The Tropical Fruit Forum

I could swear recently on some site, maybe a rare seed dealer website, that they claimed it has fruited just once in the U.S.  Maybe there’s been more since it was written. Definitely a species worth experimenting with, I would give it a shot too if I could get my hands on some seeds!

I’ve been through 3 passiflora incarnata’s in the past couple years trying to get them established, and although they grow vigorously they all eventually end up devastated by gulf fritillary caterpillars. I sprayed BT once, but truthfully am not too interested in killing them or keeping up with the spraying schedule. In my research of the gulf fritillary I was sort of beginning to be under the impression that there may be other passiflora species that they tend to ignore or not favor as much as the incarnata. I certainly love passion fruit and would love to branch out into some other species... does anyone else grow other passiflora species in areas with the gulf fritillary and notice a difference in caterpillar damage? I know there’s a plethora of species and varieties out there so maybe one of them the caterpillars don’t like!

Got my couple Thai dwarf mulberry’s and another seedling in the mail, all very healthy and in great condition. Thanks Kevin!