PASSIONFRUIT - PANAMA RED

Passionfruit - Panama Red (Grafted) ^9/10

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Why do I worship Passionfruit?? Let me count the ways:

Easy to grow, looks great/lush, perfect flower, no pests, versatile fruit - can even chuck the whole fruit in the freezer when there is a glut - no prep or packaging required!

In order to save space I have:

Panama Gold - grafted

Black/purples - grafted (Nelly kelly brand)

Pan Red seedling (photo)

Sunshine special seedling (has a mild woodiness virus)

Common red seedling (cinnabarina - sp?)

The panama red and golds are great. They do tend to flower much later in summer (as we are semi-tropical) and carry fruit right thru till next spring - with them slowing ripening and dropping thru winter. The winter ripened one's are not as sweet as in those that ripen in the warmer weather. The pan red seedling is out of control and fruits madly.

The purple Nellie Kellies: it took 4 vines before I got a "go-er" - I love the intense flavour of any of the purples the best.  Nov 2010: I am probably less than a month of harvest - so they are much earlier than the panamas.

The sunshine special is a lovely large fruit that tastes more like a purple. It's about a month behind the the NK purple. Lorna in Albany is growing these - so they can handle cool climates. Very tasty fruit and a little sweeter than NK purple.

My common red (Big Red) is a dud - produces very round, very heavy, yellow fruit that is as sour as a lemon! yukk.

I lavish lots of water and manure on my vines. They have very shallow and  searching roots so it doesn't pay to be tidy around them - I leave all the leaf litter and give them a wheelbarrow load of manure at a time (out to radius 2m from trunk)  Some late winter/early spring dynamic lifter or blood n bone, trace elements and potash good too. Need lots of water when holding a big crop. A little magnesium also helps to sweeten them. A very hungry and thirsty vine - and with the huge size they get to and the fruit load they can carry - it's not surprizing!?

I believe passionfruit like their roots in the shade and their head in full sun. They seem to appreciate a cool root run and training against a warm masonary wall is perfect in a cool climate.

I have not needed to hand pollinated to date.

Fruiting Months January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December

Planted: 2008

Height 4 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 7

Fruit Harvest: 30 kilograms per Year

First Fruited: 1 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: See text

When I Fertilise: Spring

Pest Control:

None needed as yet.

Organic Status:Organic

Comments

Just planted 2 of them 2 days ago August 3rd 2010 :)Mira

Passionfruit - Panama Red ^1/10

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I think that the Melbourne climate doesn't suit it - despite being grown on a north facing fence

Passionfruit - Panama Red (Grafted) ^10/10

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Growing really wel in a big planter box. Rainwater drip irrigation every second day as soil drains too well. Compost added 2 or 3 times a year. Like everything else, possums and birds are a problem.

Fruiting Months July and August

Planted: 2008

Height 3 metres

Growing: In a Pot

First Fruited: 1 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: No

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Searles 5-in-1 organic compost or home made compost

When I Fertilise: Yearly

Pest Control:

None

Organic Status:Organic

Passionfruit - Panama Red

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Vigorous and yummy. Red panama has done best out of the several varieties I have tried on the fence.

Planted: 2010

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: No

Passionfruit - Panama Red (Seedling) ^2/10

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Had one planted in Riverstone NSW (near windsor), frost killed it all the way to the ground, it never recovered :c(

Planted: 2009

Water Given in: Spring

Passionfruit - Panama Red (Grafted) ^7/10

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Very tasty, organic,cheap

Fruiting Months November

Planted: 2008

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Fruit Harvest: 10 Fruit Per Year

First Fruited: 1 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: No

Fertiliser or Organics Used: horse manure

When I Fertilise: Winter

Pest Control:

chickens

Organic Status:Organic

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Passionfruit - Panama Red ^10/10

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it was in our garden when we moved in and is just fantastic. heavy cropper, superb taste and it just keeps going....fresh fruits every day for months. all our friends love it and I swap quite a few for other fruits

Fruiting Months March, April, May, June, July, August, September

Planted: 2006

Height 5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Fruit Harvest: 400 Fruit Per Year

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Summer

Pollination: No

When I Fertilise: Never

Pest Control:

none so far

Organic Status:Organic

Question:

I need many more recipes to use the whole lot!

