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When you do this the papaya tree will then transfer all of its growing energy from growing up the way to making the trunk healthy and growing out the way.

Jun 03, My aunt who is 96 and lives in Manoa Valley on the island of Oahu, cuts the tops of her papaya trees and puts a clean tin can over the top of the tree to prevent bugs or infection til the tree heals from the cut. The tree then grows thicker and sprouts alternat limbs to grow fruit. She has had her trees for a few years and they grow large fruit.

My parents have recently cut the tops off of thier. Mar 28, Take your handy pruning saw and cut off the stalk at eye level, being careful not to split the stalk. You will find your papaya tree is hollow inside and easy to cut. Clean up the area and cap the Author: Cash Cashion. wikiHow Quick Video on How to Cut a Papaya. Cypress trees as mulch one of the halves skin-side down on your cutting board, and cut it into thick, evenly spaced slices.

To rejuvenate the old tall papaya tree you can cut off the main stem 3 feet from the ground and make sure to cover the stem with garbage bag to. Nov 30, Get the Best Mortgage Rate for You Take Safety Precautions. Put on gloves and safety glasses before pruning a papaya tree. As Purdue University points out, Remove Damaged Growth. Remove broken or dead papaya tree leaves and their stems with anvil pruners or loppers. Use anvil Prune.

Feb 12, Growing a papaya tree from a stem cutting. This has been 4 months in the making – it didn’t die, and it did grow a few new leaves – but I couldn’t be certain that it was going to continue growing. Well, another Curious experiment has come to a happy conclusion. The new stem that I broke off from our re-sprouting papaya tree has.