Q&A for How to Grow Passion Fruit

A passion flower is a tropical plant so the more humidity the better. Proper watering is important but be sure your soil is well draining. If your climate is dry, water the leaves from above as opposed to as soil level.

Passion fruit planted in the spring will fruit sooner than passion fruit planted in the fall. It may take 6 months to a year for a passion fruit planted in the spring and upwards of 1 year if planted in the fall.

It takes 18 months, on average,for a new plant. Sometimes, well taken care of plants will bear fruit in approximately one year.

It may need a partner. Some varieties will not set fruit unless there is another vine of the same type close by.

No. In general, yellow leaves mean a lack of nutrients. They could also be caused by cold weather or insufficient irrigation.

Mine often drop when they are just beginning to turn purple. Store them at room temperature (I normally store mine along with my apples in a bowl on the counter) and let them ripen. They should turn dark purple in a week or even two and become very wrinkled - the more wrinkled, the sweeter they get. They'll also develop a delicious aroma.

I use citrus fertilizer on mine and it does just fine. 6-4-6 I believe it is.

There is no male or female plant. All healthy plants' flowers have both 'male' and 'female' parts. If you are lacking the fruit, you just probably need to hand-pollinate them, which means to pick the pollen with the tips of your fingers and touch the pistils of another flower with them.

Either a passion fruit seed from a ripe passion fruit or a cutting from another passion fruit plant.

The interrow spacing for passion fruits is three meters by five for most varieties. This helps in agronomic practices of weeding, spraying, pruning and harvesting, and also allows intercropping with crops like bush beans, which gives the farmer double benefit.

No, passionflowers, also known as "passiflora" or "passion vines," are a genus of about 500 species of flowering plants, and the namesakes of the family Passifloraceae. They are mostly vines, with some being shrubs, and a few species being herbaceous.

It makes a tetrahedrical balloon and inside it develops petals which open when the balloon is full. It is a beautiful, red, brown, yellow flower.

If passion fruit seeds are stored for a long time, it may take up to 3 months, and the germination rate can be low. This is typical for seeds that are bought from a store, so you're better off starting from seeds from the fruit.

Yes absolutely. You will have to train it by guiding its climbing patterns so that it will cover the whole wall.

Probably you will have to hand pollinate it in order to get fruit. Also, you check the quality of your soil (compost %, acidity levels, etc.).

There is nothing in the middle, but there are seeds and fruit on the sides. Use a spoon to scoop the seeds and fruit pulp and eat that.

A passion fruit vine has an average of life of 3-4 years, and rarely produces for more than 5 years.

Of course, but it depends on whether it's a young plant or old plant. If it's young, then you have to wait from about six months to about one year to flower. If it's old, then it should flower in the future, quickly.

No, you are a lucky person. Take care of those plants and save the seeds. Maybe give some seeds or cuttings to other gardeners.

It is recommended to plant it in the ground so as not to restrict the roots from spreading.

Rain, overcast conditions, cold and wind can all delay fruit formation. Also, over fertilizing with a high nitrogen fertilizer can cause flowers to drop and will prevent fruit from forming.

The yellow form has a more vigorous vine and generally larger fruit than the purple, but the pulp of the purple is less acid, richer in aroma and flavor, and has a higher proportion of juice-35-38%. The purple form has black seeds, the yellow, brown seeds.

First, cut off any dead, weak or diseased portions of the vine. Next, remove tangled vines by cutting them away with hand pruners. Then, prune away up to one-third of the existing vine to promote new growth. Finally, repeat pruning the entire vine each spring after the last frost, but cut away dead vines anytime you see them during the year.

You can, but you don't have to. Most passionfruit plants require a warm climate with mild winters, but there are hardy varieties that can withstand cold winters. They will produce edible fruit, but they will be small but tasty nonetheless. If you want to plant the vine outside, plant it in a sunny, sheltered spot, preferably against a south-facing wall.

Yes, you should prune a passion fruit tree in order to keep it healthy and make it look nice.

Water your passion fruit deeply once a week in the spring and summer.