Panama Red passion fruit question here.

[saltyreefer]

Planted early this year, it's now a monster to where I'm pruning it. It's also been flowering like crazy, why is it not producing fruit? Is it not self fertile? There's a Frederick's passion fruit  entangling with it but not flowering yet. When the Frederick's blooms will it pollinate the panama red and vise versa?

[BoBiscuit]

You might need to hand pollinate it. Passionfruit flowers often need hand pollination, or big carpenter or bumble bees to set fruit, because of the shape of the flower.

[saltyreefer]

Here’s the size of it. The Panama red growing from the left and the federicks growing from the right.

[saltyreefer]

Earlier this year

[GrowInFlorida]

My most productive self fertile passionfruit, 1 plant gives maybe 200 fruit per season.

[Janibd]

Here’s the size of it. The Panama red growing from the left and the federicks growing from the right.

I have a couple passion fruit plants, and I would love to grow them in the same way over a trellis. Can you give a few pointers on how you trained them? The look beautiful.

[Kevin Jones]

Nice trellis!

Kevin Jones

[saltyreefer]

Here’s the size of it. The Panama red growing from the left and the federicks growing from the right.

I have a couple passion fruit plants, and I would love to grow them in the same way over a trellis. Can you give a few pointers on how you trained them? The look beautiful.

It was very simple. I started with attaching twine horizontally about a foot apart then ended up using those bamboo stakes that are about 1/4"-3/8" in diameter, you get about 6 of them at hd or lowes for a couple bucks. As they grew I helped the tentacles ( or whatever they're called lol) attach to the bamboo stakes.
  It's very easy and they probably didn't need much of my help.

[saltyreefer]

Nice trellis!

Kevin Jones

Thank you!

[saltyreefer]

My most productive self fertile passionfruit, 1 plant gives maybe 200 fruit per season.

I always see honey bees (amongst others) going from flower to flower but still not getting pollinated. It doesn't sound like your pollinating them yourself...getting that much fruit.

[Janibd]

Here’s the size of it. The Panama red growing from the left and the federicks growing from the right.

I have a couple passion fruit plants, and I would love to grow them in the same way over a trellis. Can you give a few pointers on how you trained them? The look beautiful.

It was very simple. I started with attaching twine horizontally about a foot apart then ended up using those bamboo stakes that are about 1/4"-3/8" in diameter, you get about 6 of them at hd or lowes for a couple bucks. As they grew I helped the tentacles ( or whatever they're called lol) attach to the bamboo stakes.
  It's very easy and they probably didn't need much of my help.

Thanks! I’m about to repot one of my 2 plants, and I will be trying your method.

[Dirt Diva]

Hi Salty

I guess I am the only one not seeing your pics ....
can you repost, I would love to see them.

Also, what are you doing with the cuttings, I have lots of growth on my red and purple passion but want to make sure they will root before pruning

Thanks,
P J, the Dirt Diva

[Mike T]

My panama red is a big vine and has many fruit as always in 3 or 4 seasons and my panama gold only has green ones. Flavicarpas do like outcrossing and are moderately self fertile. they do like a warm climate o be fully flavoured.