Passionfruit - Passiflora Foetida Red (forum)

Farouk starts with ...
Hello All,

I have purchased some Red Passiflora Foetida seeds & wondering if anyone has any experience with this variety of Passionfruit ?

I am wondering if the skin is edible & also if you can describe the taste a little ?

Any growing instructions/seed germination tips would be a great help .

Thank you
Regards, Farouk
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Time: 24th January 2017 1:11pm

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phil@tyalgum says...
I have the yellow/orange variety naturalising itself here, and if you soak the seed overnight prior to sowing you should get some to germinate, however spring is probably the most ideal time to get them started. I like the flavour, reminds me more of a complex banana rather than a passionfruit, however the skin is quite tough and they are best squeezed and emptied into the mouth while you're gardening - even here in the subtopics they died off over winter.

Time: 23rd February 2017 5:43pm

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Farouk says...
Hello Phil,

Thank you for the details that's very nice, sounds like it has an interesting taste, I have got a tiny lil one sprouted now & has about 5 small leaves on it.

When you say it dies off in winter, does that mean you need to reseed it or does it shoot up again in Spring ?

Time: 24th February 2017 12:33pm

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phil@tyalgum says...
I think it dies off completely but as it is so prolific there are bound to be fruit which drop and sprout the following season.

Time: 28th February 2017 1:21pm

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Farouk says...
Hello Phil, how are you doing, hows spring over in Murwillumbah ? I have the same plant that sprouted in Feb 2017 this year & it survived the winter I had it in a tiny side yard in a small pot on top of concreted floor & surrounded with colourbond fencing, I wonder if it was protected by this from major frost ?

I planted it near the fence now in spring so it can climb it & meet with its other friends the Panama Gold & Banana Passion fruit, it's taken off & got mature larger leaves now, it's putting on beautiful healthy growth.

Time: 7th November 2017 3:00pm

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phil@tyalgum says...
I hope you enjoy the fruit, they are very prolific in their second season and you should have them forever once they start dropping. They taste different to regular passionfruit, I'll be interested in your opinion.

Time: 8th November 2017 12:14pm

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Farouk says...
Hello my friend, plenty of flowers now but they just develop open & drop no fruit set yet. Still a small vine with many flowers.

Sure would be happy to let you know as soon as I get some fruit, soon I hope!

I'll post a photo for the history books soon.

For now this is what it looked like 18/2/2017
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Time: 27th December 2017 4:35pm

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Farouk says...
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Time: 28th December 2017 2:19pm

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Farouk says...
Hi Phil,

Hope you are well & had a fruitful growing season.

Could you please explain what you meant by them being prolific in their second season ?

Also I still haven't had a single fruit no pollination at all, very prolific in pushing out tons of flowers but not a single fruit, do I need 2 vines for pollination ? I've only got the one.

Time: 22nd February 2018 3:14pm

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phil@tyalgum says...
Hmm
Interestingly my plants didn't even flower this year, I think I have one year old seedlings however, possibly I will get a flush of blooms this year. Not sure why yours didn't set fruit, they usually are robust producers.

Time: 24th February 2018 11:44am

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