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[Richard Moyer <ramoyer@gmail.com>]

On Sun, Aug 14, 2022 at 5:37 PM <nafex-request@lists.ibiblio.org> wrote:

> Devin,
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We live in the S. Appalachian Mountains, where *record* daytime highs oft
in the low 90s, where most summer temps in 80s/60s.  This week is 70s/50s.

Our P. incarnata don't typically sprout until July, when soil temps warm
enough.  We train them up the NE side of our house, and this microclimate
allows them to ripen in Oct, outside.  They are surprisingly frost
resistant.  And a great native bumblebee food source.

Glad to send you some seed/root cuttings, if you remind me (more than
once?) during dormant season,
Richard Moyer

> Today's Topics:
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>    1.  Maypops (Devin Smith)
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> Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2022 21:35:55 +0000 (UTC)
> Subject: [nafex] Maypops
> Always great to see this list still alive!
> Having recently erected a fairly large high tunnel here in SE Vermont,
> I’m eager to try my hand at growing some ‘marginal’ (for this climate)
> fruiting plants. One I’ve always wanted to try growing is Maypop-
> Passiflora incarnata.
> Are any of you growing Maypops successfully in a northern locale, and if
> so do you have any recommendations in terms of genetics / strains to seek
> out? Might anyone have root sprouts of known good performers to share ?
> I’m glad to try my hand at growing some out from seed as well. I see that
> the Experimental Farming Network is trying to do some crowd-sourced crop
> improvement and selection. Perhaps I’ll try to get involved. I’d love any
> advice or germplasm anyone here might have to offer.
> Thanks,
> Devin SmithRockingham, VT
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