Thanks Christine.
Jay
Passiflora incarnata seed pods galore-now what do I do?
To all of you;
I apologize to any I owe. i have a broken tailbone and it is making it hard to get done what I need to do. Don't give up on me yet.
Taylor, received your seeds. Thank you.
Hope next week is better.
Jay(smooth)
Jay
I will second that idea!!! Please take care of yourself and don't worry about sending seeds until you are better!!!
ALL
Don't be discouraged by LONG germination times on these seeds. I've yet to find a seed that has as hard of a seed coat as this 1. Emory clothe barely touches this 1 and I've soaked them for ages. I've read that it takes anywhere from 1 month to as long as 1 year for some seeds to germ. I know I've waited forever on them in the past. I've never done anything special in drying out this fruit. I let some dry on the vine until crunchy as longt as the rodents will leave them alone. I had to bring a bag full indoors this year since these new squirrels seem to like them so much. I hate having them just sitting and waiting. I've taken a few and split them in 1/2 w/ a knife and that has sped up drying time a bunch. If you want to sort them, I recomend taking them out now and put them in a metal strainer to get the pulp off the seed. It's no fun but its much easier to handle them that way.
I saw you mention above something about a 4 year life on these vines. Not so. This stuff is as tuff as my wild spearmint and spreads runner's out all over the yard. It's a good thing I love this Passiflora as I doubt I could get rid of it if I wanted to! I treated it like a baby for the 1st 2 years I had it. Then I finally had enough to leave some out over winter. In my zone(Kansas) they arent "maypops" like they're also known as. BTW I found mine growing in a ditch outside our lake cabin on the Oklahoma/Texas border. It was Memorial Day weekend and luckily it was abnormally wet that spring as I hadn't noticed it growing there ever before. This was at Lake Texhoma btw.
I'd sure like to see a picture and compare it to mine. I'll post 1 asap. I'm on a new pc right now w/o any pics on it. I may already have 1 posted in the database. I love them so much, now I collect as many Passiflora's as I can get my hands on, I have probably 10+ varieties now and am still looking for more. This 1 is still in the top 5 ez and maybe the only 1 hardy enough to winter outdoor's, I'll know more come spring. I do know that I was amazed by a Lavender Lady bloom yesterday!!! We've had a few good freezes already too, the Incarnata quit blooming almost 2 months ago:(. I have a house full of other's waiting to see which 1's pop up this spring. I have Lavender Lady,P. Caerulea(Blue hardy they say), Blue Bouquet, and P. Edulis still outside and all have a bunch of foliage left. Cross your finger's, I sure hope they winter well.
Well sorry for the marathon post but I love my Passie's.
JD
Hi all:
Bet you thought I'd fallen off the edge of the earth. Kind of did. I have been ill all winter but still had to work. I have a landscaping design business, do commercial decorations ( Christmas, etc. ) and also take care of a woman's pets. She has her own small zoo and I go every morning and clean them up and feed them. I honestly haven't done anything but go to work and then come home and go to bed. I feel so bad about the passion flowers. I have seeds, no pods, My pods got picked, but rotted in the basket before I could send them. I can still send seeds. What makes it so bad is that all of you have been so generous with me. I just need a spare moment to do all you great people justice. Thanks for your patience.
jay
Jay, I totally forgot about this! Take care of yourself, and no worries!
Sylvi
I agree with the other posts!
Much more important to get yourself healthy, than to worry about seed pods or seeds!!
Hope you are on the road to recovery.
You people are the best. Thank you all.will get to this as soon as possible.
Hugs--Jay