5 Tips How To Grow a Ton of Passionfruit From ONE Passion Fruit!

In this video, I give you my 5 top tips on how to grow a ton of passionfruit all from just one passion fruit!
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[@misssootyhunt]

I have never commented on a youtube video in my life, sir... but watching you joyfully trundle through your garden with a passion fruit and speaking passionately about your vines has made everything in 2020 okay again. You should be voted president of our new pandemic-struck world.

[@rockyquinn3374]

It was “grows faster than a hair on a mole” for me

[@alwinwiles3506]

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[@GabrielGrech]

Hi Mark, did you ever had problems with cockatooes destroying your vines?

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[@cookielulis]

This man said 10 words and I was already subscribed. Such charisma, looks like a great pal

[@aaroncrawford3403]

Hit you right in the nuggen 😂

[@-mejor-que-nostradamus-6152]

I gonna say only one to you and you will get inlove with me. -

[@MassacreDLO]

@Mixologist I love you lolllll

[@ballistic350]

@Mixologist here in the north Midwest is expensive 1 is almost $4 lol

[@jackborris5474]

Fantastic men i can watch him for hours

[@sylviescopazzo2445]

I let mine grow wild, and OMG, they have taken over, but I love it! I did not fertilize at all, and my vines have TONS of fruit! I also just learned you can tea with the leaves!

[@wagnerrodrigues3610]

We have plenty of passion fruit in Brazil . It makes a refreshing juice

[@garyb47]

Don't forget, you can freeze the pulp for use during the off season and to flavour drinks and sweets. Just scrape out the pulp and freeze in ice cube trays, then store in zip lock in your freezer until needed.

[@bobrobertsNotUrBob]

Our plant was probably about 15 years old, it grew up the one tree that is close 3 stories high.it seemed to produce fruit all year( purple type) and produced so much we would give bags of them away every other week... we loved giving to the zoo.

[@murderyourlawn]

Here in Texas we grow passiflora incarnata which is native to our region! You can also brew the leaves as a calming tea. They also host native butterflies here! The flowers smell divine and pollinators love them too. I've just got a small trellis now but I will be building it out and maybe even over our shed to let it go crazy. You can propagate by cutting, layering, or root division!

[@lb6805]

In South Africa I've only ever seen the purple passion fruit (we call them granadilla). We usually leave them to shrivel-not dry out (off the vine) this let's them sweeten. In the shops the shriveled are also cheaper off the scale, as they have less water in them.

[@thepearlatelier4256]

This man is living the good life, this is why we need to have a garden and plant things there, so if anythg like covid happens, you know you will never grow hungry, and you can sell the surplus. Sigh....

[@eric_andrews]

I live in Colombia and the purple passion fruit here is called Gulupa, and they usually grow it in cold climates around 2000-3000 meters which vary between maybe 10-20 degrees celcius (so makes sense that grows better where you are), whereas the yellow passion fruit (different than yours, bigger), is more like 1000-1500 meters, warmer climates, probably like 20-30. We also have a cousin of the passionfruit that is orange called a granadilla that you crack open like an egg and its extremely sweet. That's my favorite by far!! Grows in colder climates as well, worth seeing if you can find in australia, cheers!

[@lb6805]

How interesting- we call the purple ones, granadilla in South Africa.

[@LS-sg8rb]

Passiflora ligularis, commonly known as the sweet granadilla or grenadia, is a plant species in the genus Passiflora. It is known as granadilla in Bolivia, Colombia, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Mexico, The Azores, South Africa and Peru; granadilla común in Guatemala; granadilla de China or parcha dulce in Venezuela and granaditta in Jamaica.

[@anam9621]

Granadilla is so sweet and so tasty! I’m from Peru so usually moms will remove seeds from granadilla and it’s the baby’s first food

[@eric_andrews]

@@anam9621 that's awesome

[@nisharebello4050]

Hi can I get some passion fruit seeds in orange(granadilla) like u said. I'm getting crazy to have one. Can u plz post me. Whr r u situated.?

