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Passion fruit - when to pick
jo wrote:
I have a passion flower that has borne a huge number of fruit. Most of the fruit are now orange in colour. I have left them on the plant as I thought they went brown and crinkly with dry skins (as you buy them in the shops), but some are starting to turn mouldy. Any tips? Jo If it's a Caerulea passionfruit, they'll stay orange! Pick them when they are uniformly orange, the fruit doesn't taste to good though! If you want an edible passionfruit you need to go for Passiflora edulis, I have some seeds for auction on ebay! :) Cheers Jason -- Check out my ebay auctions for Passifora caerulea and edulis seeds http://cgi6.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI....sort=3&rows=50 |
Passion fruit - when to pick
jo wrote:
I have a passion flower that has borne a huge number of fruit. Most of the fruit are now orange in colour. I have left them on the plant as I thought they went brown and crinkly with dry skins (as you buy them in the shops), but some are starting to turn mouldy. Any tips? Jo If it's a Caerulea passionfruit, they'll stay orange! Pick them when they are uniformly orange, the fruit doesn't taste to good though! If you want an edible passionfruit you need to go for Passiflora edulis, I have some seeds for auction on ebay! :) Cheers Jason -- Check out my ebay auctions for Passifora caerulea and edulis seeds http://cgi6.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI....sort=3&rows=50 |
Passion fruit - when to pick
jo wrote:
I have a passion flower that has borne a huge number of fruit. Most of the fruit are now orange in colour. I have left them on the plant as I thought they went brown and crinkly with dry skins (as you buy them in the shops), but some are starting to turn mouldy. Any tips? Jo If it's a Caerulea passionfruit, they'll stay orange! Pick them when they are uniformly orange, the fruit doesn't taste to good though! If you want an edible passionfruit you need to go for Passiflora edulis, I have some seeds for auction on ebay! :) Cheers Jason -- Check out my ebay auctions for Passifora caerulea and edulis seeds http://cgi6.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI....sort=3&rows=50 |
Passion Fruit - When to pick
"Victoria Clare" wrote in message . 240.10... "Charlie Pridham" wrote in : (talking about grenadillos) In case the original poster is still following this. These "Granadilla" types often require a cross polinator (a second unrelated plant, like certain apples) to produce fruit crops, but are certainly a better bet eating wise than the bland insipid P.caerulea fruits! I have a theory that P caerulea is a pretty variable plant. For example, I've seen it described as having no scent, but both of mine have a gorgeous scent which you can smell right across the patio, even if only a couple of flowers are out. They are bog standard plants from a seed packet. My guess is that the fruits may be similarly variable, as people seem to report both nice and inedibly bland ones. Min haven't reached fruiting size yet, though they flower well. Victoria -- gardening on a north-facing hill in South-East Cornwall -- You are certainly correct re variability, mine has the deepest cobalt blue flowers, some seedlings have washed out pale blues and flower poorly, so if you have a good one always do cuttings. But I have never known one unscented, I think it may matter where they are planted as they do not scent all the time (well not here any way!) may be the fruit also needs certain conditions to taste good? my hens liked them, I did not! -- Charlie, gardening in Cornwall. http://www.roselandhouse.co.uk Holders of National Plant Collection of Clematis viticella (cvs) |
Passion fruit - when to pick
jo wrote:
I have a passion flower that has borne a huge number of fruit. Most of the fruit are now orange in colour. I have left them on the plant as I thought they went brown and crinkly with dry skins (as you buy them in the shops), but some are starting to turn mouldy. Any tips? Jo If it's a Caerulea passionfruit, they'll stay orange! Pick them when they are uniformly orange, the fruit doesn't taste to good though! If you want an edible passionfruit you need to go for Passiflora edulis, I have some seeds for auction on ebay! :) Cheers Jason -- Check out my ebay auctions for Passifora caerulea and edulis seeds http://cgi6.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI....sort=3&rows=50 |
Passion fruit - when to pick
jo wrote:
