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  • From: "Golden Love" <goldenlove@cruzio.com>
  • To: "'permaculture'" <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [permaculture] pruning Passion Fruit (passiflora edulis)
  • Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2008 09:03:27 -0700

Hi Antonio,



It is very possible that the passion fruit is lacking some essential
nutrients since it is in a container. You might consider putting your
vegetable scraps from the kitchen around it and covering them with some
compost. I have found this to be a wonderful way to give plants nutrients.



The Passiflora edulis that I have in my back yard seems to keep its blooms
open.



Golden



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: Monday, October 13, 2008 1:20 PM
To: permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: Re: [permaculture] pruning Passion Fruit (passiflora edulis)







Hi Golden





I am located in Spain, Mediterranean coast, so the climate is mild in
winter and very hot in summer time, with high levels of humidity (60-90% at
times)

I am not sure about how much water it should get. It has a drip watering
systems and I water it twice a day in summertime. The plant is growing in a
very large container, built on top of a cemented surface.

It has grown a lot of green biomass and it is invading the neighbours'
abandoned patio.

In summer it has some 4 hours of full sun, shade for the rest of the day due
to tall buildings.

I wonder whether the issue with fruiting is caused by lack of nutrients in
the soil mix, but the fact that it has build

such a big amount of biomass (along with neighboring tomatillo: phisalis
peruviana, that has produced a large amount of fruits and biomass as well)
is somewhat misleading me into thinking that perhaps, there are enough
nutrients in the soil after all.

Interesting enough my neighbours's plant in not fruiting very much or at
all, despite the good flowering, at least so I was said.



By the way, is it true that passion fruit flowers last for one day only
(unfortunately the plant is not located where I live, so it's not easy for
me to make very specific observations at times) unless they go to fruit?





Cheers

Antonio



-----Original Message-----

From: Golden Love <goldenlove@cruzio.com>

To: 'permaculture' <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>

Sent: Tue, 7 Oct 2008 7:21 pm

Subject: Re: [permaculture] pruning Passion Fruit (passiflora edulis)





















Where are you located?



It sound like your neighbors are having success with growing passion fruit.

Is yours getting plenty of sun and water?



My passion fruit is still blooming and setting fruit and has been doing so

since spring. It is loaded with fruit and gets plenty of greywater from me

showering every morning near it. I am located in Santa Cruz CA 2 blocks from

the Ocean, so the weather is moderate here most of the year.



My Beauty Plum flowered again last month and set fruit. Knowing that cold

weather is on its way, I picked off all the blooms and tiny fruit so the

plant could use the energy elsewhere.



Golden



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: Monday, October 06, 2008 3:16 AM

To: permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org

Subject: Re: [permaculture] pruning Passion Fruit (passiflora edulis)





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-----

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[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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