[@PrincessNicole14an]

I had always problems with passion fruits. Thanks ❤️ for the important tips. There’s always something to learn from your videos. (Small update : We use tender passion fruit leaves as salad. Those are good for reduce blood pressure levels. We mix small chunks of leaves with scraped coconut, green chilies & onion. Mix altogether & heat 1-2 minutes. Or else just mix & eat.)

[@connectedtogod5679]

Thankyou for your tip ,iv got my 1st bloom this year planted strait from seed I didn't know you could eat leaves on it thankyou 😊 x

[@wendyhannan2454]

Me too, I could never grow them 🤔 I really do love passion fruit, maybe I’ll try again. Thanks Mark.

[@cyclamengarden]

I had to give your video a thumbs up as you were walking towards us with that huge bowl of passion fruit and a smile! Thank you!

[@olaffrance3398]

dude! because of your videos I wanna move to Australia and live there just like you, you grow so much good food because of that perfect climate and never ending summer

[@rogermarksmith1870]

Thats exactly what ive done moved to subtropical queensland

[@nowirehangers2815]

@@rogermarksmith1870 busting to move from tas to qld

[@helenflouch]

Go subtropical. Tropical can be exhausting.

[@user-fv9nl5nz1i]

In Japan, I grew one passion fruit for 3 years as the green curtain . I st year , I could only 3, next year could get more 50 and this year there are many buds . I'm looking forward them.

[@labellauk]

Wow! I was surprised to know that there is passion fruit vines in my neighbourhood. I discovered it by accident. My grandson & a friend were playing, picking something off the vine and just throwing them without a thought. Don’t you know it’s an expensive fruit & you’re just playing & throwing them around? They didn’t even know it’s a fruit!

[@rogierdikkes]

Great to make Italian ice cream from. My favorite! Wish I could grow them in the Netherlands without having to build a greenhouse

[@nursenickyislearningtodraw7219]

I really enjoy your passion for making these videos. I really enjoy watching them

[@juneshannon8074]

Nurse Nicky is Learning to Draw Mark is full of passion, lol.

[@dWhitaker951]

Nurse Nicky is Learning to Draw - I agree with you! This is my favorite channel on KZbin, hands-down!

[@Hanafimaslak-UK]

Lol

[@Odette321]

A ton of passion.

[@chgouralife]

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[@forced2makethisbloodyaccou355]

Basic gardening information. Not all of your fruits and vegetables will look perfect like the crops put into supermarkets. But they will taste much better, and even in some cases you may never go back! Once you have tasted full ripened foods what you get in a market seems flavorless and dull.

[@Selfsufficientme]

Very true! Cheers :)

[@BassSeduction]

Just ate some experimental bucket grown carrots, of the most densely planted lot carrots might be a strong word but made excellent sweet 'carrotsketti'!

[@XmasEve64]

True, i get the feeling they are picked way to early. We had lovely pears, cherries and prunes back home. Soft and sweet. The supermarkets seem to know what we like. Whats wrong with a somewhat bigger fruit or veggie.

[@forced2makethisbloodyaccou355]

@@XmasEve64 Apricots. Store bought have no flavor. The fruit of the Gods should never be described as bland.

[@AtlantaGuns]

That’s most likely due to the fact those commercial farmers inject those fruits with growth hormones which make them grow to full size much quicker but don’t have the time to properly ripen and develop the taste.

[@lilmisspeace]

I'm in an area where it frosts in winter and I put 2 passionfruit vines in. The purple variety has lasted through a winter and is out of control this year!! The root stock keeps shooting through my lawn and has even fruited!! The grafted in purple passionfruit shoot is so crazy that it has engulfed the entire fence and has so much fruit that I think the fence is going to collapse and I won't be able to give away enough of the fruit!! For a few dollars, this was a great choice and investment 🤩

[@elmarydeb7147]

I planted my first passion fruit this year in February, today the first 2 flowers are open and still alot on it's way to open. I am amazed at how quick it has grown. I live in Namibia, Africa the plant is in full sun all day, it gets water every 3days. Sooo excited. thanx for all the tips.

