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Babaco cutting

Details  Propagate and grow your own babaco plants quick and easy with stem cuttings. Simply place the cutting 1 third into the soil (right way up) and keep damp in a sunny sheltered warm location.

High success rate and should produce fruit in 12 - 18 months.

Wind tolerance  poor

Flowers  white

Forest layer  low-tree

Frost sensitive  

Edible  

Fruit / berries  

Perennial  

Propagation method  Cutting

Tags    subtropical  fruit  cuttings  propagation 

Price  $3.90  15cm stem cutting

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Babaco

Common name  Babaco, Mountain Papaya, Champagne Fruit

Botanical name  Carica x heilbornii

Details  Grown under plastic. Produces large, yellow fruit pentagonal in cross-section. Easily propagated from stem cuttings.

Variety  Pentagona

Flowers  Small white

Diameter  1.00

Height (m)  2

Forest layer  low-tree

Edible  

Evergreen  

Frost sensitive  

Fruit / berries  

Perennial  

Shade / Sun  Full sun - part shade

Soil type  Rich, free draining

Wind tolerance  Low (large leaves)

Tags    exotic  sub-tropical  fruit 

Propagation method  Cutting

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