What are the reasons for losing money in passion fruit cultivation?

Passion fruit, also known as egg fruit, is a rather unusual fruit with a relatively large market demand in our country. There are quite a few people growing passion fruit now, but many growers find after planting that they are actually operating at a loss. It is hard to make money from growing passion fruit, and the profit margin is very small. So why does growing passion fruit lose money? Below, the editor will give you a brief introduction. Let's take a look!

1. Variety reasons

There are more and more passion fruit varieties on the market now, such as golden passion fruit, red-fleshed passion fruit, and so on. Many farmers want to grow them, but because of the variety's inherent traits, they are affected by various factors such as weather and environment. They can grow normally, but the amount of fruit they set is very poor, so a loss is inevitable. To grow them successfully, a high-quality seedling is very important. The market is now flooded with many unscrupulous sellers offering inferior varieties, diseased seedlings, and other poor-quality stock, leading to low fruit yields and seriously affected quality, so naturally no money can be made.

2. Immature techniques

Passion fruit has relatively strong growth ability. Although it is managed rather extensively and has high yields, only experienced growers know that although growing passion fruit is simple, managing it is not as easy as it seems. Passion fruit cultivation is still in development, and there are very few books on passion fruit growing techniques on the market, let alone videos. So many fruit farmers growing passion fruit now are exploring step by step on their own and gradually improving their cultivation techniques. Therefore, many beginners lose money when growing passion fruit.

3. Severe damage from pests and diseases

Passion fruit has very weak disease resistance, and wild passion fruit trees suffer very severe damage from pests and diseases. Moreover, pest and disease control for passion fruit is rather troublesome. For example, the common stem rot has high control costs and spreads quickly. Another example is green spot disease, which basically has no treatment value once contracted. After many pests and diseases occur, fruit farmers can basically only watch the trees gradually die. In addition, many fruit farmers cannot promptly identify pests and diseases, do not know how to use pesticides, and do a relatively poor job of prevention, so losing money in cultivation is inevitable.

4. Other reasons

Passion fruit has many pests and diseases, so various pesticides have appeared on the market. Many of the pesticides and fertilizers now used to treat pests and diseases are fake. Many unscrupulous sellers, under the banner of good treatment effects and thorough control, deceive farmers. Not only is the treatment ineffective, but it also delays the best time for treatment and increases cultivation costs. Moreover, when we grow them, we cannot guarantee the weather. If we encounter droughts, floods, typhoons, and other natural disasters, we cannot control them artificially either. These are the main reasons causing losses in passion fruit cultivation.

The above is a brief introduction to why passion fruit cultivation loses money. When growing passion fruit now, you must choose good varieties, improve your cultivation techniques, and strengthen management, so as to ensure you make money. Therefore, everyone must pay close attention. That is all for today's introduction. This article is for reference only. Thank you for reading and supporting.