[@tuituiohaamoa7805]

Zz no

[@fugithegreat]

Really cold winter in Australia... still walking around in shorts. 😂

[@daniellemayne1178]

🤣🤣 I’m from the same area, our winter clothes are summer clothes + a jumper... sometimes 🤣🤣

[@Selfsufficientme]

Well, yes... ah, cold for us Aussies here on the Sunshine Coast lol... Cheers :)

[@johncook3496]

@@Selfsufficientme Hell, it's even cold where I am this year (near Airlie Beach). ps It's gunna get real cold in the next few years I think.

[@Fuzzinutt]

@@daniellemayne1178 Unless you live in amoungst trees, then your rugging up, until you venture into the sun! ;D

[@Fuzzinutt]

@@Selfsufficientme Yes Yes Yes!! Brrrrrrr ;D

[@theahate3606]

Hello sir! Im from the Philippines. We have a passion fruit like the ones in your garden in our school and some of our pupils love to pick it out and eat it for their recess. We call passion fruit here as Mirinda. It is nice to see passion fruit growing in your garden as the fruit is fairly familiar with me. It kind of reminds me of my childhood.😊

[@Selfsufficientme]

Hello Samantha! Thank you for sharing your story on Mirinda and how you still fondly think of it from your childhood. Cheers :)

[@theahate3606]

Self Sufficient Me You're very much welcome sir. Your videos have inspired me to start my own mini/small garden of fruits and vegetables that will fairly help me in the months or years to come. May your channel/videos continue to inspire more viewers like me. Cheers :)

[@babescayetano6253]

Hi Samantha. I'm also from the Phil but presently residing here in Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam. Yong father ko nkapgpbuhay nyang passion fruit, very long long time ago. Kc 64 nko and maybe that was 50 years ago. Ndi ko alam kung san nanggaling yong buto. Pro now klng alam n pwede pla kainin yan kundi kp npanood ito. Kc tinitimpla klng yan.

[@theahate3606]

Babes Cayetano Opo, pwede po s'ya kainin as raw. Naging familiar po ako sa fruit mga around elementary days ko po. Nuon 1 peso isa nyan and mabenta pa. Ngayon, bibihira nalang s'ya sa mga centro and hindi ko na rin alam kung magkano na per piece. Yung pagkain po namin nyan, nilalagyan namin ng kokonting asin yung laman then hinihigop.

[@litarathmann6737]

@@Selfsufficientme Hi Mark what well I do? My passionfruit not going good couse will is gitting flower is gitting dry and pill down in the ground?thanks

[@mrpat2563]

I have a passion to grow these! Thank you for all your tips.

[@josephfinds]

Thanks for being my friend. I’ve been garden g veraciously now for 4 months. It’s changed my life.

[@32zakk]

I love this guy I've been watching for weeks!!! About start gardening more and hopefully producing fruits within the next decade! This guy is the Steve Irwin of gardening I love it! Not afraid to tell it how it is and save us smaller folk a few bucks.

[@hokulanihale6702]

I have tried the green to yellow version and the purple version. The green to yellow version is amazing, fragrant and tasty. I wish more grocers and farmers market caught on to the green to yellow version. Surprised more people haven't discovered it.

[@felixcruz2497]

I grow passion fruit in New Jersey here in the United States. We have very cold winters and snow and they come back every year. Only thing is mine are a light green and aren’t hard shelled like the purple ones. And the pulp is a bright yellow to a light orange. But they’re very sweet.

[@edsantana2868]

I really like how enthusiastic you are with your garden.

[@vincentgayle8161]

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[@christiaandockers3755]

Thank you so much for all your videos and you are a great inspiration. We used to live in Suriname, south America, but we live in the Netherlands at the moment. We are building a new house in Suriname now, but it is not finished yet, but will be this year and I'm looking forward to move back and start gardening again. In our previous garden the passion fruit was one of the most productive plants, beside our mango trees. It ate all of our kitchen waste and turned it into fruit every day, year round. My morning retual was to pick up some passion fruits and mango's to put into the yoghurt and dump the kitchen waste into the bed. The bed for the passion fruit was 2m x 40cm x 40cm and I put a 2m high wooden frame behind it. It doesn't need much. The few passion fruit seeds from the kitchen waste maintained the cycle. I just cut the old ones at the base from time to time so the new plants could take over. Spiky gherkins sometimes sprung up in the same bed as well. :)

[@nationalAnalisis]

Nice

[@EggGorlComics]

I accidentally bought two of these! They were just labeled as a fancy spreading vine. So now they have nearly taken over and have two fruits already! They’re just about a year old! They look so nice on my front yard iron fence! Can’t wait to try one ☺️✨

[@ravingcuriosity6345]

Oh, Mark. Im surprised how you can make things interesting. When I read the title I thought: "simple - plant it, you lazy bum!", but your video was so much more than that! Im very glad for your content, man!

