Brian wrote:

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There is always this option. Take into account that the only
purpose of life is to reproduce and when this has been achieved, by
producing fruits/seeds, then the incentive to flower is lost. Dead heading
is always beneficial. Even fruit trees become biennial fruiting if permitted
to have excessive crops. Some apples are renowned for this.
Regards Brian.


My Passiflora caerulea has cropped excessively EVERY year bar the first
one where it was establishing it's roots system.

The best thing to do is cut it back hard in late autumn after it's
finished flowering/fruiting that way the nutrients go back to the roots
then the following year give it plenty of water to encourage foliage
growth, as it gets into the warmer weather give it some tomato feed and
the flowers and fruit will come (fruit needs a little warm weather as
well), always does the trick for mine.

Mine is fruiting again this year and it has many blooms!
(here's a link to a picture of my main P.caerulea on a north facing wall:
hxxp://freespace.virgin.net/serial1.killer/pass1.jpg
and the blooms on it:
hxxp://freespace.virgin.net/serial1.killer/pass2.jpg)

Cheers

Jason


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