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RE: passionfruit

Posted 404 days ago

I got this info from an ABC website. Hope you can find the cause of your problems amongst them.

Fruit not setting
This can be poor pollination due to not enough bee activity or temperatures either too high or too low for pollination. Strong winds at flowering time can also cause poor pollination.

Fruit Drop
Insufficient water at fruit formation, fungal diseases, or severe mite attack.

Yellowing of leaves and woodiness of fruit
Passionfruit woodiness virus, Fusarium wilt. There is nothing you can do to revive your vine, it needs to be removed and sent to plant heaven.

Wilting of vine and no fruit set
This can be caused by collar rot, a fungal disease the enters the vine through the base of the trubk. Keep all mulch clear from the trunk and put slater bait regularly around the base of the bush. Collar rot will show up as cracks and swellings in the base of the trunk, often with oozing sap. With a sharp knife, scrap away the infected bark and mix up a paste of copper fungicide which you will need to apply to the whole lower half of the trunk.

RE: passionfruit

Posted 212 days ago

My three year old passion fruit sets flowers then they fall off and I get no fruit. Now the leaves are crinkling up and becoming deformed. Does anyone know why or what I can do ?