Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Passiflora mollisima - when to sow seed?, 1 by dylancgc

dylancgc wrote:
As I said above I have
P. foetida var. 'India' with the pink flowers 4
P. Incarnata 1
Bat Wing Passiflora 3

I mixed up tags for some but I think I still have
Panama Red
Alata
'Black Beauty'
P. Maliformis
P. Lady Margaret - if I haven't killed them all.
Giant Passiflora

The only ones I know for sure are the 1st 3, I am waiting on the rest to bloom to see for sure which is which. The NOID are all getting really big and I plan to bring them indoors in a few days for the winter, we are supposed to be in the low 50s later this week. I started out with 10 seeds from each one and had really good germination. I lost several as seedlings because this was my first year and like most novices I didn't know what I was doing. I sold several and have about 16 at home still. The "Lady Margaret' did the worst for me, of course, since it is the one I wanted the most. I think I lost almost all of those unless one of the NOID surprises me. The LM just didn't take off, it sat there and withered away. The P. maliformis, I think every one germinated and they are not doing as well as the others but they are growing. The great big ones I am hoping are P. alata, most of them are in 4" pots, read neglect here, and they are about 4-10' long. I have done nothing to them but water, I never remember to fertilize them at all. The one I planted outside needs dug up and moved in but I am not sure where to put it for the winter. It has 8" dark green leaves and is about 25' long with several vines. I will probably just take a chance and dig it up anyway and move it in, it is so big and beautiful I hate to lose it. We have a very large bathroom with a skylight and I overwinter most of my plants in there. Guests come and open that door and are amazed to see all the greenery.

I purchased some more seeds to try of the Banana Passiflora and I traded for a couple different ones also but have not been able to find anymore Lady Margaret to trade for yet. Maybe with the new seed harvests coming on I can get some of those.

What varieties are you growing this year?

I attached a picture of one of my P. foetida vines, it did very well without fertilizer. I hope it is big enough for you to see it well.