[@bethanytuise9037]

How do you know so much about gardening? It’s astounding!!!!

[@IAmTheOnlyMrDaryl]

One of the most beautiful flowers out there! They look out of this world.

[@user-ok2xx6nz6i]

This is Cool. This stuff is not bought in a store here, but grown by a guy that knows a lot of varieties, and he is so entertaining and teaches us for free! He want's us to be good at growing passion fruit trees too! Thanks for the You Tube Video's! Christie A. Lesko. :)

[@carolleenkelmann3829]

Yes, I DO know how much they cost! It's outrageous! It's become a "luxury item". I can't even buy frozen pulp! Gone are the days of Brissy Redlands. And how often have I dreamed and planned mentally how, when and where I would attempt this in a cold climate! So your video came as a welcome surprise. This knowledge has helped me no end. Many thanks. I don't expect that, if I ever get to growing them to some success, I doubt I may need the cement blocks, but... I've got an open mind and still positive . Cheers, Mate.

[@AwoooOga3503]

When I saw the title I didn't think twice I'll go all in now!!!!

[@juanitahughes3289]

the only passion fruit I have grown was self planted (i think) as it appeared from no-where. I just came across it when I went to a side of the house that was shaded a lot of the time and needing serious work. I was growing across the ground and using the bricks to grow on as well.

[@mohabatkhanmalak1161]

Our 4 passionfruit plants are doing well here in Rotorua, New Zealand. The first plant we got a year ago has flowers and 5 fruits which are about plum size. As you say, in winters they die down a bit - and we have frosty winters here, summers are blazing hot. I built a trellis of two wooden posts 2 metres apart with bamboo across, but I will build it over as an arch as you have shown. From youtube I have learnt that passionfruit loves company, so I have paired them on each trellis. Looking to growing more plants in another part of the garden next year. Its a delicious fruit with a nice perfume.

[@fccorps1252]

Hi how’s the passion fruit going now? I’m in here in nz aswell. Have a life style block and mark here is teaching me all the ropes lol

[@lunaroseh322]

I am SUPER jealous Mark. I love it so much, wish I can have it everyday despite inflation in Sydney 😂

[@ladyemerygizer]

In North Carolina in the US, we have a wild variety. It used to be on my parents' farm when I was a child. I'm over 60. They are called Molly Pops or May Pops.We didn't eat them. Few think of them as edible. We "popped" them by stomping them. The inside of the fruit looks nothing like you have. Here they're all white inside. Mom would pick the flowers and quickly made them look like ballerinas to entertain the children. She was a wonderful lady.

[@islandservicesofameliallc8130]

I love this guy. Kind of like Russell Crowe with a green thumb. Great video, thanks for sharing! All the best from Amelia Island, FL

[@whitediver45]

You're awesome mate ! Cheers from Texas, USA.

[@bobstuart9716]

What a great set of videos, mate. The ABC’s ‘Gardening Australia’ should hire you as a presenter. Or, better yet, go to one of the commercial channels - the sponsorship opportunities would be even more lucrative.

[@cathwillb]

The way you deliver the info is a little bit similar to a Play School entertainer, which means that my 3-year-old watches the video with me. This is really GREAT! Info is great too

[@nowwatchmeshutitdown]

I can always count on you to provide the garden info i need in a kind, fun, and informative way. Thanks mark!

[@jasonyager6088]

Thank you for all the videos, you are awesome mate! Your videos have gotten me passionate about gardening and growing as many fruit trees and veggies as I can in our back yard! I hope to be able to order some of those awesome galvanized raised garden beds very soon as well and will watch your video again on how to set them up! Cheers from central Florida, USA!!!

