Passion fruit?

[Snadger]

Didn't know whether to post this in the fruit or the flowers section?

I've always fancied growing a passion flower with edible fruit. I've eventually managed to germinate some passion fruit seeds I got in a fruit salad!

Loads of questions that I may need to google but thought someone on here might know the answers?

Grow in greenhouse?
Perennial?
Survive winter?
Size of pot?
How big?
Likes and dislikes?
Flower/fruit first year,next year?
Pollination/self fertile?
Acid/alkali soil?
Climbing frame?
Self climber?

Anyway, thats a few to keep you going!

[binley100]

I'm at work and a bit bored so I had a goggle for you ........

http://www.which.co.uk/documents/pdf...uit-153966.pdf

[scarey55]

I don't know if it is the same type but I have (what I thought was an ornamental) passionflower plant. Last year it produced fruit! - little orange balls about cape goosegog size.



I was too afraid to eat them It died down last year and I thought I'd lost it but this year it is back so mine certainly survived the winter. It is outside in a sort of raised bed with "normal" compost against a south facing stone wall. Mine isn't in a greenhouse and doesn't have any attention other than a watering in hot weather.

Don't know if it helps because, as I said, I'm not sure if it is from edible stock but for what it's worth, this is my tenpenuth

Looking forward to seeing how you get on.

[Snadger]

I'm at work and a bit bored so I had a goggle for you ........

http://www.which.co.uk/documents/pdf...uit-153966.pdf

Did all that...next please!

[rustylady]

I don't know if it is the same type but I have (what I thought was an ornamental) passionflower plant. Last year it produced fruit! - little orange balls about cape goosegog size.



I was too afraid to eat them It died down last year and I thought I'd lost it but this year it is back so mine certainly survived the winter. It is outside in a sort of raised bed with "normal" compost against a south facing stone wall. Mine isn't in a greenhouse and doesn't have any attention other than a watering in hot weather.

Don't know if it helps because, as I said, I'm not sure if it is from edible stock but for what it's worth, this is my tenpenuth

Looking forward to seeing how you get on.

I think yours is the decorative form Scarey. Not sure that those fruit are edible.

[scarey55]

Thank you RL, I'm glad I didn't eat them

[rustylady]

About passion fruit from Wikipaedia. Passiflora edulis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Growing passion fruit How To Grow Passion Fruit? By Growing Passionfruit Seeds...

[Seahorse]

One of my neighbours has one that fruits abundantly. It grows up her garden wall (west facing) which I think has some sort of framework for it to cling to. I'm not sure about pollination but it seems to do very well with no other one in obvious sight. It's outdoors and pretty big - about 6 feet high and at least the same wide. No idea how long it's taken to establish it (I would guess a while) but it has obviously surrvived a few difficult winters. Hope this helps a bit!

[Snadger]

About passion fruit from Wikipaedia. Passiflora edulis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Growing passion fruit How To Grow Passion Fruit? By Growing Passionfruit Seeds...

Thanks rusty...........some good information there!

[veggiechicken]

How did you get on with your passion fruit, Snadger?
Anyone else growing them from seed?
I've just bought some in the supermarket - imported from here Purple Passion Fruit (Gulupa) - Passiflora with a view to growing them

[Two_Sheds]

I've always fancied growing a passion flower with edible fruit.

Passiflora caerulea often produces egg-shaped orange fruits in warm summers. They are not recommended for eating and can cause an upset stomach

P. edulis is the species grown, in warmer climates, for its edible fruit

Passion flower / Royal Horticultural Society

My passion flower has produced loads of orange fruits this year: there's a half-eaten one in the drain that someone's ditched there after nicking it

[Feral007]

I just bought a black passionfruit today. I have been told that the banana passionfruit is able to handle the extreme cold more than the normal one, but this one said it can withstand very cold temps so I'm giving it a go.
My father grew them a lot. You can grow them up trellis and over arches etc. But Jackie French recommends growing them up your fruit trees so that they form a canopy above and the birds are less likely to come in under the canopy to pinch the lower fruit.
You are meant to prune back last years growth in spring according to my plant. I remember Dad's passionfruit taking over most of the garden at times.

[MartinRSharpe]

You are meant to prune back last years growth in spring according to my plant.

Not sure any variety of Passion Fruit should be talking to you

[Capsid]

I've eaten the ripe orange fruit of P. caerula. It tasted like passion fruit! I think they would be best juiced as there are a lot of pips inside. I don't recall having an upset stomach but I didn't eat a lot anyway.

[BertieFox]

Passiflora edulis is the one to grow for edible fruit as it will withstand a degree or so of frost and is easy to grow and long lived (around seven years, when you will need to replant it as the whole plant tends to die back.) Buy the fruit in a supermarket and sow the seeds from that as it will be fresh and much easier to germinate.
Another edible passion fruit is Passiflora ligularis, the banana passion fruit. This should be relatively easy to grow too, and I have just planted some in our frost free conservatory. In my experience, the Giant Granadilla, Passiflora quadringularis fails in winter unless it has a lot of extra heat.
Make sure whichever you grow it is planted in a soil bed as they don't do well in pots and that you allow it full growth, as the fruit is borne on the current seasons' stems. Leave the fruit to fall off the vine naturally as they are completely ripe when they do this.
The main requirement is a place or location that is frost free, although it seems to do well with low light levels.