"Big Red" passionfruit (forum)

amanda starts with ...
Hi all, I have a one of these vines from Bunnings but it's producing bright yellow perfectly round fruit? It's labelled "P.cinnabarina" - the pulp is yellow and majorly tart (none of my p'fruit are sour like this) I have panama reds n yellows nearby and N.Kelly blacks. Can this spp cross and produce something like this? Or - another maybe I have another Bunnings "switch"? None of my other types have produced anything different.

(sorry - no camera for a pic)

PS - yes they are ripe..

Time: 8th April 2010 9:11pm

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BJ says...
Amanda,
Is the skin soft and slightly furry, or is the skin hard and leathery like a normal passion fruit?
I used to have a very 'round' banana passionfruit growing at a house I lived in when I was in the Eastern States. It was a bit tart, but still rather tasty.

Time: 8th April 2010 9:59pm

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amanda says...
Hi BJ..it's a perfect passionfruit - pity about the sour.. very hard, dense shell and very heavy with pulp for it's size. It has classic passionfruit leaves and a distinct red colour on the stem and new leaves. The flavour is good but as I like sour stuff - it must be pretty sour to me even!?

It may be a great plant to cross pollinate with...it's a tough, vigorous vine (a seedling). The flowers smell just like cinnamon, quite strong. I wonder if I could cross it with a sweeter one panama gold..??

Time: 8th April 2010 10:12pm

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amanda says...
Anyone else have yellow "Big Red" passionfruit?? Here is pic of my mutants?
Pictures - Click to enlarge

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Time: 11th April 2010 11:36am

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Sandy says...
Big red has flowered but no fruit. Why?

Time: 7th July 2011 3:50pm

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Brendan says...
Hi Sandy,
Sounds like your passionfruit has too much nitrogen. Try giving it some sulphate of potash, seasol and spray the vine with liquid potash.
Some old cow manure and plenty of mulch, plus some gypsum, will help too.

Time: 8th July 2011 7:26am

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Robyn says...
Hi, I have a Big Red Passionfruit vine still in the pot after 1 or 2 years. I live on the coast in far northern Perth on limestone and lime sand- no soil, very hot and very windy, before I transplant it in early spring 1)is it worth planting or should I buy a different variety? No fruit yet but reading these blogs 2)are all Big Red Passionfruit sour? 3)If planting how should I improve the "soil"? Have had successful unknown varieties in the past facing east and west. 4)Does anyone know if the producers "Western Australia's Growers Group" have a web site? Thankyou for any help.

Time: 2nd April 2013 7:16pm

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amanda says...
Hi Robyn...I have heard practically nothing about "Big Red" in last few years...I think snottiegobble had one. Mine was the dud "yellow" - apparantly it's just a common "Qld Red"..

You would be far, far better off with a Sunshine Special - which was bred specifically for WA and is a ripper - I know smeone who gets bucket loads of fruit even down in Albany..
I highly recommend it.

Passionfruit love lots of organic matter and have a shallow but wide/searching root system - so lots of compost and a good mulch are really important - out to 3m radius (increasing as the vine gets bigger..)

As long as the vine gets plenty of direct sun then it should fruit well for you..

Too much nitrogen (once the vine big enough to start fruiting/cropping) may inhibit flowering...but - the vine is a big beast and does need regular/slow release low N food (like compost/manure)and lots of water...

Don't know about any growers group tho..the folks at the nursery where u bought the vine will able to tell u where they got it from - and you can ring them to find out tho...

Time: 7th April 2013 10:26am

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snottiegobble says...
Yes Amanda, I still have a Big Red, but it refuses to flower & its into its 3rd year! Not Happy Jan!


Time: 10th April 2013 11:12pm

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amanda says...
Crikey SG - maybe get rid of it?! My 2 sunshine specials flowering already and only been planted 5 months!?

Strange isn't it tho - as my Big Red/yellow was smothered in it's useless fruit from less than 1yr old...

Not very good plant breeding is it..
I see Bunno's has a new variety called Norfolk pride or something..and Big Boppa still around (and I still haven't heard anything about that one either..)



Time: 11th April 2013 9:19am

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