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- Q.Can I Pollinate A Snow Queen Passion Vine With A Common Passion Flower Vine? - Also, you mention that they are self sterile, and that you need another vine. Does that mean a whole different ...
- Q.My Maypop Isnt Producing Fruit - Its covered in flowers with plenty of bees, but no fruit. The vine is three years old and thriving in ...
- Q.Growing Passion Fruit In One Pot Or Several Indoors - I planted some passion fruit seeds in a large pot about a month ago and the sprouts are doing great! ...
- Q.Can You Plant Passionflower Near An Ac Unit? - I live in Austin TX and had photinia around my ac unit that died years ago and wanted to plant ...
- Q.Yellow Passion Fruit Is Self Sterile And Needs A Second Vine, Does The Second Vine Need To Be The Same Variety Of Passion Fruit? - I have a passiflora ligularis and a Passiflora edulis flavicarpa that are young plants and will probably be 1-2 years ...
- Q.I Read You Info About Transplanting A Passion Vine. I Need To Keep It In A Container For About A Month Before Putting It In The Gr - ound. It’s about 3 years old. Can you give me some advice about doing that? I have a large storage ...
- Q.Passionfruit Fruiting In Winter. - We planted a passionfruit vine and the following year we had a lot of fruit. The year after that we ...
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Anthony Simon 88 on
July 8, 2021
V9r1h0Q.Can I Pollinate A Snow Queen Passion Vine With A Common Passion Flower Vine?
Also, you mention that they are self sterile, and that you need another vine. Does that mean a whole different plant or just a different vine from the same plant. If I take cuttings from a mother plant that grow into their own plant, will they be too genetically identical to pollinate each other? Thanks Anthony
Answered by
BushDoctor on
July 8, 2021
Certified ExpertA.This only applies to yellow passionflower. Your types are self fertile, which means that they will NOT need a separate plant for pollination, as per the article.
However, if these don't have access to bees, which are the pollinators, then you will have to hand pollinate them by rubbing the pollen onto the center of the flower.
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Anonymous on
July 9, 2021Q.My Maypop Isnt Producing Fruit
Its covered in flowers with plenty of bees, but no fruit. The vine is three years old and thriving in the San Joaquin Valley of California. I have not fertilized as I see no need to...zillions of flowers! Any advice would be appreciated.
- Answered by
GKH_Susan on
July 22, 2021
Certified ExpertA.This article should help:
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/ornamental/vines/passion-flower/passion-flower-not-fruiting.htm
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August 19, 2021Q.Growing Passion Fruit In One Pot Or Several Indoors
I planted some passion fruit seeds in a large pot about a month ago and the sprouts are doing great! I live in Oregon so I know I will need to take the pot inside during the cold season. I am wondering if I leave all the sprouts in the same pot or replant sprouts in different pots. I’m committed to keeping them inside and making a space for the vines to climb. Anyone have some advice for passion fruit?
- Answered by
BushDoctor on
September 1, 2021
Certified ExpertA.As a general rule, one should only plant one or two seeds per pot to avoid this situation. The proper thing to do will be to cut all but one or two, without pulling them out, to avoid disturbing the roots of the two that you intend to keep.
However, if you are really careful, you might get some of them to transplant out into their own containers.
This article will help you to care for the plant:
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/ornamental/vines/passion-flower/passion-fruit-vines-in-pots.htm
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Anonymous on
August 28, 2021Q.Can You Plant Passionflower Near An Ac Unit?
I live in Austin TX and had photinia around my ac unit that died years ago and wanted to plant passionflower in its place. I know it's a vine and can be invasive so I wondered if you can plant it in a pot in the ground to control it? Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated (I was planting along my fence. A neighbor gave me starters)
- Answered by
GKH_Susan on
September 9, 2021
Certified ExpertA.Planting near your AC unit probably blows unwanted air on the plants. While plants do need air circulation, AC units typically put out lots of "wind" from the fan. This would be comparable to placing indoor plants near a heating/cooling air vent, which is not recommended. So make sure your plants are out of the wind zone from your AC.
You can place your starts in underground pots and that will help with underground runners. They do produce seedpods that will drop and produce plants so be sure to collect those if you do not want seedlings. If you do get unwanted seedlings, they easily pull up. Some vines, like the native trumpet vine, have to be dug up.
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/ornamental/vines/passion-flower/passion-flower-care.htm
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November 8, 2021Q.Yellow Passion Fruit Is Self Sterile And Needs A Second Vine, Does The Second Vine Need To Be The Same Variety Of Passion Fruit?
I have a passiflora ligularis and a Passiflora edulis flavicarpa that are young plants and will probably be 1-2 years before fruiting. My question is if these are compatable to help the self sterile issue that the yellow passion fruit have, or do I need to have 2 ligularis and 2 flavicarpa in order to get fruit??? We have a greenhouse that they are growing in. Thank you!
- Answered by
GKH_Susan on
November 9, 2021
Certified ExpertA.It needs two vines of different parentage so you should be good. Here is more:
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/ornamental/vines/passion-flower/passion-flower-not-fruiting.htm
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/ornamental/vines/passion-flower/hand-pollinating-passion-fruit.htm
https://hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/morton/passionfruit.html#Pollination
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November 11, 2021Q.I Read You Info About Transplanting A Passion Vine. I Need To Keep It In A Container For About A Month Before Putting It In The Gr
ound. It’s about 3 years old. Can you give me some advice about doing that? I have a large storage container. I live in st Augustine Florida. I need to do it next weekend. I’m moving. Thanks Julie Bare I can send a picture later. It’s dark out. Lol
- Answered by
GKH_Susan on
November 11, 2021
Certified ExpertA.Dig up your passion vine, getting as much of the root ball as you can. Lift it into the container and fill around it with potting soil. Keep it well watered at first to help reduce the transplant shock. Also, your container's width shouldn't be too much larger than the rootball. Too large of a container can cause overwatering.
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Dimsim on
December 20, 2021
95835Q.Passionfruit Fruiting In Winter.
We planted a passionfruit vine and the following year we had a lot of fruit. The year after that we had 100's of fruit. This year even more. They come all year round, but most are green coming into Winter. These don't mature until early Spring, which means they stay on the vine for 5 mths. We run out of warm sunny weather for the fruit to ripen in 90 days. Why is my vine fruiting in Winter? And can I change it? We are in Nth Ca.
- Answered by
BushDoctor on
December 20, 2021
Certified ExpertA.That is just the nature of how it fruits. Since you know that those fruits will not ripen, your best bet is to remove them. Doing so will help reroute that energy into roots and plant growth.
Here are some articles that will offer more information on the plant:
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/ornamental/vines/passion-flower
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