[@lovinglife8097]

I remember when I was a kid... Growing up in the Philippines.. Passion fruit was growing like weeds it was all over .. no one would eat them because they are sour.. but, they look beautiful when they ripen they were tons of fruits in just one plant..

[@marisolreyes3427]

Sr..... OMG,like the way you have the heart and passion of your garden ...... The way you take care of every detail..... Like all your information.... Today is my first day watching your channel and I all ready subscribe and thumb up..... I'm ready to see all your videos..... I really like garden....... Thank you so much...

[@wtliftr1]

we have Passiflora incarnata, AKA Maypop, native to our area (even have one growing in the flowerbed, planted by some animal). I think it tastes better than the purple passionfruit. It is cold hardy, vine dies down to the ground every winter, comes back from the root in the spring.

[@Loogiemistress]

I have fond memories of picking beautiful dark passion fruit from my uncle’s vine. I’ve never grown it but will try to this spring. Great video thanks :)

[@ThePlataf]

Love your vids. Right now, November 2022, its cold and wet in Melbourne, so I'm not optimistic about growing these beauties. No worries, I can always try when the weather stabilises.

[@taleinz1]

I have several plants and all produce heaps of fruit (am in the Sunshine Coast AUSTRALIA). My secret before planting is to buy a cow heart (yup you read right ). I dig a deep hole , place the heart at the bottom , add soil and then the plant. It works like a slow release fertiliser . .

[@telmasantos2560]

In Brazil lots of passion fruit. Blessings!

[@marianovoa3677]

About 2 years ago my cousin's wife made passion fruit juice from her garden in Puerto Rico and introduced me to this amazing fruit. Ever since then I've been passionate about passion fruit. Would love to grow it here in New York State. Need a greenhouse. Lol Thank you for your videos, love them!

[@KiwiCatherineJemma]

Yes in NY State you will definitely need a greenhouse (that stays above freezing 0*Celsius) , or grow them in some kind of conservatory/sun-room, heated enclosed porch, or inside your house by a large Sunny South Facing window in a large pot inside your house. I have gotten passionfruits growing just by taking a spoonful of fresh seed still in the pulp, and spread it thinly over normal potting mix in a plant pot, cover thinly with more potting mix and put in the sun to sprout. The varieties this guy is growing are the subtropical and tropical varieties and they're the fruits most commonly found for sale at shops. Note that several types called "Banana Passionfruit" which can be coloured yellow or creamy off white, and are NOT round but longer and thinner, are it seems more tolerant of cold conditions. (pictured briefly about 1m40s in the video) The cold tolerant ones are considered a weed by some in government here, because some may escape into the wild and grow in areas of native bush. So if you in New York State and have an unheated or not much heated greenhouse which still experiences some frosts, but NOT sustained below 0*C ( 32*F) then you should still be ok growing "Banana Passionfruit" even though it would be too cold in Winter for the subtropical types. The Banana Passionfruit varieties have a smaller matte leaf, about 4 inches or 100mm across at most I think, whereas the normal sub/tropical varieties leaves are glossy and can grow to measure about 8 inches/200mm across.

[@KiwiCatherineJemma]

@thatpat1 Umm, does passionfruit usually taste "sweet" ? It's always somewhat acidic right ? The banana passionfruits I have had in New Zealand were very much old, poor grade fruits picked up off the ground, but they tasted fine. (I only ate some, as I kept most of the fruit pulp for planting). I always expect them to have a slight acidic sort of "bite" to them. My Banana Passionfruit seedlings are growing slowly but steadily (It's mid-Summer here now) but even in hot subtropical climates it takes 15 to 18 months to get your first crop from a passionfruit vine. The white, off-white and yellow "Banana Passionfruit varieties come from mountain areas of South America and that's why they can survive slightly colder temperatures in Winter. Remember though that in New York New Jersey etc you'll need to keep all passionfruit varieties inside a house or frost-free greenhouse whenever temperatures will be close to freezing (0*C or 32*F). Good luck with your passionfruit endeavours. Remember that the (usually) purple varieties often sold in shops, need warm subtropical or tropical conditions to grow well.

