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Arncliffe Panama Passionfruit starts with ... Dear Sir/Madam My elderly father who lives in Arncliffe, Sydney has a Panama (dark skinned) passionfruit vine which is full of fruit but they are not yet ripe (green tinged dark skin & they're sour). The problem is many of the fruits are falling off the vine. I would be grateful for any information your can provide re how can he prevent them falling off the vine. Also what fertilisers, plant food etc is needed for the vine and how often should it be watered etc ie general tips for care. Thank you in advance for any information you can provide us with. Yours faithfully Helen Chrissis | About the Author Arncliffe Panama Passionfruit Arncliffe, Sydney 2205 13th July 2010 11:51am #UserID: 3936 Posts: 4 View All Arncliffe Panama Passionfruit's Edible Fruit Trees |
| About the Author Helen3 Brisbane 13th July 2010 5:31pm #UserID: 3139 Posts: 8 View All Helen3's Edible Fruit Trees |
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amanda says... Arncliffe - try picking out a whole heap of the leaves around the fruit :) I did the whole water and feeding thing and it made no difference (no disrespect Helen) The exposed fruit is now ripening. Remarkable difference. This is the only vine I am having problems with and it has tonnes of foliage (and fruit). My other vines are fine and have a lot less foliage as they are only 1yr old. (Do keep an eye on the food and water though, as Helen says. Passionfruit suck up water (here at least) in a big way in well drained soils - and they are hungry plants) | About the Author amanda19 Geraldton. WA 14th July 2010 10:25pm #UserID: 2309 Posts: 4607 View All amanda19's Edible Fruit Trees |
| About the Author Brendan Mackay, Q 15th July 2010 9:08am #UserID: 1947 Posts: 1722 View All Brendan's Edible Fruit Trees |
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amanda says... Yes - I am interested too Brendan - I wonder what the parentage is. Can you cross purple passionfruit with panamas? or are the species too different I wonder? My Big Red turned out to be a 'round yellow' - the only vines around it are panama golds - I am not sure if they have crossed or if I bought a dud? | About the Author amanda19 Geraldton. WA 15th July 2010 11:26am #UserID: 2309 Posts: 4607 View All amanda19's Edible Fruit Trees |
Rev says... They definitely hybridize Both are P edulis the small black is P edulis edulis - its self fertile The large yellow is P edulis flavicarpa - requires cross pollination for good seed set, but is a larger more heat hardy and virus tolerant vine. at local markets ive seen passionfruits for sale that are clearly hybrids of the 2 does anyone know the hsiory of the Panama series? who created it and when and how? If you get hold of that DPI plant you can clone it cheaply. Id dip tip cuttings in IBA and place in a pot full of 5mm? Diatomite sitting in an ice cream tub in a shadehouse with automatic misters id get near 100% rooting and really good root systems in 2-3 weeks. Its was too easy Also did Passiflora hybrids (Edulis x incarnata), P alata and P quadrangularis this way too | About the Author Rev North Qld 15th July 2010 1:29pm #UserID: 1806 Posts: 359 View All Rev 's Edible Fruit Trees |
amanda says... Good tip Rev... One day I would like to muck about and see if I can grow my perfect passionfruit! It would be big and sweet like a Pan Gold but have the lovely intense flavour of a purple..yumm.. The Big Red is a cinnabarina (?) the (dark yellow) fruit is quite perfect - dense and very heavy with pulp (yellow) and a thick shell - but the fruit is as sour as a lemon..yukk. Don't know what happened there??? | About the Author amanda19 Geraldton. WA 15th July 2010 6:49pm #UserID: 2309 Posts: 4607 View All amanda19's Edible Fruit Trees |
| About the Author Arncliffe Panama Passionfruit Arncliffe, Sydney 2205 27th July 2010 10:19pm #UserID: 3936 Posts: 4 View All Arncliffe Panama Passionfruit's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author Arncliffe Panama Passionfruit Arncliffe, Sydney 2205 27th July 2010 10:25pm #UserID: 3936 Posts: 4 View All Arncliffe Panama Passionfruit's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author amanda19 Geraldton. WA 27th July 2010 10:36pm #UserID: 2309 Posts: 4607 View All amanda19's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author Helen3 Brisbane 28th July 2010 10:17am #UserID: 3139 Posts: 8 View All Helen3's Edible Fruit Trees |
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amanda says... Hi Helen - I don't have possums - so no idea how to deter them. I use live-catch type traps in my chook pen for mice (I just put the trap under an old milk crate - as the chooks go mad trying to get to the critters!) Then I throw the whole trap in a bucket of water and drown them. It's not fun - but neither are poisons. Snap traps (at night when chooks asleep) ok too. As for the foliage - just a light thing I reckon - I noticed with my vine that the fruit buried under all the foliage was dropping while green - so I thinned out the leaves to expose them more and they are ripening now... Certainly won't hurt (don't strip it tho'!?) and I'd love to know if it works for others too. | About the Author amanda19 Geraldton. WA 28th July 2010 1:44pm #UserID: 2309 Posts: 4607 View All amanda19's Edible Fruit Trees |
| About the Author Arncliffe Panama Passionfruit Arncliffe, Sydney 2205 10th August 2010 8:10pm #UserID: 3936 Posts: 4 View All Arncliffe Panama Passionfruit's Edible Fruit Trees |
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amanda says... Great Arncliffe! As for the sour - well I have a Panama red and 2 Pan golds - the fruit is still dropping a bit early on my Pan red and yes - the pulp needs a little sugar added (didn't in summer) The pan golds are really different - they are dropping a bit early too - but still good (no sugar needed). It may be a variety thing - my friend down the road has Hawaiian yellows and they are still sweet too. Interesting thing tho' - I actually bought a Pan red in the supermarket last week - it was super heavy for it's size and looked perfect - I was going to collect the seeds - but it was so sour!! Mine nowhere near that bad! Paid $1.25 for it too - grr. For what it's worth: I feed my vines: trace elements, dynamic lifter, manure (lots), blood bone, worm 'wee', wood chip and gypsum. Not all once - but a bit of this and that when I have it on hand. I leave all of the leaf litter under the vine and have lots of worms. I shallow water regularly as they have very shallow roots and many of the nutrients are the top soil. If u can grow Pan red - then u can grow Pan gold - I favour the gold over the red now. Much more rewarding vine. I hope this helps. | About the Author amanda19 Geraldton. WA 10th August 2010 9:32pm #UserID: 2309 Posts: 4607 View All amanda19's Edible Fruit Trees |
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