Passionfruit - Panama Red ^9/10

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 purchased at bunnings.

almost as fast as the black

Height 1.8 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pollination: No

Fertiliser or Organics Used: seasol, potash

Organic Status:Partially Organic

Passionfruit - Panama Red ^3/10

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Not happy in Melbourne

Pollination: Self Pollination

Passionfruit - Panama Red (Grafted) ^10/10

Comments: - Trying first time ..

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pruned By: 20% in Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

When I Fertilise: Yearly

Organic Status:Organic

Passionfruit - Panama Red (Seedling) ^10/10

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has stacks of fruit on it now but taking along time to ripen

Fruiting Months September, October, November

Planted: 2008

Qty: 2

First Fruited: 2 Years from purchase in pot

Water Given in: Spring

When I Fertilise: Spring

Organic Status:Partially Organic

Passionfruit - Panama Red (Seedling)

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I bought this as both a comparison to Panama Gold for taste, and aesthetics, (should be attractive as the two plants will inter-mingle).

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Passionfruit - Panama Red

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A sweet, abundantly fruiting plant.

Fruiting Months January and December

Height 30 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 3

First Fruited: 1 Years from Seed

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

When I Fertilise: Never

Pest Control:

Ducks

Organic Status:Organic

Passionfruit - Panama Red ^10/10

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prolific fruiter, wonderful fruits, minimal maintenance

Fruiting Months March, April, May

Planted: 2006

Height 3 metres

Qty: 2

Fruit Harvest: 10 kilograms per Year

First Fruited: 1 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Autumn

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: potash

When I Fertilise: When Fruiting

Question:

better behaved than other varieties that have root stock coming up everywhere!

Passionfruit - Panama Red (Seedling)

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POtted some seeds up today (sept 09) will see how they grow.

Planted: 2009

Growing: In a Pot

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Organic Status:Organic

Passionfruit - Panama Red

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This plant was a recent gift grown from seed. Owner said the fruit are as big as cricket balls....Wait and see.

Passionfruit - Panama Red (Grafted) ^5/10

Comments: - NK's passionfruit. Still in pot, looking it to plant someplace frost free

Planted: 2014

Growing: In a Pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: No

Comments

Grown vigorously, i can see 2 fruits on it, But its getting frosty here every 2nd day.

it fruited very well in 2016, It turned out to be Panama GOLD and not RED. I prunnned i think bit too much in 2016 after fruit, This year very little fruit.

Bought Panaman red and planted next to it on 15 nov 17

Bought one more Black passion fruit and planted in back side of property in March 2018

Passionfruit - Panama Red

Comments: - We wanted a few different varieties of passionfruit. 

Height 1 metres

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: No

Passionfruit - Panama Red (Grafted) ^8/10

Comments: - Love Pavlova, Love Passionfruit

Fruiting Months April and May

Height 20 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

First Fruited: 3 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: No

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Composted Manure

When I Fertilise: Yearly

Pest Control: Never sprayed as yet

Question: I am only just now starting to get fruit, though it is covered at the moment, but still green

Passionfruit - Panama Red ^10/10

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Not sure it's actually this, we lost the tags on pretty much all the fruit. It was actually called royal red or something, big fist sized fruits on a massive vine that covers over half of my big bottlebrush trees canopy. Always drops green fruit since the cockatoos pull them off and nibble at half of them. Very rarely fruitbats go for them too. It's on a hill, so no ladder possible, all the fruit is out of our reach. Pretty much never stops fruiting except in extreme drought or cold.

Fruiting Months January, February, March, April, May, August, October, November, December

Planted: 2014

Height 20 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Fruit Harvest: 15 kilograms per Year

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Summer

Pollination: Self Pollination