When to plant papaya in Mortlake
- Plant seedlings: late Dec to mid JanMortlake area, temperate oceanic
Worked out from 30 years of climate records for Mortlake. Microclimates vary: frost hollows and hills run later.
A fast, short-lived tree that crops well in the tropics and subtropics and in warm, sheltered temperate gardens. It is frost-tender and hates wet roots, so plant in spring on a mound or raised bed. Bisexual varieties fruit on their own. In cool climates growth stalls and fruit rarely ripens.