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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Can i overload my passion fruit?
« on: June 20, 2023, 04:55:29 PM »
I have a purple edulis, the plant has alot of fruit and small fruit set right now, i am hand pollinating everithing daily, yet ive started to witness that some of the pollinated flower drop off and do not form fruit, i know that its normal for it to drop a few, but the number is increasing. I usually pollinate around 4 pm, sometimes as late as 8 or 9 pm, at this late time usually the pollen parts have started to shrivel and look dehidrated, is it possible that the flowers that are dropping are the ones that got pollinated so late in the day? Or is it rather the plant refusing to set more fruit ,as it is out of capacity to sustain it?
All this vine is just one plant, it has alot of flower buds comming, i just wonder if i should bother and continue to hand pollinate them, i also fo not want to stress the plant and ultimately weaken it by forcing it to cary unnatural amounds of fruit.
The plant hasnt been watter stresed, havent seen it wilt in the sun, i ams saying this as to eliminate 1 reason for its behaviour...
All this vine is just one plant, it has alot of flower buds comming, i just wonder if i should bother and continue to hand pollinate them, i also fo not want to stress the plant and ultimately weaken it by forcing it to cary unnatural amounds of fruit.
The plant hasnt been watter stresed, havent seen it wilt in the sun, i ams saying this as to eliminate 1 reason for its behaviour...