Papaya tree

The Papaya tree must be grown with the Farming skill. Level 57 farmers may plant a papaya tree seed in a plant pot that has been filled with dirt from any empty gardening patch. A gardening trowel is needed to plant the seed, then it must be watered. This action is all perfomed in the inventory or backpack section of the screen.

After 15 minutes or less, the planted seed will become a papaya tree sapling and can then be transferred to a Fruit tree patch. The fruit tree patch must be raked clean of weeds. Compost or Super Compost may be added prior to planting, and once planted (using a spade and trowel), the nearby farmer may be paid to watch over your tree. Payment is 10 pineapples and optionally may be noted to save you space.

A papaya tree sapling may take three or more hours to mature. An Amulet of nature may be bound to the patch to provide progress on its growth. Once mature, the tree produces up to six papayas at a time.

Planting the papaya tree sapling gives 72 farming experience. A healthy papaya tree, when checked, provides 6,146.6 farming experience. If the farmer does not watch the tree, then disease on the tree may be removed using secauters. However, if left alone, the diseased tree will die.

Each papaya, when picked, gives 27 farming experience. Once all 6 papayas have been picked, the tree will slowly produce more papayas until all 6 are available again. However, the papayas may be picked anytime they show on the tree.