My purple edulis is phenomenal this year, a load of fruit . However, in the recent ongoing heat wave, it has started to do a strange thing. Some of the fruit, i would say around 50 percent show from very light to kinda major wrinkles, they are visible only in the day, while the sun is shining on the plant, and interestingly go away over the night, in the early morning only some of the worst cases/fruit show it a little, the others start the day nice and plump. The plant has no shade protection over it. This has started to happen in the recent half a week, coincidentally with the sahara heat that we are getting for a second week, which is just getting stronger. Daytime temps are around 35, in shade.
The plant i recon has a damp soil at the base, so i doubt it is from lack of water, also the leaves never show any sighns of wilt, thats why i think it should not be from a lack of water. The plant does cary alot of fruit.
Anyone ever had this happen to your passion fruit? The forecast for the next week is nothing short of an oven, i am thinking of giving the plant some shade net tomorow, 5hat should probably help. By the way, the plant hasn't shed a single fruit, from those that get wrinkled, i also remember ive had this happen before, to a potted passion fruit, but it was from a lack of water when the soil went a little dry between waterings, this one it inground , the soil seems quite moist to me.