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In the Florida garden, we decided that we wanted a papaya tree, and as they are pretty fast growing, decided to begun from seed.
Now, knowing what the seed success ratio can be, we decided to just throw all of the seed that we pulled out of the fruit, into a small raised bed. We figured we'd get a handful to successfully start. What we got, was a forest of baby papaya.
So, now we are selecting, thining and giving away. It is amazing as to how many of those seeds took. I stopped counting!
Earlier in the year, I purchased a vanilla orchid culture at the Land at Disney World. This is my third attempt as they seem to be tricky, but so far so good at this point.
I do hope that it will continue to grow well and eventually get beans from it. (From what I read I will need to hand pollinate but that's ok!)
Although the plant doesn't look all that large, it started from a culture only a few inches high!
