My plant has still got lots of fruit on it so I don't want to cut it down, but would like to get some more plants from it.

Has anyone had any success with propagating them? If so please let me know if you just followed the cut it down method or if I can use these side shoots. Also how difficult are they to get to grow from the cuttings?

Thanks in advance :-)

The two cuttings I first tried using this method have both struck. The top section, which had the growing tip looks great - really healthy and the lower section which was just stem has a 1cm new shoot coming off it!!

Very easy to propagate :-)

For such a yummy and prolific fruit that is easy to grow seems strange that it is so hard to find (it took me ages to get my first tree).

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One tree is plenty for me - at the time it broke off it had close to 30 fruit on it and the side shoots have about 5 baby fruit. In years past I have had so much fruit we've given them away and had babaco juice for breakfast every morning.

Nicefrog are you intending to grow them for commercial purposes? We used to see them in supermarkets here about 10 years ago, but I haven't seen one in the shops (or nurseries here) for ages.

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if you can help me I will be very gratful. Is there any options to get Babaco from you Gardeners-friends. We are ready for Barter. Thank you so much

The stalk is about 130 - 150cm long and quite bowed. it is currently leaning on a 135 degree angle in the pot and would probably not withstand the weight of the fruit in spring as it is. it has leaf shoots all over it and is growing at an alarming rate. What do I do now? Do i wait for winter to chop it up and try and propagate many plants from it? Do i chop it now? Do I wait for another year and let it establish a bit more? Do i just replant it as straight as i can and hope for the best? So MANY questions!

Any input is greatly appreciated. Thanks.

If you want to learn something about this exceptionally plant that I track, here you are what I gathered from some diffrent places. Information about that plant is difficult to find but more difficult is to find the real plat:
BABAKO (Carica Pentagona). Moreover it is beautiful, it is alse exotic and useful.

Some photos of the plant:
http://www3.ocn.ne.jp/~okunoen/mizuho.jpg
http://www.autopot.com.au/content/images/Babaco (1).JPG

Babako or the mountain papaya (Carica Pentagona) is a unique type of Papaya (Carica). Is only spread in the wild in Ecuador. It is a natural hybrid received ages ago between two papaya - Carica pubescerus and Carica stipulara, which also occur in central and southern parts of the mountain Ecuador. Babako was known and has cultivated in the American continent before the arrival of Europeans there.

The plant represents 3 meters high tree with a typical kind palmate large sheets of long handles, radial equipped to the stem. The stem is right, with soft wood. The colors are single and form the basis of leaves. All are female, which explains the formation of virgin fetus. That's way, unlike our familiar ordinary papaya there is no seeds. One tree for one year ripes from 25 to 100 fruits on it with an average weight of 2 kilograms each. The development is 8 to 10 months. Have five-walls shape, length 25-30 cm. At the beginning they are green in color. Form of long handles and increase and enlarge its tilt to the stem and remain so until their full maturity. The Fruit itself is quite severe and may break branch if there have gathered more fruit. They need to be excluded at the first sign of yellow-ing*. They will ripen gradually and have a longer shelf life for one month. The fruit is ready to eat, where evenly be yellow. The mature fruit is smooth, yellow and thin edible crust. Their flesh part is also yellow, very juicy, rich in vitamin A and C and low sugar content. Has a unique flavor, carrying something in the taste of strawberry, pineapple, banana and papaya. Contains a large amount PAPAIN, plant enzyme close in structure to the pepsin contained in our gastric juice. These valuable enzymes most contained in the skin. Therefore act in healing digestive problems, helping the digestion of protein and neutralize stomach acids. The structure of the golden fruit is light and refreshing, can be made drinks quench thirst. The taste may be improperly undermines with lemon, lime, orange, cinnamon, nutmeg and other spices. Babako is called too "shampanov" fruit, because placing in pieces from it into a glass of water is a strong separation of gas bubbles that fizzy liquid.

Use: in a fresh type the fruit has a long life - without cooling can keep up to 4 weeks. Can be consumed fresh, peeled or with its thin crust, cut into pieces. The pieces of it can be added to fruit salads with honey or beaten them to make quick and delicious drink. Combines well with ice cream, yogurt or cold milk shake, and can be used together with other fruit and exotic pie filling.
The fruit during the winter months can be found in our markets for exotic fruits.

Breeding: because the plant does not provide seed multiplication his only vegetative - through cuttings. They are placed on roothold after treatment with fungicide and
fluid for implant in damp sand. Cutting is ready for planting in a permanent court after the first appearance of the first roots and leaves grow height of about 18 cm. 15 months later the plant may begin fruitful. The plant Babako is more tolerant than cold. It will withstand temperatures up to about 28 degrees Fahrenheit (-3 degrees C). May lose some of its leaves in light frost.

Growing at home

This plant can not be grown outdoors if it is cold. It is ideal for growing a culture container not-getting-warm greenhouses. In their natural habitat grows well in fresh subtropical climate. Soil should be rich in nutrients and light not-keeping-water. Well it reflects rot fertilizers with poultry manure and regular watering. In the summer the plant babako loves warm, sunny and to be protected from the wind.

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If anyone knows whether it exist in THE WORLD at all, PLEASE call me.

In the spring if you get rooted with cuttings or just the real plant, I would like to buy from you!!

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