Passion fruit, anyone growing it?

[Tracydr]

They have some AZ native passifloras at the local nursery. I'm thinking about getting a couple.
Still trying to find purple passion fruit/ Frederick. I'd also like some yellow, although I heard they don't handle our extreme heat as well. Should do okay in Tuscon.
106 yesterday and was 83 this morning at 7AM when I left the house.
I'm pushing for Ft. Collins or Santa FE/ Albequerque for our move next year. Ready for cool summers and snowy winters.

[Worth1]

You plant these things and they shall come.
At least they did for me.
It is called the, (Gulf Fritillary Caterpillar.

As soon as I planted my passion fruit vine it was covered in these things.
They look like they sting but they dont.
They turn into a butterfly.
http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j...Gfgi0g&cad=rja

I would like to add that not all passion fruit is fertile it is the result of hybridization and they wont set fruit.

Mine didn't get watered enough while I was gone so it died.

Worth

[HiPoha]

So, Desertlzbn, how's your passion fruit growing? I had one plant, a lilikoi, that grew from a bird dropping ( I didn't plant it), and it grew up two stories, covering up my balcony. It was self pollinating and during peak fruiting, I would have a bag of 70 in a weeks time. Best way to prepare them is juice. Boil the pulp in water and pass it through a screen. Add sugar or mix it with orange juice for a tangy blend. I had to pull this plant out when I painted my house . I replanted with a purple variety in May. It's growing slow now, but I know it will make accelerated gains in the coming months.

[desertlzbn]

Well, the banana passion plant and my liliko were the only ones that came up, and I was not watering them nearly enough so they were not growing too well but I started watering more about a month ago, and they are skyrocketing up. I sure hope I get some fruit before it freezes. Probably around November.

[meadowyck]

sure they don't need to be scratched then soaked in hydrogen peroxide to aid with germination.

I don't grow them as a friend does and after about 2 years they die off and she starts more. The fruit is great, the flower are beautiful, but I won't grow them as the raccoons love them and come for them, so I don't need those animals coming into my yard to interact with my collies.... nope so I just pick a few when I'm over visiting my friend.