Before Hurricane Erma in Sep. 2017, we decided to secure only one tree — papaya tree. We really did not want to lose that tree with so many papayas. Well, we were lucky.  After the hurricane, the papaya tree was standing tall even though we lost many of the banana trees along with lots of branches from the live oak trees.  Now, 5 months after Hurricane Erma, we picked the largest papaya we have ever grown with a measure weight of 5 lbs 10.4 oz.  There are still many more on the tree that will be ripening over the next month.  Looks like we may need some help eating! We did save some seeds from a couple picked earlier in Feb. and will be growing trees from those seeds.  Let’s see if we are able to duplicate the success.