It’s time, Papaya! Come home!
This is an Important news for papaya growers. Please pay attention to the fact that now you need to pick the papayas from your tree by this date..otherwise you might have to suffer loss!
Generally, papaya farming is considered safe, still caution has to be taken in every farming. Thus, this is one special news for papaya growers.
If you have green papayas on your tree and you are waiting for them to ripen, then stop this wait now. Pick your papayas as soon as you can. If you delay this, then you may have to face heavy loss. You need to know why you should pick your papaya fruits quickly now, and the reason also for this hurry. Let us tell you now.
May get infested with insects
If you do not pluck the fruits from your papaya tree immediately, then your fruits will be infested with insects. Whether your fruits are raw or ripe, you must pluck them now, otherwise it will not take long for them to be infested with insects. Not only will your papaya fruits be infested with insects, but the leaves on your papaya tree will also suffer as they will also be infested with insects.
Papaya fruits will get damaged
This is what Dr. Jaiprakash, a senior scientist at the National Institute of Science Communication and Policy Research, Delhi, told. While talking to the media, Dr. Jaiprakash said that winter has now knocked in the country. Now the temperature at night has started going below 20 degrees Celsius, while the day temperature is also going to dip below 30 degrees Celsius. It means that the temperature in the atmosphere is going to decrease. Your papaya tree will not be able to bear the low temperature and its fruits will be damaged.
The beginning of winter is not good news for the papaya fruits and its leaves on the tree. In the coming days, winter will gift insects to your trees and you may have to bear heavy losses. Therefore, it would be better for papaya farmers to pluck their papayas as soon as possible.
Senior scientist Dr. Jaiprakash also told that within the next fifteen days, if the papaya fruit is 115 to 125 days old, then pluck it from the tree.
Ripen them at home this way
Dr. Jaiprakash says that papayas will not spoil if plucked from the tree. Rather you can ripen them inside the house. For this, pluck the papayas and soak them in carbide at 40 to 50 degrees. Then dry them properly and wrap them in paper. After this, you will have to wait for four to six days and your papaya will ripen on its own. Not only this, its natural sweetness will also remain intact.
Raw fruits too are in demand
The senior agricultural scientist says that you can pluck raw papayas and sell them directly in the market because there is a demand for raw fruits in the market. The demand for raw fruits is especially seen in the markets of North India. The reason for this is that it is very cold in North India.
So hurry up and pluck your fruits. Remember, pluck the fruits by December 15 at any cost or sell the raw fruits in the market, after this the fruit that remains will be ready only after three months in March. In such a situation, you can ripen your papaya at home using the method mentioned above.
Pay attention to this in December
The senior agricultural scientist said that if there is weed in the fields, then let it remain for now. When the temperature will fall rapidly in the third or fourth week of December. Then mix 3 grams of sulphur powder, which is used to kill weeds, in one litre of water and spray it once every ten days on the leaves of the papaya tree.
The benefit of the spray
The benefit of this spraying will be that the leaves will not get spoiled. Remember one thing, no matter how much fruit is grown, if its leaves are not in good condition then the fruit will not be sweet. Due to this, your fruit will not be sold in the market and its quality will be bad. In such a situation, you will have to take care of the moisture and try to maintain it.
