| We have 2 Hawaii solo papaya trees and a Cuban papaya tree that is a male plant. Do we need to pull the male?? |
| The Papaya is a polygamous species. The plants may be classified into 3 primary sex types: 1) male (staminate), 2) hermaphroditic (bisexual, and 3) female (pistillate). In addition some plants can produce, at the same time, more than one kind of flower. Also, some produce flowers which are not of these basic forms, but exhibit different degrees of maleness and femaleness. This tendency to change in sexual expression seems to be triggered by climatic factors, such as drought and variable temperatures. The tendency to produce male flowers seems to increase at high temperatures. Sine the male trees are unfruitful, and fruit from bisexual plants is preferred, you really do not need the male tree. |
