How to Plant Passion Fruit Seedlings? Detailed Guide to Planting and Harvesting Precautions
The shape of passion fruit closely resembles an egg, so it is also called egg fruit. Its fruit can be used not only as a fruit and vegetable, but also as feed for poultry. Passion fruit is very rich in amino acids, and its flavor is completely different from other fruits. It has a notably clear effect on promoting the human body's absorption and digestion and on beauty and skincare. It has gradually gained consumers' attention, and demand is growing higher and higher. So today the editor has brought you the planting methods for passion fruit. Let's take a look together!
1. Site Selection and Orchard Establishment
Before planting, you should choose a plot suitable for passion fruit growth. Passion fruit has a relatively strong ability to adapt to soil, so when choosing an orchard, try to choose a place that is sheltered from the wind and faces the sun, with fertile soil, loose and deep soil texture, and convenient drainage and irrigation. Because passion fruit is a vine fruit tree, after selecting the site, you need to start setting up trellises. This makes it easier for the vines to climb and develop later. For transplanting, try to choose weather with no sun that is relatively humid and cool. After transplanting, you can mix some organic fertilizer with soil, stir it, and use it to cover the soil, then water thoroughly to settle the roots, and then cover with grass material to preserve fertilizer and moisture and promote the growth of the roots and seedlings.
2. Pruning and Shaping
Pruning and shaping work is essential in the process of growing passion fruit. When the seedlings enter normal growth and development, the side buds of the seedlings should be removed in time. This can promote the growth and thickening of the main vine. When the main vine grows to a certain length, columns should be set up to manually assist it onto the trellis. When the fruit tree grows to maturity, prevent some branches from becoming leggy and overly lush, which would harm the growth and development of the lower part of the fruit tree and affect the air and light penetration in the orchard. After harvesting, prune the fruit tree in time. However, be sure not to prune too severely. Still, when the last batch of fruit has been harvested, cut all fruiting branches back to the base.
3. Water and Fertilizer Management
Passion fruit is very fond of moisture, but it is especially afraid of waterlogging and is not drought-tolerant, so during continuous rainy weather, drainage work in the orchard must be done in time, and during dry weather, the fruit trees must be watered in time. Especially during the fruiting period, the fruit trees have a very large demand for water, so you must ensure that sufficient water is provided for the fruit trees. Fertilization should have a reasonable plan; you cannot apply fertilizer in a biased or excessive way. In the early stage, more nitrogen fertilizer should be applied to promote the early growth and development of the fruit trees. Also note that during the fruit expansion period, this period is the most critical period for passion fruit, so strengthen its water and fertilizer management, and appropriately increase the application of potassium fertilizer to manually assist fruit expansion.
4. Timely Harvesting
After the passion fruit fruit matures, it should be harvested in time, but note that it must not be harvested too early, otherwise the ripeness will be insufficient and the commercial value will be affected. When most of the fruit has turned purple-red, it can be harvested. The color of the fruit is mainly determined according to the variety. Alternatively, you can wait until the fruit falls naturally after maturing. Naturally fallen fruit should be picked up as soon as possible, otherwise, if the fruit is exposed to wind and rain and the sun, it will easily rot. The maturity period is generally determined according to the flowering time, and there is no specific time rule.
The above is a brief introduction to passion fruit planting methods. Although the economic benefits of growing passion fruit are relatively high, it requires certain planting techniques. For example, during overwintering, pay attention to doing a good job of cold protection and heat preservation for the fruit trees, to prevent the fruit trees from suffering cold damage due to excessively low temperatures, and then triggering other pests and diseases. That is all for today's introduction. This article is for reference only, and I hope it can be helpful to everyone.