Why are the faded blooms falling off my passiflora without making a fruit? Every one of them has fallen off and the fruit is about the size of a marble. Am I doing something wrong?
Thanks!
Passi problem - no fruit
RainGazer
Aug 24, 2005
What kind of Passiflora is it?
Mark
RainGazer
Aug 24, 2005
This is it:
http://davesgarden.com/pf/go/104698/index.html
Do you only have the one plant? Most passiflora need a pollinator that is not a clone(not grown from the same mother plant).
RainGazer
Aug 24, 2005
I've only got the one of that variety. I also have another passiflora, the regular 'Maypop' purple one, but I can't get it to bloom at all. These are my Lowe's-won't-water-their-plants-in-summer bargains, regularly $20 each, but I got them for $3 each and they were almost dead. They're growing very well now, really filling out. Will they cross-pollinate each other once the purple blooms, or do I need to get another one of each variety?
I'm such a newbie when it comes to stuff like this, it's embarrassing. =o) Thank ya'll for your help and patience.
I'm suprised Your P. Caerulea isn't producing fruit. I have a few of that 1 kind but when I had only 1, it would still produce fruit. I have several other passiflora's that won't fruit for me either and I have more than one of each that aren't re;ated.
Does anyone have fruit on P. Belotti, P. Blue Bouquet and P. Lavender Lady? I don't think I've ever seen fruit on any of those 3 in as many years. The only reliable fruit producers here are Caerulea, Incarnata(it's covered with lime sized fruit) and Morifolia. The caerulea will often produce hollow fruit more often than not. It doesn't bother me as I'd preffer to not grow these from seed if at all possible. I'm just curious what it takes to get them to fruit.
Things that make you say "HMMMMMMM?". and scratching my head ;)
Is the caerulea she has a hybrid? P incarnata pollen works on lots of the passifloras, even vitifolia.
JD, I've had fruit on Lavender Lady, and a few of the fruits had seeds which grew up to be nothing special(looked like caerulea flowers). P Belotii and Blue Bouquet set a bunch of fruit after hand pollinating, but the fruits were hollow, no seeds at all.