Passion Fruit: Harvest, Yield and Storage
When and How to Harvest Passion Fruit Ripening: The developing passion fruit remains green until it reaches full maturity. At this point, it undergoes a rapid color change within a […]
Passion Fruit (Passiflora)
Important Passion Fruit Pests
Which are the major pests infesting passion fruit? Root knots and cysts Nematodes that invade the roots are the most common pests on Passiflora species. Nematodes and 2 fungi, species […]
Important Passion Fruit Diseases
What are passion fruit’s major diseases, and how can they be controlled? – Passion Fruit Plant Protection Anthracnose (Colletotrichum gloeosporioides) Frequently occurs following mechanical wounding of the plant, which provides […]
Passion Fruit Plant Care: Irrigation and Fertilization of Passion Fruit
Irrigation and Water needs of passion fruit Passion fruit has moderate to high water requirements, and adequate soil moisture is required to maintain good plant establishment, vigorous vegetative growth, and […]
Training and Pruning of Passion Fruit Plant
Training of Passion Fruit Passion vines naturally climb up any available trees or rocks and spread out to catch the available sunlight. In cultivation, vines should be trellised and trained […]
Propagation and Trellising of Passion Fruit plants
How to propagate passion fruit plants In general, passion fruit can be propagated by (fresh) seeds, cutting, grafting, and air layers. In all cases, it is essential to use disease-free […]
Passion Fruit: Soil & Climate Requirements, Land Preparation and Planting
Soils and Climate Requirements of passion fruit Passion fruit thrives in tropical and subtropical environments and frost-free climates, with high humidity and annual rainfall from 600mm to 2000 mm (USDA […]
Passion fruit: Types-Varieties of Passion Fruit and Plant Characteristics
Plant Information and Morphology of Passion Fruit The Passion Fruit (Passiflora edulis of the Passifloraceae family) is a woody perennial, evergreen, fast-growing climber vine that has 2 main types: the […]
Passion Fruit: History, Uses and Nutritional value
Origin of passion fruit and global production The Passion Fruit is a woody perennial, fast-growing climber-vine that has 2 main types: the purple (Passiflora edulis) or the yellow (Passiflora edulis […]
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