Papaya is a popular fruit of Bangladesh. It is also widely used as a vegetable. Generally, papaya is propagated by seeds, but seeds do not produce seedlings with the quality of the mother plant. Again, hybrid seedlings cannot be grown from seeds. Horticulture Center of Chittagong Department of Agriculture Extension, Hathatzari Horticulturalist Md. Al Mamun Shikder. Recently, during a detailed discussion in his office, he said that the 2nd graft has been successfully separated from the mother plant. Papaya Guti Kalam has to be done a little differently than conventional Guti Kalam. The steps followed by Mr. Al Mamun Shikder in making papaya pen are-
Materials- 1. Coconut shoots (rooting media); 2. plastic packets; 3. plastic yarn; 4. Stick/bamboo parts; 5. Branch of papaya tree.
Steps to do penning
First, the mother plant must be selected. In this case, care should be taken for disease-free, sweet and high-yielding varieties.
On the selected mother tree, the first branch must be formed. Cutting the main branch of the tree will produce many side branches.
1/3 of the lateral branch should be cut with a sharp knife by determining the exact middle of the selected side branch and bending it at 45 degrees from the bottom to the top. The rest will be attached to the tree.
