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[sinergyinaction@netscape.net]

 This year the plant I am taking care of has made quite a lot of flowers 
(it's in its second year now) but just a couple have gone to fruit, most of 
the other have fallen.
On thing that struck me, is that my passion fruit has had its flowers in 
spring time, but another one that I saw the other day (we are in autumn now 
over here) just a few block from where my plant is, was in full bloom, how 
come? How is it possible that the same kind of plant (passion fruit in this 
case) has 2 different flowering events in different seasons? Is this normal 
with passion fruit plants?

As for the pruning, thing is that the plant is becoming really huge and the 
space there is at a premium...hum perhaps I shouldn't use this plant 
there....(anyway)
Cheers


 All the best
Antonio


 

-----Original Message-----
From: Golden Love <goldenlove@cruzio.com>
To: 'permaculture' <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Mon, 6 Oct 2008 3:42 am
Subject: Re: [permaculture] pruning Passion Fruit (passiflora edulis)










I just weave any new grown in with the existing branches, never have done
any hard pruning and we have had huge production. The plant is over 3 years
old and is slowly encircling my garden (on fences and over my Avocado tree)
with delicious fruit. It gives us a lot of privacy and wonderful flowers and
fruit to me and my neighbors (the vine hangs over into their gardens). One
neighbor who works at Safeway says that the fruit he now picks from the vine
cost $2.99 each at the store.

Golden Love
Love's Gardens
"Your neighborhood solar-powered gardener"  (TM)
California Licensed Contractor C27 363672
127 National St.
Santa Cruz, CA 95060-6516
Phone  (831) 471-9100
Fax  ( 831) 471-9200
goldenlove@cruzio.com
www.lovesgardens.com

-----Original Message-----
From: permaculture-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org
[mailto:permaculture-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of
sinergyinaction@netscape.net
Sent: Sunday, October 05, 2008 4:52 PM
To: permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: [permaculture] pruning Passion Fruit (passiflora edulis)

Hi
has anybody any tips for pruning passion fruit? 
Also, do they need hand pollination in order fruit abundantly?
Cheers
Antonio
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