I have a passion flower that has borne a huge number of fruit. Most of the fruit are now orange in colour. I have left them on the plant as I thought they went brown and crinkly with dry skins (as you buy them in the shops), but some are starting to turn mouldy. Any tips? Jo If it's a Caerulea passionfruit, they'll stay orange! Pick them when they are uniformly orange, the fruit doesn't taste to good though! If you want an edible passionfruit you need to go for Passiflora edulis, I have some seeds for auction on ebay! :) Cheers Jason -- Check out my ebay auctions for Passifora caerulea and edulis seeds http://cgi6.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI....sort=3&rows=50 |
Passion fruit - when to pick
jo wrote:
I have a passion flower that has borne a huge number of fruit. Most of the fruit are now orange in colour. I have left them on the plant as I thought they went brown and crinkly with dry skins (as you buy them in the shops), but some are starting to turn mouldy. Any tips? Jo If it's a Caerulea passionfruit, they'll stay orange! Pick them when they are uniformly orange, the fruit doesn't taste to good though! If you want an edible passionfruit you need to go for Passiflora edulis, I have some seeds for auction on ebay! :) Cheers Jason -- Check out my ebay auctions for Passifora caerulea and edulis seeds http://cgi6.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI....sort=3&rows=50 |
Passion fruit - when to pick
"Jason Pope" wrote in message ... jo wrote: I have a passion flower that has borne a huge number of fruit. Most of the fruit are now orange in colour. I have left them on the plant as I thought they went brown and crinkly with dry skins (as you buy them in the shops), but some are starting to turn mouldy. Any tips? Jo If it's a Caerulea passionfruit, they'll stay orange! Pick them when they are uniformly orange, the fruit doesn't taste to good though! Always struck me as wierd that the fruit of the passion flower is not passion fruit. [The again the Oak Apple is not the fruit of the Oak...] |
Passion fruit - when to pick
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from "David W.E. Roberts" contains these words: Always struck me as wierd that the fruit of the passion flower is not passion fruit. [The again the Oak Apple is not the fruit of the Oak...] As for pineapple, pah! Janet. |
Passion Fruit - When to pick
Nick Maclaren wrote:
In article , Jaques d'Altrades wrote: I have some granadillo vines grown from seed. Closely related to passionfruit - anyone know if they are hardy enough to grow outside? That's easy - no. Outside the warmest parts of the UK, P. caerulea is pretty well the only hardy one (and even then it tends to be herbaceous). According the the books I have seen, none of the ones grown for their fruit are likely to be hardy even in the warmest parts of the UK. But a lot of the genus will do well in pots outside in summer, if given some protection in winter - and that doesn't necessarily mean more than being kept dryish and frost-free. Which species is a granadillo? According to Van der Planck 'Passionflowers' P. edulis is known as Granadilla or Purple Passionfruit P. quadrangularis is known as the Giant Granadilla P.ligularis is known as the Sweet Granadilla A couple of others Water Lemon . (laurifolia) & Banana Passionfruit (mollisima) are also edible as are all the granidillas which are used in various parts of the world for fruit production. None of the above are hardy in the UK.. The Nat Collection of passiflora keeps theirs in heated polytunnels.. Well worht a visit if you are keen and around the Somerset area. Last time I went there they also had a fruiting Monstera!-) Fascinating.. Passiflora are pretty fickle beasts and there is a large amount of variation even within specific species. Thus for good flowering and fruit production its a far safer bet to get a plant cloned (eg a cutting) from an existing plant known to have good characteristics.. Jo, I'd be interested in a cutting of your plant if you have the time.. // Jim |
Passion fruit - when to pick
David W.E. Roberts wrote:
If it's a Caerulea passionfruit, they'll stay orange! Pick them when they are uniformly orange, the fruit doesn't taste to good though! Always struck me as wierd that the fruit of the passion flower is not passion fruit. [The again the Oak Apple is not the fruit of the Oak...] Eh? The Passion Fruit IS the fruit of the passion flower! The flower comes before the fruit, regardless of whether it's an edible variety or a more ornamental one. The edible variety you get in the supermarket is the fruit of Passiflora Edulis, the common orange ornamental ones, are the fruit of the Blue Passionfruit or Passiflora Caerulea. Cheers Jason -- Check out my ebay auctions for Passifora caerulea and edulis seeds http://cgi6.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI....sort=3&rows=50 |
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