Honeybees are too small for effective pollination usually. They go after the nectar and don’t bump up against the anthers or pistils. Bumblebees and carpenter bees are best. I once had a Frederick growing up an Arbutus ‘Marina’ that blooms constantly. It attracted dozens of carpenter bees which would then go on to pollinate the passionflowers.
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They are self fertile, but still need pollinators to transfer pollen from the anthers to the stigma. I hand pollinate mine as I want as much fruit as possible. I also cross pollinate to help fertilize non-self compatible flowers with others.
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Correct!
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That looks amazing. Didn’t know they could get so big
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Welcome to the forum!
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Yeah you were correct. Not much flavor and weird texture to this one. I was afraid to even try it lol
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Do you have any others ones ripening right now? I hand pollinated one 2 years ago and have been growing it indoors hydroponically until just about a month ago. Not sure whether or not it’s just purple possum or a purple possum and red rover hybrid since i had both at the time. Been growing them in Colorado for the last few years but the hail kept killing my outdoor ones so i kept it inside for years. Just moved to Washington state and starting over with my edible passion fruit collection
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I wasn’t growing that it was a volunteer I see every year. This year I tried some and while they’re very pretty I don’t think the flavor and texture are for me. I’m sure there are better types out there to try.
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I got to taste the Chinese passion fruit called Qinmi#9 this week and it is very good. Best tasting so far for me, it has a brix =18-24 which is the highest sugar passion fruit I had. I will be growing it and hope next year I get some fruits. I posted my favorites so far on the TFF so I’ll post it here now:
- Qinmi #9, yellow fruit outside, brix =18
- Stephen’s Brazilian yellow , brix =16
- Dennis Large yellow (above), brix =8 but I will take more readings in a few weeks since I only one fruit to taste before.
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This is the video made by Aaron who let me taste his Qinmi #9 today, very good.
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Just a follow up on this variety.
He let me go visit another lady who has two of these Qinmi#9 vines growing which had many (30-40) fruits hanging on the vines. We did a group taste test with samples I took and their fruits, tested brix. The results were the same, Qinmi#9 is excellent, even the green/pale white skin fruits measures in with brix=19. I didn’t expect that, but was still better than the others. These vines seem to grow just as fast as the regular purple vines(Fredericks, possum purple, etc). So the vines of Qinmi#9 was only 2yrs old, but already fully established on trellis, growing about 15ft long (arching so you can walk under) with lots of fruits. So far, this one is the best to me. But for those who like the acidic taste, this one has none that I can taste, then you may want to stick with the Fredericks or the Hawaiian lilikoi types.
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Pink Pop produced hollow fruits for me. Curious how yours turn out.
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I picked up a Qinmi#9 vine along with a few test fruits. I agree, very good with no acidity whatsoever. It is very sweet. Almost honeylike.
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Mine are all really tasty, not hollow. They seem to be prime ripe still green just with a tinge of yellow and not wrinkly
Brix about 12
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Yup, my favorite now.
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I (hopefully) just got a Quinmi#9 off ebay.
Wonder how touchy it is to cold because I’m in zone 9a-b. Really I just want seeds to bring down to my place in Baja, so I can grow it frost free with my mangos, but if it works further north, I’m happy.
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A huge milestone! The Passiflora Lingularis grown from seeds is finally blooming almost 6 years later. It also is turning a variegated purple color. I will need to see if it is self fertile or if another variety can get it to set fruit. My second vine is not blooming yet.
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Is that a variegation as well?
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