[@invaderzim1265]

@@KiwiCatherineJemma So if I grow some passionfruit, in the South 7B, would that plant have time to produce fruit before winter?? 🙏😣🌱

[@KiwiCatherineJemma]

@@invaderzim1265 Probably not, unless perhaps if it was in some form of Greenhouse which made it grow even faster. Even in the Warm frost free subtropics (like the video featured above) I think it takes them 6 months or more, for their first crop of the subtropical/tropical Black Passionfruit. Regarding my Banana Passionfruit plants, I just have the first few fruits forming now, and it's well more than 18 months since sprouting the seeds. Might be 2 years exactly by the time they're ripe to eat. We don't use the USDA climate zone system here, but my climate here is unofficially 9a/9b. Some passionfruit plants are planted in the ground and climbing up strings along the brick walls of this home on the hotter Western side, so the warmth in bricks will keep some cold/frost away. I have other passionfruit plants in pots (the largest being 10 litre/2 Imperial gallon) plastic pots. They are under my "Hills Hoist" style laundry/washing line in the backyard, Eastern side of the building and out in the open more... Good luck with your plant growing experiments and remember even "failures" are just experiments and lessons learned.

[@theweaselplays]

try this method, if you have the available land area kzbin.info/www/bejne/kHXCZJKdqMympM0

[@ehonda2718]

I grew a passion fruit vine this year in a 300mm pot in Brisbane. All I fed it was a salmon head in the bottom of the pot, and worm pee every month or so. I’ve never had a bigger yield.

[@thereseneff5880]

Hi. I’m so excited. After no success with 9 various passionfruit plants on our property in southwest Victoria this year our 18 month old banana passionfruit is not only growing berserk but has fruit on it.....lots of fruit in fact. Now patiently waiting for it to ripen! So glad it has survived our cold frosty winter and is now almost ready to feed us. Love your videos. 😊

[@samtaylor5263]

Fantastic video, we moved into our first house this year, and your videos are the reason we've really got interested in gardening.

[@lisakukla459]

Thanks for doing this. I've never had a passion fruit before, but a few months ago, right after I moved, I found a smushy old one while I walked my dog. The inside smelled heavenly!! I saved the seeds and I'm so eager to plant them. I'm also keeping an eye on the fence near where I found it, because I'll bet it's just growing on its own. I'm in Oklahoma where the trees are still bare, so I can't tell yet. But now I feel much better prepared to grow this new and exciting addition! Thanks!

[@TnT_F0X]

I'm in the Northeast US. Cold Hearty Avacados would be difficult. I have apple Trees, PEar Trees, Mulberry Trees, grapes and raspberries... in fact I need to check how ripe the raspberries are tomorrow, only 3-5 days before they should be ready to pick.

[@sidicer33]

you're awesome man! I always feel happy after watching your videos

[@tsr-animations7798]

I'd love to see your top tips on how to grow a ton of Peppers, whether they be hot or mild. Awesome video :)

[@shirleymccoombes9153]

Great to see a you tuber in SE Qld I also live in this area, I only have a house block but I love to grow my own fruit and veg. So glad I found your channel.

[@mo_bra3340]

I love your channel!!! Thanks for the tips! 🙂

[@jcweld]

The maypop variety grows well in colder climates where you wouldn't think you could have passionfruit. No diseases or pests either here in Virginia.

[@heatherwatson8273]

Hi Mark, my husband was amazed to see your green and yellow passionfruit, we come from NZ and have only ever seen the purple type, the last property we bought over there, had a passionfruit vine growing on it. We'd never grown it before and asked others about it. The previous own had made a wooden box and sat it on the concrete path along side a concrete water tank, for the plant to grow over the tank, the plant was doing really well and we we're told passionfruit love lime and maybe that's why it had been planted on top of the concrete, so the plant could take lime from the concrete...it was still going strong when we left 6 years later.

[@apocaliptoe]

Oh man I'm addicted to gardening and your vids are excellent

[@plandemic4551]

Speaking of a "hair on a mole" you can rub baking soda paste on an raised mole daily for a few days to a week and it will fall off! Use it like sanding grit, and can mix with an oil, like coconut oil or even just a little water.

[@catherinesmith3469]

Thanks for the tips! I just finished building my trellis and the passion fruit vine is already climbing!!

