Melissa5's Edible Backyard

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Panama red passionfruit1 - Have you tried hand pollinating? I don't get any (many) self set fruit - no bees about, and have been hand pollinating for 3 years and have had fantastic success this year! Have had 4 ripe fruit already and many more to come...... it stopped flowering ..4325 days 12hrs
Pruning passionfruit - Thanks Brendan, the Misty Gem didn't survive the mega dose of Potash :-( it died and I now have a vacant space. I'd love to plant a Sunshine Special but can not find one any where. How is everyone else's passionfruit going? I've been busy pol..4331 days 14hrs
Pruning passionfruit - Hi all, Passionfruits flowering well, hand pollinating the Nelly Kelly Black again, lots of set fruit. The elusive Misty Gem has some fruit on it!!! Set by itself.... It has been flowering now for 12 months. I was surprised when I went out a couple o..4398 days 9hrs
Pruning passionfruit - HI all, It's been awhile, nothing to report. My fruit ripened early! M-I-L froze the whole lot of two weeks of ripe fruit while we were away during January whole in their skin - I don't like very much how the skin goes soggy when thawing out... ..4506 days 7hrs
Pruning passionfruit - Hand pollinating is definitely a winner for me; Our Nelly Kelly Black produced 100's of fruit this summer. Was all gone weeks ago now. Thou my MIL froze 5-6 shopping bags full that ripened in the 2 weeks we were away early January. The earlier I hand ..4586 days 18hrs