why won't my &*%$ passionfruit seeds germinate?

[salome2001]

passionfruit vine seeds from Real Seeds

Have tried twice. First started early Feb in the airing cupboard, covered propagator. Nada.

Tried again in mid-March, into non-thermostatic heated propagator (B&Q cheapie) in the conservatory. The cayenne peppers and aubergines have finally come up- no sign of the passionfruit.

Any ideas? Everything I read about passionfruit suggested it romped away to take over the world, but I can't get any to even appear

[starloc]

Unless the seeds are very fresh ( out of fruit from supermarket etc ) they can take months to germinate

Just leave them and they should grow eventually

[salome2001]

ok, I'll keep them in there and hope for the best

Might also buy some passionfruit next time I'm up at Asda....

(worked a treat getting physalis seeds- got 8 nice looking seedlings....)

[burnie]

Can I ask are the seeds passiflora edulis? seemingly they are more difficult to germinate.I have grown passionflowers from seed,both from a packet of ornamentals and from the fruit from a supermarket.
You will be very lucky to get any edible fruit in this country without some protection,like a greenhouse or a very sheltered spot against a wall.

[salome2001]

yes they are, and they are now just starting to poke their little shoots up, so I just wasn't patient enough!

They are destined for a trellis against a the garage, very sheltered.

I would love to think I could just grow them rambling over (taking over) the back fence like my friends in Brisbane....