I'm especially looking for Waimanalo variety because it's low growing, but also Solo Sunset, Solo Sunrise, or any sweet papaya growing in your back yard.

It's hard to grow papaya where I live, but I grow bananas and every year try to keep my plumerias alive...and those green things you see in the markets here are called papayas, but they don't taste like papayas.

Hope this reaches some GMO aware ears...we really have to keep that stuff from spreading.

John

I've had good luck growing papaya plants from their seed BUT our long cool winters rob the sweetness from the fruit. The fruit looks great, but the flavor is BLAND.

I'm growing a cultivar right now called Florida Jack. Its supposed to produce sweet fruit even here in CA.

Where are you located, with a zone 10 but long cool winters? BTW, in the past I've read that humidity was the key to the sweetness. I have long hot summers here and I would just keep the plants indoors (near a window with afternoon sunlight) during the winter...although I've had good luck with frost protection cloth. But papayas, like plumerias, are so easy to kill.

Jeri de Pietro and the anti GMO group here on Kauai can definitely help you out. Google and contact them ! They have been having seed trade/giveaways that feature a lot of GMO free seeds. I've been to a couple and they are great presentations. In fact there was recently a banana one which i found very informative ! She said they will come test my papayas (solo sunrise) for me free - she was gonna drop off a test kit or something but she's busy and probably forgot. I'm sure one of the group can provide you clean seeds. Sorry i don't have the name right now but a google would get you there !