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Article #239Re: Papaya/ paw paw
From: SG1
Date: Tue, 15 May 2012 05:48
Date: Tue, 15 May 2012 05:48
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"terryc" <newsninespam-spam@woa.com.au> wrote in message news:josc4f$v00$1@dont-email.me... > On 13/05/12 13:51, sunshine wrote: > >> Is there anything I can do to improve the fruit? Any advice is greatly >> appreciated. > > No idea to be honest. Most of the ones we buy in the shops are rather > tasteless or yuck. > > Just a suggestion to consider the fruit at different stages for pickles or > whatever. Note, it might blend/puree to make a sauce rather than looking > at solid chunks in stuff. > > Have you tried different ways of cooking it? BBQ, micowave, etc. > > As to flavour, suggests something missing. > Do they require regular watering? <frigging oranges> > Might be something as simple as wrong pH. do you have a kit? > > What sort of soils are you on? Clay?, try scattering gypsum and watering > it on. May take a couple of years. > > I'd also try mulch/compostig the drip line to see if that helps. > > You could also try packets of the various trace elements, and nutrients > scattered in quarter circle segments around the drip line and see if any > one in particular helps. > > If you have productive trees, it is a shame to cut them down. Roast it like pumpkin but b4 it ripens. Not tried it myself but have had good reports.
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