passionflower seeds

[manicscousers]

went to my sons, he's left lots of passionfruit on his vine, doesn't want them,or like them, he's going to hack the whole blooming lot down..I took 2 very ripe passion fruit..do I treat like tomatoes, i.e, dry the seed and plant as normal ?
thank you in advance for any advice

[manicscousers]

[Georgie]

I think they are best sown fresh, even if it's a little late in the season.  You'll have plenty of seeds so I suggest sowing a few in a cold frame now (after you've got the pulp off of course) and saving the rest to sow in early spring.  Good Luck.    :)

G x

[tonybloke]

take some cuttings!!

[manicscousers]

thanks, georgie, I'll try that this week  :)

take some cuttings!!

unfortunately, they live in brighton, I was visiting, never thought of cuttings  ;D

[Georgie]

thanks, georgie, I'll try that this week  :)

take some cuttings!!

unfortunately, they live in brighton, I was visiting, never thought of cuttings  ;D

You're welcome.  I'm not certain that you've missed anything on the cuttings front.  As far as I know Passiflora is best taken from semi-ripe cuttings around July time.

G x

[Amazin]

Try just dropping one of the ripe passionfruit on the soil and forgetting all about it - guaranteed every darn seed will germinate...

;D

[manicscousers]

Try just dropping one of the ripe passionfruit on the soil and forgetting all about it - guaranteed every darn seed will germinate...

;D

ah, so that's the secret  ;D

[Amazin]

Yup, very much like stray tomato seeds - millions of the buggers come up every time!

;D

[Hyacinth]

Try just dropping one of the ripe passionfruit on the soil and forgetting all about it - guaranteed every darn seed will germinate...

;D

someone here (but sorry I don't remember who, now :-[) sent me some new plantlets early on in the year. They were all self-seeded. 8)

[Tyke]

take some cuttings!!

Yep, take cuttings. I did and they are a 9 inch high now and coping well. They seem easy to root.

[straush]

ask your son too take cuttings if he lives too far

[Amazin]

someone here (but sorry I don't remember who, now ) sent me some new plantlets early on in the year. They were all self-seeded.

Ahem! Coo-ee!

;D

[Hyacinth]

someone here (but sorry I don't remember who, now ) sent me some new plantlets early on in the year. They were all self-seeded.

Ahem! Coo-ee!

;D

Oh, it was you! :-*

Progress report on your babbies, then. Two survived and are Well and Happy in Choclitland 8)...the others, I'm afraid, went to the Great Compost Heap in the Sky :'(

The two which survived and flourished are still producing flowerheads :D

Lish x

[flowerofshona2007]

I have grown many from seed and my tip is to soak the seeds in orange juice for a few hours before sowing !!!! they need acid to break the coating.

[Plot69]

Try just dropping one of the ripe passionfruit on the soil and forgetting all about it - guaranteed every darn seed will germinate...
;D

I'll second that. I've got one covering my shed and I have no idea where it came from.

[manicscousers]

ask your son too take cuttings if he lives too far

unfortunately, my son wouldn't know a cutting from a weed  ;D
I'll try the orange juice trick, got plenty of seeds,  :)

[cornykev]

Weve got one growing in the back garden I might try spreading some of the seeds on the lottie and see what happens.  ;D ;D ;D

[Amazin]

I have grown many from seed and my tip is to soak the seeds in orange juice for a few hours before sowing !!!! they need acid to break the coating.

Jungle Seeds backs you on that one. The first time I bought passionflower seeds from them that was their sowing instruction too.