We started growing this papaya tree last year after my mil tasted a good, sweet fruit and threw seeds at the back and soon, it grew flowers and then bore fruits!! And it was so fertile, that many fruits keep popping out of the tree. Then, another papaya tree grew along the side. And another small tree as well. So we have three papaya trees at the back now and the first one give us many fruits
Then along the way, few fruits started to turn yellow. Meaning it will ripe and we can taste it we didn't get to taste. But somehow the fruit was stolen!! Yes, it was gone. And not once but twice. Apparently there was a papaya thief in my neighbourhood. Not only stole one papaya, but stole two more on 2 Nd time within the span of less than a week!!! Geez!! My mil was so upset she didn't get the chance to pick and taste when she was here last month.
So an aunt (her sister) suggested to wrap the papaya tree to prevent theft. So we did that and true, no more theft after that. And there was once we spotted an old lady walking at our back, apparently peeking at our tree from a distance. We suspected she was the one. And maybe the same person who stole a neighbour's vegetables!! But no proof and since now we protected the fruits from being stolen, there no longer any suspicious person walking at our back yard. It was very rare to see people walking at the back, outside of our gate. Even we also seldom go out, and when we do, we are trimming our lemon tree, papaya tree and curry plants and others. We know the surrounding neighbours, and they also rarely venture out from their back gate.
Another reason for wrapping, it also speed up the ripen process!!! Now we got many ripe fruits when we checked it out after many days of rain earlier this month!!!
My papaya tree and its big fruits!! Really good plant; big size, sweet and juicy flesh. Now we need to give some away!! Lol.
That afternoon, we passed one big fruit to a neighbour and I cut and packed one container for Jan to bring to school to share with her English Club members. She is this year club secretary and had a meeting and some errand with few members that Sunday afternoon.
8 comments:
Homegrown papaya..how cool is that!
Your garden soil must be very fertile too. Oh dear, people steal like that, so bad! I thought at first it was monkeys. LOL! That was what used to happen at my family home in Terengganu.
last time, our mango trees also bore fruits. When the mango is almost ripe, it was stolen by monkeys....we were so sad coz we have waited so long for the mangoes. The tree is not that fertile, so the mangoes are very limited edition.
So many thieves in your area? I thought you stay in a exclusive closely-guarded area? Maybe the security guards are the culprits. We wrap too when about to ripen so the birds will not attack and leave us with just the skin. Yours are SO big, so very nice!
Wow! Your papaya tree has so many fruits! You can plant more papaya trees within your compound with the seeds. Maybe the person thought this papaya tree is community property since it is outside your gate and growing on community land.
These days, people come to steal even in broad daylight. They just pluck off the fruits as if they are the owners.
This is when the trees are not within the house compound cos the land outside the house belongs to ... ?
Aiyor, monkeys have no concept of ownership I believe.
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