Saving Fallen Papaya Tree

Q: Hope there is help for my beautiful amazing papaya tree! There where a loooooooot of fruits on it, but it broked! First of all, it was leaning and friends tried to straight my beautiful tree😢😱😥 What can I do? Will it get fruits again?

A: Couple months ago we also had a Papaya tree loaded with fruit that fell down (see photos). It was heart-breaking. We secured it and it continued growing for a couple weeks but unfortunately, at the end the tree still died, leaving us million fruit. Papaya tree has a very sensitive root system and is hard to re-established once the roots are damaged.
However, if it just has a broken top, it has good chances to grow back from the side shoots.
Of course, remove all the fruit so they don't take energy from the recovering tree.
When a tree is loaded with fruit, it is important to provide support for heavy branches and for the trunk if needed. Always support the fruiting tree to prevent from possible falling BEFORE it starts leaning down and may become broken by even a light wind.
On the photo, you can see how we fixed boards around, but it was already after the tree fell. Unfortunately, it was too late and the roots got damaged. Always need to stake the tree up before the branches get too heavy!

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