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triton Posts: 1 |
growing passionfruit Posted 677 days ago we purchased 2 grafted passionfruit 9 months ago they are looking healthy and producing heaps of flowers but no fruit is forming we had ants on the vine which we have sprayed and seems to have controled them we water regular we have noticed the lack of bees this summer i have tried to cross polinate by hand and still no success could anyone inform me of the problem and how to solve it |
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chookliz Posts: 6 |
RE: growing passionfruit Posted 675 days ago Passionfruit often doesn't fruit till the second season. Having said that, I planted two vines over a trellis for summer shade on the driveway at the beginning of this summer. I fed and watered aggressively to achieve the shade and it has started to fruit now. However I am in SE Qld so in your case, be patient. |
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Maril00 Posts: 39 |
RE: growing passionfruit Posted 672 days ago just a thought... maybe spraying for ants caused the bee shortage. Having said that, my three passionfruit varieties produced magnificent leaf growth, but hardly a fruit between them for the last couple of years and I haven't sprayed. From what I've read on this forum, the flowering and fruiting appears to be fairly hit and miss these days. |
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dingo Posts: 10 |
RE: growing passionfruit Posted 672 days ago HI triton it takes about 2 years for the vines to fruit owing to the lack of bees you will have to pollnate the flowers yourself with a small artist brush not knowing how to go about it I serf the internet and found a site where you brush gentle the under side of the anther to collect the pollan and place it gentle on the under side of stigma. |
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jenjuniper Posts: 3 |
RE: growing passionfruit Posted 663 days ago Hi I have the same problem and have posted a question a while back. have a look at Passionfruit no FRUIT. after 3 years of trying EVERYTHING I am now giving up and pulling out the grafted one and planting a non graft. will keep the update on how it goes on my blog. Good luck I know how you feel. |
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