LILIKOI Passion Fruit

[NaturalGreenthumb]

Does anyone have one of these?

I need another one to cross polinate to set fruit.

[Rtreid]

You might want to try Ben Porier, he used to have them, but I do not know if he still does.

Richard

[kgknight]

Try trade winds fruit, they probably have seeds.

[TriangleJohn]

I thought you needed another P. edulis like the purple fruited ones to cross with Lilikoi P. edulis flavicarpa in order to get fruit. That Lilikoi won't pollinate Lilikoi. At least that's what I was told.

I have one, but I'm in North Carolina so I don't think I will be of much help. Mine blooms in the fall.

[OrganicJim]

I ordered 30 seeds out of hawaii and got 40 in the mail. All of them germinated and some are already six foot tall. I need to cut them back to get multiple trunks. I have been giving them away all over Central Florida.

[thao]

I ordered 30 seeds out of hawaii and got 40 in the mail. All of them germinated and some are already six foot tall. I need to cut them back to get multiple trunks. I have been giving them away all over Central Florida.

OJ, all you need to do, is give NGT some cuttings, they are very easy to root from cutting. After you cut, apply rooting hormones(gel/powder/ liquid solution) at the tip end and place in some kind of soil medium, over bottom heat. They should root out anywhere from 2-3 weeks to a couple of months.

I tired with a broken p. edulis(purple) vine, the dog broke, w/o any rooting hormones applied and still got a very high chance of success 7/10 rooted.

[fruitlovers]

I thought you needed another P. edulis like the purple fruited ones to cross with Lilikoi P. edulis flavicarpa in order to get fruit. That Lilikoi won't pollinate Lilikoi. At least that's what I was told.

I have one, but I'm in North Carolina so I don't think I will be of much help. Mine blooms in the fall.

Edulis and flavicarpa will hybridize, but it's not true that you need one of these to cross pollinate with the other in order to get fruit.

[Mike T]

Most edulis are self fertile and don't need to outcross to another vine. Edulis x flavicarpa are usually self fertile but not always. Improved yellow, red and purple flavicarpas are mostly self fertile, but not all varieties especially older types.Hand pollination for varieties considered not self fertile allows some fruit set. Flavicarpas always set more fruit with 2 or more vines and these can be edulis as well.
A bit of manganese and zinc micros and potash can help fruit production and a different fertilizer brew can increase sweetness.