

I discovered this at a Garcia BBQ. Luisa asked if I liked papayas and took me out beside their deck. She whacked one off a tree and cut it up! They grow quickly but are weaker than banana trees. 6-month old Asta chewed down a tree taller than I was that had thrived planted on my courtyard since before she was born.

Last April I gave a handful of seeds to Bill McCormick. Here's his papaya field Jan 1, 2008.
It almost doesn't qualify as frugal to plant and water them since they're always on sale for 49 cents a lb. But I'm starting over. I should scatter those fertile seeds on my sidewalks and driveway and see where the birds drop them in my yard. Label that entertainment.

UPDATE Sept 08
With fences and shingles down all over SW Houston:
"while my papaya trees were stripped almost bare of their branches, the fruit hung on.....They were tiny before the storm hit, and I had blooms as well....Seems as if they all laughed at Ike."