{"product_id":"carica-papaya-0-5-kg-seeds","title":"Carica Papaya - 0.5 kg Seeds","description":"\u003cp\u003ePapaya (\u003cem\u003eCarica papaya\u003c\/em\u003e) is a fast-growing, short-lived soft-wooded tree with a single hollow trunk crowned by large, deeply lobed leaves on long stalks. It is one of the most popular home and commercial fruit trees of India, bearing sweet, orange-fleshed fruit within a year of sowing, and is also a source of the enzyme papain extracted from its latex.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNative to tropical America, it is now cultivated throughout the warm plains of India wherever soils are deep, fertile and free-draining and frost is absent. Apart from the fruit eaten ripe or used green in cooking, the leaves, latex and seeds have well-known traditional medicinal and digestive uses.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFamily: Caricaceae\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNative region: Tropical America\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMature height: 3-10 m\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGrowth rate: Fast\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eWash the gelatinous coating (sarcotesta) off fresh seeds and soak them for a day or two to improve germination. Sow about 1 cm deep in seed trays or polybags of light, well-drained mix kept warm and moist; germination usually takes 2-4 weeks. Transplant the seedlings carefully without disturbing the roots when they are 15-20 cm tall, planting several per pit and later thinning to the strongest.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"vedicflora","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51052137021686,"sku":"SED-TRE-CARICA-001","price":1499.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0805\/4980\/6326\/files\/nurserylive-seeds-carica-papaya-0-5-kg-seeds-16968685551756.jpg?v=1782714316","url":"https:\/\/vedicflora.com\/products\/carica-papaya-0-5-kg-seeds","provider":"vedicflora","version":"1.0","type":"link"}