Follow up writeup on Pawpaw 1. Sexing Papaya Seedlings: - Male seedlings tend to have thicker, more vigorous stems and leaves. - Female seedlings have slender stems and leaves. 2. Leaf Shape and Size: - Male leaves are typically larger, more rounded, and have a pointed tip. - Female leaves are smaller, more oval-shaped, and have a rounded tip. 3. Leaf Arrangement: - Male seedlings often have leaves that are arranged alternately on the stem. - Female seedlings have leaves that are arranged oppositely on the stem. 4. Stem Color: - Male seedlings tend to have a greener stem. - Female seedlings have a more reddish-brown stem. 5. Flower Formation (after 6-12 months): - Male plants produce small, yellowish-white flowers in clusters. - Female plants produce single, larger, yellowish-white flowers. #pawpaw

#Pawpaw Protest: How to make N3 million from 100 Papaya in 8 months without investing any money - By Ibraheem Dooba 1. Go to a fruit seller near you and request for papaya seeds. They usually throw them away. There’s an average of 400 seeds in a pod. Collect as many as they can give you. 2. Soak the seeds in water for 24 hours. Throw away the floating seeds and keep the ones that sunk to the bottom. They’re likely to be more viable 3. Collect used pure water sachets and plant the seeds. Two or three in a sachet. 4. The seeds will germinate in 1-2 weeks. Leave them for two weeks. Then sort the female seedlings from the male. You don’t have to wait until they flower to tell them apart. Only few people know this trick and they guard it as a trade secret. I’m going to tell you today. Check my other post to see how. 5. After about eight weeks, your seedlings are ready to be transplanted into the ground. 6. Each hole should be dug 2 feet deep and 2 feet wide. 7. Get a 4-gallon bucket of well decomposed manure and mix with the soil. If you can lay your hands on rabbits manure you can use it fresh and not wait for it to decompose because it’s cold manure. 8. Plant the seedlings two meters apart. This means that you can accommodate 100 trees in a small space. 9. Water and weed when needed. You can start harvesting in the 7th or 8th month. Harvest the fruits when you see yellow lines. 10. Each tree will give you N30,000. That’s N3 million for 100 trees. 11. Now that you’ve grown your own seeds, use the seeds from the best fruits to scale your business. Summary: This guide shows you how to start your tree plantation with no money down. It saves you at least N250,000 because I sell my papaya seedlings at N2,500.