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Peasefamilyfarms

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Hardy passion fruit / maypop
« on: September 11, 2023, 12:57:04 AM »
 I’m curious if anyone from Oregon or the pacific north in general has grown Hardy passion fruit / maypop. I’m hoping to grow some from seeds or if anyone has a nursery they can recommend. Any advice is welcomed.

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Re: Hardy passion fruit / maypop
« Reply #1 on: September 11, 2023, 01:33:24 AM »
One green world in Portland has some really great maypop varieties. I got a bluePop from them last year, it flowered a bunch but didn't set fruit.
https://onegreenworld.com/product-category/vines/passiflora/

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Re: Hardy passion fruit / maypop
« Reply #2 on: September 11, 2023, 09:24:55 AM »
I’ll have to give them a look , I’m definitely interested in the fruit. Do you know if one variety sets fruit over another?

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Re: Hardy passion fruit / maypop
« Reply #3 on: September 11, 2023, 05:28:07 PM »
One green world in Portland has some really great maypop varieties. I got a bluePop from them last year, it flowered a bunch but didn't set fruit.
https://onegreenworld.com/product-category/vines/passiflora/

Judged by the flower, BluePop is probably a hybrid of incarnata and caerulea. These are often sterile and rarely form fruits, and when they do, they are often hollow.
In any case, you need a second variety for pollination to have a chance of fruit.