Climate

• Tropical climate
• Low temperature and frost limits its cultivation
• Optimum temperature: 22-26^oC
• In Kerala high rainfall and severe drought in summer act as limiting factor for cultivation

Soil

• Rich, well-drained soil.
• Will not tolerate waterlogging around the trunk.

Season

• The best time for raising papaya seedlings :February to March
• Main field planting : May-June