something new......

Jimmyjonestoo

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• Mar 19, 2012

• #1

Finally got some to break the soil. Banana passion fruit.

 

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dannyboy602

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• Mar 20, 2012

• #2

Sounds delicious.

 

scroglodyte

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• Mar 20, 2012

• #3

it does sound yummy. good jelly fruit.

 

Jimmyjonestoo

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• Mar 20, 2012

• #4

I've never grown them before. Ill post more pictures as the grow progresses.

 

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Azoned

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• Mar 20, 2012

• #5

they ARE good.
They're called papaya lilikoi in HI.

1st pic is not what you have. #2 is yours and #3 is one of the best things to do with them. They are very good out of hand, too.
good luck with them!\
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regards,
Azoned

 

dannyboy602

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• Mar 22, 2012

• #6

how many years till you get a fruit? or months?

 

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Azoned

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• Mar 23, 2012

• #7

Don't really know. They grew wild in HI and everything is a perennial...tomatoes, peppers, eggplant.....

 

Jimmyjonestoo

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• Mar 26, 2012

• #8

dannyboy602 said:

how many years till you get a fruit? or months?

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According to some of the research I've done it might take up to two years to see a harvest.

 

dannyboy602

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• Mar 27, 2012

• #9

Makes sense.

 

Jimmyjonestoo

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• Apr 19, 2012

• #10

So I went ahead and did some transplanting of the passion fruit seedlings. I put three of them into a 20 gallon pot with a homemade trellis. The last four are each in a 5 gallon pot for now two outside with the other 3 and two in my flower room just in case we have a frost and I forget to cover everything I havnt lost everything. They have really grown the last couple days since these pics were taken.

 

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EROsain

Active Member

• Apr 20, 2012

• #11

interesting fruit ...
sometimes its worth it to wait that long, i know they will prolly me more like vines but i have a few mango trees, took a while but i get a large harvest every year , and ive never tasted fresh mangoes anywhere else every store bought one taste like water ,

 

Jimmyjonestoo

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• Apr 20, 2012

• #12

I wouldn't mind growing a mango tree but I keep on buying stuff that needs dragged inside every winter and my garage already looks like an indoor forest over winter lol.

 

EROsain

Active Member

• Apr 21, 2012

• #13

i d k how good a mango tree would fair agains't frost

 

PIPBoy2000

Active Member

• Apr 21, 2012

• #14

Not well. They freeze very easily. Only the most mature and established trees can make it through a hard freeze and still, all the new growth will get burnt.