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Peter starts with ... Hi, I would like some help/answers, we just "love" Passionfruit, we purchased this above type of Passionfruit some 12 months ago from a very good nursery, it grows very vigorously (huge green leaves and looks so healthy) but we don't get ANY flowers which should then produce fruit. Could someone tell me what I am not doing, do we need another plant?, we have not really fertilised, as it does so well, my wife trims it back, because grows so much. It currently is 2 metres high, and very thick and bushy. We would love to start getting fruit......??? Appreciate your help. Regards, Pete. | About the Author Peter Gowrie Junction QLD 28th January 2015 11:34pm #UserID: 11178 Posts: 2 View All Peter's Edible Fruit Trees |
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JohnMc1 says... 12 months old? there could be a couple of reasons it's not fruiting. Firstly, it might not be old enough, depending on the age of the scionwood, whether it was fruiting or not when sourced. (not 100% sure on grafts, but a definite on cuttings) Secondly, it may need more water and potash. I'd be leaning towards the first suggestion though. A sure way to get fruit early is, when you're driving around and you see a vine full of fruit, stop and ask the owner for some tip cuttings. Locate the actual leader producing the fruit and follow that one up to and take the tip. The tip cuttings will strike very quickly and will fruit in roughly six months in warm weather. This cutting was only taken and struck in April last year and it had to endure winter before it got going. here is the results, flowers and fruit are forming at every node now. I have 2yo seedlings from the same plant where I got the cuttings from with no sign of fruit.
| About the Author JohnMc1 Warnervale NSW 29th January 2015 8:10am #UserID: 2743 Posts: 2043 View All JohnMc1's Edible Fruit Trees |
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