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Fruit Growing Forum: Starting passionfruit with seeds... ???

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    • CommentAuthorKerryW
    • CommentTimeMay 6th 2007
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    Hi everyone. I have just registered and this is my first post. My husband and I have are just starting out in growing passionfruit. We are attempting to germinate seeds and aren't having much success. We are wondering if there is anyone out there that can give us some tips on how to go about it. EG. how deep should the seeds be in the seed growing mix. Generally how long does it take for them to germinate, etc. We would really appreciate some information.
    Thanks
    • CommentAuthorbiologist
    • CommentTimeMay 7th 2007
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    if you want good passionfruit then buy the grafted cultivars.
    Plants grown from seed are not going to provide fruit like the
    plants they came from and will be either inedible or poor croppers.
    • CommentAuthorKerryW
    • CommentTimeMay 7th 2007
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    Thankyou for your advice... much appreciated
    • CommentAuthorhooroo
    • CommentTimeMay 22nd 2007 edited
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    :face-plain:

    Hooroo..
    • CommentAuthorKerryW
    • CommentTimeMay 22nd 2007
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    Thankyou... Hooroo
    • CommentAuthormobius
    • CommentTimeDec 29th 2007
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    Must admit, i went down this road also. I planted some seed & after much frustration, all I got was pain. I bought a seedling of a Panama red 10 months ago & with not even being a year old, I am about to get nearly 100 passionfruit off it. Very pleased.
    • CommentAuthorBushrat
    • CommentTimeFeb 12th 2008
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    Hi Ya,
    I would NOT reccomend a grafted pash, unless you are in an area that gets frost. Grafted pash are more trouble than they are worth as they sucker maddly and provide no other benefit other than very fast establishment (which you need in cold areas).

    Pash come pretty true from seed so there is no problem sowing seed. I just had some pash seed come up the other day (5 months after planting). This is the secret....they contain leachable germination inhibitors that only time (or an acid bath) will get rid of. So heres how to plant them. If they are from a fruit cut the top of the fruit off, add a little water and leave it ferment for a week or so (the acid in the ferment will help them germinate earlier but is not necessary, I just like to get rid of the membrane on the seed). Strain the seed off (they aren't too good after a year or so, so it pays to sow them fresh) and then put them in a pot in a shady spot and forget about them. After they've had enough rain to leach them out they'll come up. Grow them on and plant them where they need to go.

    I've also germinated them in a month or so by scratching away a bit of the seed coat but its fiddly work and they are prone to infection. Its better to just chuck a heap in a pot and wait.

    Pash only flower on new growth so before the start of the spring flush give them a good cut back. Some pash (like banana) are also self sterile so always plant a couple.
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      CommentAuthormarty
    • CommentTimeJun 28th 2008
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    hi, i grew 3 vines a few years ago , the grafted nelly kelly kind and they took a while to really start producing fruit, but when they got going they were producing outa control, had more passion fruit than knew what to do with, gave loads away, ended up with that many i dug a hole in the vegie garden and put a half wheelbarrow full in and covered it, thinking they would just compost, months later i seen small vines comming out of the ground where i put them,
    i dug down a bit and found whole passion fruit with nearly every seed inside inside that had sprouted, so i dug the lotback up and started planting the new baby passion fruit vines into pots, had hundreds, gave them all away to people etc,
    im going to plant 10 vines this year mainly for privacy, but no doubt the fruit will come in handy to eat as i love them, and will be giving heaps away again.
    going to put in 5 nelly kelly and 5 banana this spring,
    i live on 6 acres just a few kms from the foot of the blue mountains, SYD,
    planning to but 50 acres up murwillumbah soon.up the top of a mountain so i get the first of the rain before it gets contaminated,
    im so over livin in Sydney. seems to dog eat dog to me, im a hippy at heart,
    lol, probebly why my hair is 2ft long, im bare foot mosta the time, (xept winter) too dam cold.
    peace n quiet, organic, nature loving,free range chooks, turkeys, fruit n nut tree,s.
    im going to go Aquaponics, and 80% self sustained when i buy up murwillumbah.
    got some macadamia nut trees i germinated from seeds as well.
    regards marty
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    i would recommend growing them from seed as they grow better and produce just as much or more than the grafted varieties and i have about a dozen passionfruit vines all grown from seed and they are producing boxes full of passionfruits:face-smile-big:

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