passion fruit disease (forum)

ahmed starts with ...
hi everybody this is my passion tree i'm growing it in a pot and water it everyday and lately the new leafes started looking funny so i suspect a disease so please look at the pictures and try to help

thanks
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Time: 22nd June 2014 2:09am

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Julie says...
They don't look diseased to me. Something is eating the leaves, most likely snails or possibly caterpillars. Go out with a torch at night and see what is happening.

Time: 22nd June 2014 8:17pm

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JohnMc1 says...
What's your climate like there? Also, Passionfruit vines are vigorous in their growth habit. Being in a pot, their feeding regime will need to be closely monitored.
So I don't forget to water and feed mine, I've connected a reservoir containing the correct amount of nutrient diluted into the water, supplies a smart valve that regulates how much water/nutrient the vine receives. My vines are growing over a steel watertank, supplying some warmth over night in winter. They are still growing and flowering.
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Time: 23rd June 2014 8:34am

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Julie says...
Can you explain the setup John? It's hard to tell how large the pots are - and what are the black pots for?

I'm surprised they are doing so well in pots - must be the food you give them! Which is what exactly?

Time: 23rd June 2014 12:49pm

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ahmed says...
Egypt has a hot desert climate. The climate is generally dry. The temperatures are hot or very hot in summer days and warm or mild in winter days, but warm in summer nights and cool in winter nights. temperatures range between a minimum average of 9.5

Time: 23rd June 2014 3:05pm

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ahmed says...
julie, if you look at picture 2 the leaf is a little crumbled and it grew like this , and in picture 4 the outer perimeter looks like a burn , maybe this is a nutrition problem i don't know so
john you can suggest a nutrition system.organic if possible because i don't want to use any non organic feeding

Time: 23rd June 2014 3:08pm

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ahmed says...
and at picture 4 the trunk is scratched at the bottom is that natural??

Time: 23rd June 2014 4:44pm

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sternus1 says...
ahmed if you use charlie carp or powerfeed this will suffice, and it is organic.

Time: 23rd June 2014 6:02pm

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JohnMc1 says...
ahmed, the lower trunk on mine has the same symptom as yours, only it has spread further along the trunk. I put it down to wildlife gnawing on the bark, ie rabbits or rats, that's the reason for the inverted small black pots fitted around the trunk to hopefully stop them.
I can't help you with an organic nutrient, I use a chemical based hydroponic solution I make up myself.
I've heard of people using equal amounts of Seasol and Powerfeed, I've never used it so cannot comment further.
Julie, I am growing the passionfruit vines in 8" squat pots. Here's a link to the system:
http://autopot.com.au
It's super efficient. At the heart is a smart valve that controls the level of water and when the plant is watered, no electricity, just works under water pressure in the reservoir .



Time: 23rd June 2014 6:12pm

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Julie says...
OK ahmed, so you are saying they grew like that? Mine looked just like those when I had a big snail problem.

But if you don't have cold,wet winters you probably don't get a lot of snails.

Time: 23rd June 2014 7:41pm

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ahmed says...
sternus, you didn't get the idea, i wanted organic nutrient because the fancy stuff (organic or none ) are hard to find here in egypt so i thought combining some organic materials like stuff we use everyday can produce a suitable nutrient, like in other forum someone told me to bury cooked rice inside the pot and when it rots it will feed the plant but since i have zero knowledge on growing plants i can't tell what is suitable or what is not

Time: 23rd June 2014 10:18pm

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ahmed says...
so , julie , john you both don't find the pictures indication of a disese, is that normal looking in your own plants , remember it's my first time growing anything so i don't know what is normal or not

Time: 23rd June 2014 10:20pm

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ahmed says...
as for the lower trunk i now understand i bought it like this and it didn't spread so it happened at the place where i bought it

Time: 23rd June 2014 10:21pm

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ahmed says...
finally if you guys have anything to say about my passion fruit it will help it's a very uncommon plant in egypt and growing plants is uncommon to me so anything will help

Time: 23rd June 2014 10:22pm

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ahmed says...
hi guys
gardeningknowhow.com approved it's a fungus so i found a recipe on the internet and added 2 tablespoons baking soda to 1 tablespoon soy vegetable oil and 2 litres of water and sprayed only suspected leaves
is that ok??? or what i'm lost here
i found that for every fungus ther is a correct fungicide??

Time: 24th June 2014 3:53am

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sternus1 says...
Ahmed what you need is a worm farm. You can make this yourself easily, and this will provide you with high grade liquid fertiliser forever; in fact, it is pretty much the best fertiliser in existence, you cannot buy anything as good. All you need to do is add vegetable waste to feed the worms. The end product is called worm tea:

http://www.wikihow.com/Make-Worm-Castings-Tea

You will need to make a worm farm which is very easy to do. Here is a video which show exactly how to do it, and what to feed them:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZN3cACBUWjI




Time: 24th June 2014 8:16am

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Julie says...
Good suggestion. You can also add diluted urine - high in nitrogen, potassium and phosphorous. It's available and free! Add to the passionfruit, not the worm farm.

Sorry I can't help with the fungus.

Time: 27th June 2014 10:41am

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