Remove male plants after the flowers appear, keeping one male plant for every 20 female plants for proper fruit set. Keep only one vigorous female or hermaphrodite plant per pit. In gynodioecious varieties, keep one hermaphrodite plant per pit and remove the female plants.
Pending expert review
Source
Crop Production Guide – Horticulture Crops 2020 (Directorate of Horticulture and Plantation Crops, Tamil Nadu & Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU)), Papaya – After cultivation, pp. 33–34
