Hi all, first post here! My passion fruit vine is huge an...
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She should be flowering by now. She is beautiful. Have you fertilized her? A good quality fertilizer should give her the boost of nutrients she needs to produce some flowers.
But I also want to point out it looks like she is growing under a tree canopy. This could definitely cause her to lack flowers for 2 reasons.
1. Not enough sun they are sun worshippers and need at least 6 hours of direct sun a day.
2. The tree is planted in the same soil and they will compete for nutrients. Since the tree has deeper roots she will hog them. Even is she is in the neighbors yard.
I'm going to suggest something to try. An experiment. I have a passion fruit vine indoors. They propagate really well. Take a few clippings and stick them in water with a node covered at all times. (A node is where the leaves sprout from)
Then take the clipping after 2 inch roots have grown and put them in a sunny spot, in a pot with some fresh nutrient rich soil. It might just start developing flowers on the newly planted props. Props can actually bloom faster. With the ideal location and no competition might just be what she needs.
Then you will have 1 in the ground, because she looks very happy there. And then an additional vine with the perfect conditions. Just be sure to increase the new vines direct sunlight slowly.
Day 2 1 hour
Day 2 2 hours
Day 3 3 hours
But I also want to point out it looks like she is growing under a tree canopy. This could definitely cause her to lack flowers for 2 reasons.
1. Not enough sun they are sun worshippers and need at least 6 hours of direct sun a day.
2. The tree is planted in the same soil and they will compete for nutrients. Since the tree has deeper roots she will hog them. Even is she is in the neighbors yard.
I'm going to suggest something to try. An experiment. I have a passion fruit vine indoors. They propagate really well. Take a few clippings and stick them in water with a node covered at all times. (A node is where the leaves sprout from)
Then take the clipping after 2 inch roots have grown and put them in a sunny spot, in a pot with some fresh nutrient rich soil. It might just start developing flowers on the newly planted props. Props can actually bloom faster. With the ideal location and no competition might just be what she needs.
Then you will have 1 in the ground, because she looks very happy there. And then an additional vine with the perfect conditions. Just be sure to increase the new vines direct sunlight slowly.
Day 2 1 hour
Day 2 2 hours
Day 3 3 hours
Thank you! I put her there so she could climb up the tree, and she does get several hours of afternoon sun but that corner is pretty shady. She can spare a few cuttings, maybe I'll put one in the front yard that gets all-day sun. I do fertilize, with both a balanced organic fertilizer and bone meal. If the tree is hogging all the nutrients, would fertilizing more help?
@LucidAgapanthus I never tried indoors, but mine is about 15-20 feet I'd say? She's not in a container so her roots aren't confined but she is massive. Not all varietals are edible, this one is but there might be ones that are smaller but don't bear edible fruit.
@LeadingSeamango yeah, the only reason I would grow it though is for the flowers and the tea. If I can’t do that then I don’t really have a reason if that makes sense. I probably shouldn’t, I have too many plants already 😂
@LucidAgapanthus They grow really well indoors, they do get big.
Pruning, often is necessary they are very fast growers. They are really beautifully though. I love the way they have little thread like structure that come out of the vine and wraps itself around the trellis. Really fun to watch.
You can keep their growth in check with pruning. Mine is a happy camper in a south facing window with sheer curtains.
I will point @LeadingSeamango that you will want to keep an eye on the tree. Passion Fruit Vines are very speedy growers. As they grow they overtake thing and can overtake a tree quickly and choke it out. By blocking the tree from sun. They can end up squeezing the tree quite literally blocking the trees ability to drink water and absorb nutrients leading to the death of the tree.
I do realize you don't want to hear this. Because it does look beautiful while climbing up it. If you can it would be much better to work the vines away from the tree and work them from around her. Hopefully guiding the vine away from the tree. If you can supply her with a trellis that would be ideal. I don't recommend the fence because they will twist and wrap around the boards causing damage to your fence and boards actually end up being worked loose. And fences are not cheap.
I know this is quite a feat. But eventually it will likely kill the tree.
Pruning, often is necessary they are very fast growers. They are really beautifully though. I love the way they have little thread like structure that come out of the vine and wraps itself around the trellis. Really fun to watch.
You can keep their growth in check with pruning. Mine is a happy camper in a south facing window with sheer curtains.
I will point @LeadingSeamango that you will want to keep an eye on the tree. Passion Fruit Vines are very speedy growers. As they grow they overtake thing and can overtake a tree quickly and choke it out. By blocking the tree from sun. They can end up squeezing the tree quite literally blocking the trees ability to drink water and absorb nutrients leading to the death of the tree.
I do realize you don't want to hear this. Because it does look beautiful while climbing up it. If you can it would be much better to work the vines away from the tree and work them from around her. Hopefully guiding the vine away from the tree. If you can supply her with a trellis that would be ideal. I don't recommend the fence because they will twist and wrap around the boards causing damage to your fence and boards actually end up being worked loose. And fences are not cheap.
I know this is quite a feat. But eventually it will likely kill the tree.
@SuperbRaspfern it seems it has already wrapped pretty tight around the trees trunk. It might be necessary to break off the vines.
@LeadingSeamango If you aren’t worried about the tree though, I would just leave it as if you tried to remove the passion vine it would likely cause sever damage to it as it already looks pretty well latched on u less you manage to trim off ever single twisty bit on the passion fruit vine to free it from the tree.
@LeadingSeamango if you don’t really care about the tree though and want to keep it as a trellis. Oh well! No one’s going to stop you. It grows up things in its natural habitat so as long as you keep it in check with pruning it should be fine. Just make sure the tree isn’t fully smothered as that’s when it becomes a problem. It would help to trim some of the vines from the base every so often if you feel like it is overtaking it.!
Thank you! Yeah I'm sure it'll be fine, I go out every day and make sure all the new shoots are growing towards or on the trellis. I'm gonna try what you mentioned with the cuttings, I bet it would grow better out front.