How To Train Passion Fruit Vines

As mentioned earlier, passion fruit is one of the most popular fruits in America. It can be consumed raw or dried and mixed into juices and desserts as an ingredient or flavor enhancer.

However, did you know that you can train your own passion fruit vines? This article will teach you how! If you’re looking to add some greenery to your life, then read on. You might just find what you were looking for.

Disclaimer

The content in this article should not be used to diagnose or treat any health condition. Rather, it uses the beauty and potential function of passion fruity plants to motivate people to create their own green space around them. We advise reading with caution if you are sensitive to pollen or if you have food allergies.

Also, we assume no knowledge about gardening when talking about training passion fruit vines. So, start small by picking a few leaves from a young vine before giving it a good workout.

Plant the vines

The next step in training your passion fruit vine is choosing where it will get planted! You want to pick a sunny area with lots of indirect sunlight, as this helps promote growth.

Your vine will also need water during its growing process. Make sure to give it enough so that it has some roots coming out!

Once your vine is able to produce fruits and flowers, they both grow faster when there’s an excess of energy in the plant. So, make sure to leave at least one whole leaf untrimmed to help supply all needed nutrients for budding blossoms and berries.

Carefully plant the vines

The first thing you will need to do is find some vibrant, fresh passion fruit plants! These can be in season or winterized depending on where you live.

If using fake fruits as fertilizer, make sure they are natural so that it does not burn their roots. You also want to make sure they are not dried out, otherwise they may taste weird.

Once you have found your vine, give it some water and see if it grows quickly! If it does not within one week, try giving it slightly less liquid food until it shows signs of growth.

Provide proper support

The second most important factor in vine training is providing adequate vertical support for your vines. This can be done through stakes, wire hoops or netting material that surrounds individual plants.

Stakes are one of the easiest ways to provide vertical support. You can use bamboo sticks, wooden boards or plastic ones. Make sure they're tall enough so each plant has about an inch-and-a-half gap above ground level.

Wire hoops and mesh nets work better if you don't have much space to set up your pot. By using both together, you give your plants more breathing room and also help prevent soil from escaping.

Your plants will need different amounts of time depending on their size, what kind of trellis they require and how strong they grow during spring and summer. But general guidelines are to start giving them support around the third month after planting.

Water the vines

After your plant receives its first set of leaves, it needs water! Plants require constant exposure to water to grow healthier and more quickly.

Just like people, plants need to drink some amount of liquid every few hours. This is how their cells get hydrated and functioning.

When watering new plants, make sure to give them just enough water to see the surface of the soil wet. You can check this by looking at the droplets that come off the foliage when you hold the pot up to show the roots. If there are not many drops, then the plant does not need much water.

After several days, start giving your passion fruit vine less frequent doses of moisture. As it grows, it will use up any leftover water in the soil. Then, only water it once a week to keep it thriving.

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This could be due to it being exposed to very little light for too long, or it needing extra food as it grows. Either way, it is time to give it some brighter surroundings!

By setting it under a lamp with a light filter or using an indoor garden space that has limited natural lighting, you have given it what it needed to survive.

Sunlight is important

Just as with any other green plant, passion fruit vines will not grow if there is no sunlight. Luckily, they are able to survive up to five years without sunlight!

Since most people purchase new plants in spring or summer, when the vine does get enough sunlight during that time, it will be more mature and easier to train.

If you buy a young vine, though, then it must have adequate exposure for growth. You can position it under a light source or expose it towards direct sunlight.

Once it has established roots and made some leaves, it can be exposed to less sun until it matures.

Fertilize the vines

After your plant has produced several fruits, it is time to start fertilizing them. The most important factor in vine growth is adequate nutrition.

Vitamins and minerals play an integral part in cell division, which helps promote fruit production. Since passion fruit are close relatives of strawberries, they enjoy a nutritional boost from beaming with vitamins A and C as well as iron.

Make sure to give your plants enough of all four to ensure strong health and vibrant flowers and fruits.

Harvest the fruit

Once your passion vine plants are growing in size, it is time to start harvesting their fruits! Simply pinch off any leaves you see coming up through the soil surface and then pull down on the vines to retrieve the ripe fruits.

When they are dry and brown, they have stopped producing so leave them alone until they die! (This can take several weeks depending on the plant.)

After harvest, discard any seeds that remain inside of the pulp or wash the seeds by soaking them in water. This will help preserve the flavor.

Store the fruit

The next step in training your passion fruits is deciding where to store them! You can either put them in a bowl or use hanging baskets or pots to grow into larger plants.

Either option is fine, but remember that they need around one cup of fresh water per one half pound of pulp each week. Make sure to check it every few days!

If the plant needs more water than what it gets, it should be watered carefully so as not to drown it.