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restrict pot size to get passion flower to fruit?
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Posted by sunseeker1001 (My Page) on Tue, Apr 21, 09 at 10:49
| I read online that as a defence mechanism the plant will start producing fruit once the growing area such as having the plant in a 1 gallon container starts to get over grow in defese that the plant knows theres something wrong and may not survive so it starts trying to produce seed. any one heard of this or had any experince on getting passion flowers to fruit? |
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RE: restrict pot size to get passion flower to fruit?
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i don't know about this with passions, (i am 'grasshopper' here, and they are teaching me ) but yes, i root many plants and they absolutely flower in order to survive. but from reading through these board exchanges, i get the impression that many passionflowers (from seed) do not flower. I hope the more experienced see your post and can better answer your question. i would like to know this as well:)
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RE: restrict pot size to get passion flower to fruit?
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| I'm no expert but have found that my plants do better in large containers or better yet inground. It's just a pain to lift the non hardy varieties in the fall. I've heard that some don't flower from seed but haven't found that to be a problem with the plants I've started though some have taken a couple years to reach blooming size. |
RE: restrict pot size to get passion flower to fruit?
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| I understand that many hybrid crosses won't flower from seed. Occasionally, a pure strain species plant might not flower from seed, but these are much less common. |
RE: restrict pot size to get passion flower to fruit?
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| I have read a site about someone seeing a passion fruit vine growing by an paved parking lot with hardly any soil or room space and surprisingly thriving with lots of flowers and fruit set!!! I personally believe that it benefits the vine to shorten root space for a year and then transplant the vine once all fruit has dropped and there are no more flowering. Hope this was of any help. Daniel |
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