When to plant passion fruit? How many years does it generally take to bear fruit?
Because passion fruit is a fruit with very rich nutritional value, the current market demand for passion fruit is actually growing continuously. In particular, some beauty-loving female friends have truly made an indispensable contribution to driving passion fruit market consumption, so growing passion fruit has also become a hot spot in the current planting industry. So how is passion fruit grown?
When to plant passion fruit
Passion fruit has wide adaptability and does not demand much from the soil. It can be planted sporadically in front of and behind houses and around cattle sheds and pig pens; as long as there is space to build a trellis, it can be planted. Production bases should choose garden plots with deep soil layers, loose soil, good drainage and good ventilation as the best option. The planting times for passion fruit are March-May and September-October. If grown in a greenhouse, it can be planted in winter.
How many years does passion fruit generally take to bear fruit
Passion fruit generally can bloom and bear fruit in the same year it is planted. Under normal circumstances, if planted in February or March in spring using high-quality cutting seedlings for establishment, and if water and fertilizer are sufficient and management such as training and pest control is appropriate, then flowering can begin successively around the end of May. After natural pollination or artificial supplementary pollination, the fruit develops for 50-60 days and then matures around after the end of July, when harvesting can begin. However, if seedling plants obtained from seed sowing are used for planting, after spring planting with appropriate management, only a small number of flowers will open around after September, and fruit development requires more than 70 days. Therefore, only after November will a small number of mature fruits be available for harvest.
Passion fruit's requirements for the growing environment
1. Temperature
The most suitable growing temperature for passion fruit is 20-30 degrees. Generally, it grows best at temperatures not lower than 0 degrees. At minus 2 degrees, the plant will suffer severe damage or even die. Areas with an annual average temperature above 18 degrees are most suitable for planting and are likely to achieve a bumper harvest. Therefore, it is most widely distributed in the warm and humid places of the south.
2. Moisture
Passion fruit has relatively high water requirements. With rainfall between 1500-2000 millimeters and evenly distributed, it will grow better. In areas developed for commercial planting, precipitation should not be less than 1000 millimeters. Passion fruit is relatively drought-tolerant, but when drought occurs, irrigation is still needed. If the soil is too dry, it will affect the vines and fruit, and in severe cases the branches will appear withered. During the rainy season, attention should be paid to drainage.
3. Light
Passion fruit likes sufficient sunlight, as this promotes vine growth and nutrient accumulation. Long-term sunshine conditions are favorable for passion fruit flowering. In areas with annual sunshine hours of 2300-2800 hours, passion fruit has good vegetative growth, accumulates more nutrients, grows vines quickly, bears fruit early and yields abundantly.
4. Soil
Passion fruit has strong adaptability and does not demand much from the soil. However, for large-scale production, the soil layer should be at least 0.5 meters deep, and the soil should be fertile, loose and well drained, with a soil pH of 5.5-6.5 being suitable.
The producing areas of passion fruit
Passion fruit originated on the American continent, that is, the earliest tropical rainforest region of the Amazon River in South America. Later, passion fruit was grown in South America, Southeast Asia, South Africa, Australia and various regions of the South Pacific, as well as most tropical and subtropical regions.
China now also has many passion fruit producing areas. In our country, passion fruit producing areas are mainly distributed in the southern region. Guangxi is now China's most important passion fruit producing area. In addition, Guangdong, Fujian, Hainan, Taiwan, China and other places are also important passion fruit producing areas in our country. Among them, Beiliu City in Guangxi has received the title of “Hometown of Passion Fruit”!
Today, after more than 10 years of development, Beiliu's passion fruit planting area had already exceeded 30,000 mu in 2016, and 3 relatively large passion fruit juice production enterprises have been developed. Among them, Guangxi Hongbang Food Company can produce 1300 bottles of passion fruit juice per minute, sold across the country. There are more than 50 e-commerce enterprises selling passion fruit, with total sales in 2016 reaching tens of millions of kilograms. Online sales of passion fruit account for 70% of the national share, ranking first in the country.
The planting time of passion fruit is chosen according to the environment of the planting site. In short, there are still quite a few planting times for people to choose from. In addition, at present, if you want to do a good job with passion fruit, you can learn from Beiliu in Guangxi, and how to build your own passion fruit industry into a second Beiliu.