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Tropical Fruit => Tropical Fruit Discussion => Topic started by: fisherking73 on May 09, 2019, 07:41:30 PM
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Just picked up a passion fruit vine and debating on leaving in a pot or should it be planted in ground?
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they grow better for me/vigorous in-ground
once established, they should be more hardy in-ground, and can better deal with dry spells than if sitting around in a pot.
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In ground if you want a monster and have something big for it to climb on.
Grow it in a pot if you want it to be a little more manageable. Like roblack said, they are a lot more vigorous in ground.
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I think you'll find it problematic in the long run to leave it in a pot.
Their natural inclination is to take off and climb.
You can keep them in a pot for a couple of years... but they really need to be free range.
kj
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To sort of echo most of the other comments -
I have not had much success/vigor with passiflora in pots. They live, and even flower and set fruit, but they're not vigorous or happy looking.
I am growing incarnata, however, and can't speak directly to edulis or other species.
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Thanks, guess in the ground she goes lol The hope is to train her along the top of the fence line in 2 directions so 100 ft in each direction for it to grow.
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This vine wants to grow to a 2-4" trunk diameter so if you want to see it's potential put in ground with sufficient space above. I have 3 large pine trees which have 3 vines each and get hundreds of fruit.
I also suggest planting several plants known to attract bumblebees as pollinators. This plant has worked well for me.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoUWjRdlTjQ (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoUWjRdlTjQ)
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Follow up question. Where is a good reference for passion fruit cultivars? Have not found very much in my searches.
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Follow up question. Where is a good reference for passion fruit cultivars? Have not found very much in my searches.
I second this
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Has anyone come across good references for passion fruit cultivars? I’m especially interested in yellow varieties for their supposed longer harvest.
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There’s a Passiflora society or something like that - not sure how much help they would be though.
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Has anyone come across good references for passion fruit cultivars? I’m especially interested in yellow varieties for their supposed longer harvest.
Purple passion fruit have a longer season here. Im getting fruit for more than half the year. Ive got a yellow lilikoi and it requires more heat input to grow and flower.
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Just an observation but some people have trouble with passionfruit pollination, and bumblebees seem to be the best for that.
If you want to attract them in Florida plant a few "Blue Porter Weed" (Stachytarpheta jamaicensis). Without fail they are always on this plant. Very easy to find and propagates by cuttings or seedlings.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3IsWl_CCbw (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3IsWl_CCbw)
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I have a purple possum (or fredericks cant tell yet) that I bought at 6ft tall in a pot. Its still growing and putting out flowers and I hand pollinate. I mean really hand pollinate. If you just gently use a motion like picking a penny up off the floor to get pollen on your finger tips then run your fingers along the stigma, you can pollinate a flower in a manner of seconds. Been working really well for me.
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I just pluck one of the anthers off entirely and use it as a paintbrush on another flower’s stigma