Drop a passion fruit into a flower pot and in 30 days it grows into a potted plant; next year you will have more fruit than you can eat

Flower pots at home can be used not only for growing flowers but also for growing fruit, such as the common passion fruit. There are mainly two ways to propagate passion fruit: one is to sow seeds directly, and the other is to propagate from vine cuttings. If we choose to grow it in a flower pot, it will definitely be by sowing seeds, so drop the "passion fruit" into a flower pot, and after 30 days it becomes a potted plant; next year you will have more "fruit" than you can eat!

Growing passion fruit in flower pots

Passion fruit can be grown on a balcony. One flower-growing enthusiast did just that: he dropped a passion fruit into a flower pot, and after the first month of growing, it really did look like a potted plant. Now it is the ripening season, and the plant is loaded with fruit hanging all over the branches, making people's mouths water. The enthusiast said his passion fruit was planted five years ago, when a good friend gave him a seedling. He first planted it in a small flower pot, and having heard that passion fruit is a vine, he set about building an iron frame so it would have room to grow.

He first bought angle iron at the market, then asked a friend who knew how to weld for help, and it took several weekends before the frame was up. The vines quickly climbed the uprights and covered the iron frame, with luxuriant branches and leaves like a natural large sun umbrella. The enthusiast placed a table and chairs under the green canopy as a place to drink tea and chat.

Now October is exactly the time when passion fruit bears fruit. Add enough base fertilizer to the pot, and of course farmyard manure is best. Move the grown seedlings into the planting pot; the prepared planting pot should be fairly large, as this helps produce more fruit. In the rainy season, pay attention to drainage, and water promptly during drought. Generally, after the fruit is picked, leave 3~4 nodes on each side vine and cut it back short to encourage new side vines to grow. But note that every summer you must properly prune out overly dense branches, weak branches and diseased or pest-infested branches.

Growing vegetables in flower pots

On a balcony you can also grow some vegetables. It is more suitable to grow light-loving, shade-tolerant vegetables, such as onions, leafy lettuce, baby bok choy, chives, loofah, cilantro, radishes and so on. But a west-facing balcony with afternoon sun in summer can scorch the vegetables, and in severe cases they will die, so it is best to grow heat-tolerant vegetables on the balcony.

After growing passion fruit and vegetables on the balcony, it becomes a great leisure spot. Whenever work is tiring, you can sit here, take a look around and relax. Sometimes a group of music-loving friends also gather under this green fruit trellis, playing instruments, singing, making tea and chatting, fully enjoying the pleasures of life. Interested flower enthusiasts can give it a try.

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