[@mikel5582]

Wow Mark, that's a nice harvest! I planted my first passion fruit last fall or early winter (I'm in a frost-free region) and the vines are taking off like mad along a wood fence in my very small yard. I need rethink the support structure before they overtake my 2 smallish citrus trees. Thanks for your informative and inspiring videos!

[@schahrazadmustapha2529]

Thank you for the tip and the great ideas I'm from Florida and I just started growing passion fruits in my garden.

[@mirrorblue100]

You have a great set up there. Dang - I wish I lived in a warmer climate - I can grow flowers galore but no fruit. Thanks for the great video.

[@mrs8792]

Passion fruit is wild in the Ozark mountains of Arkansas, USA. They have incredibly beautiful blossoms and taste citrus like. Arkansas has such incredible wild foraging areas. They have wild grapes, herbs and wild mushrooms. Thank you so much for making this video🌺

[@rubert134]

I have a few passion fruit vines that I started from seeds from fruit that I bought from the grocery store. In my area the winters are cold (zone 5) so I bring them indoors for the winter. The room I keep them in for the winter is unheated. They lose some leaves but they come back in the spring.

[@doriswoo4455]

Enjoy your presentations, always light hearted & informative. Your are so lovable !!

[@MeanOldLady]

Yeah, wish he was my neighbor. =) (Not that mine are bad, but it would be nice to have someone who loves to & is good at gardening for a neighbor.) =)

[@Selfsufficientme]

Thank you Doris! :)

[@mileymartinez1087]

Love how you explain everything in a detailed way...👍👍👍 learned a lot today!

[@sylphienne]

I used to have a huuuuge purple variety of passion fruit growing at my old house on the side fence of the house, it was a very shaded area and it was planted there before i was born. It lasted for more than 10 years. Constantly fruiting, and with healthy dark green foliage all over the fence, mind you it only had water and my parent never really was interested in gardening, so it didn’t get fertilised either.

[@jelatinosa]

One of my favorite fruits! We buy them 3 for a dollar where I live usually. Passion fruit grows well here in PR. I can't grow them because I only have a balcony to grow on and they take up quite a bit of space, but my mom's neighbor grows some and he sometimes gives my mom a bag full, and she gives most of them to me!

[@desertblade1874]

Some random KZbinr: green passion fruit is poisonous Me: been eating green variety since childhood 😂😂😂lol

[@MasterMichelleFL]

🤣😂🤣😂😳

[@Justin-bc7md]

Same

[@romanoaugusto7137]

@@MasterMichelleFL Passion fruit ready to eat when full down.

[@helenflouch]

Are you dead ? 😱😎😁

[@misst1586]

My vine just flowered for the first time this year. Many buds.

[@Lisa-pe6dl]

Thanks for your farm history info and great conversation too Mark

[@leonardojorgecarneiro8887]

Hello, you are certainly a cool guy! Passion fruilt is very popular around here in Brazil. It is just not so comom to eat it like this. Normaly we make juices, mousses, cakes etc. And, yes, they are quite expensive here too. I realy enjoied your vídeo, land and cool accent. Greetings from Rio.

[@Mr6Sinner]

Can you do some videos describing the best things to grow in different climates or dirt types?

[@Selfsufficientme]

I have noted your suggestion down - thank you! :)

[@johna756]

Great video, thanks for the tips!

[@josephtiraco350]

cant wait to get my first crop, we live in Florida and the flower is something to see

[@mariap.894]

Joseph T. Wow! I've been thinking about getting one. May I ask what kind did you get? What growing zone are you in and where did you purchase it? I'm in zone 10a East Florida. Thank you kindly in advance🙏❤🌻

[@TalentedDilittante]

Thanks so much for explaining this! Although of the same family, those you are growing are yellow granadilla, aka maracujá. "Passion fruit," aka red granadilla, is larger and not so spherical.

[@collectivelycurious3177]

It would be interesting to see a “small space garden” challenge! As an international student my prospects for gardening at home are pretty restricted with the balcony my apartment has. It’s a good space, but doesn’t get much sun. I’m slowly finding veggies that might survive.

[@ericscavetta2311]

You should give it a go! I have 3 Passionfruit vines (purple variety) on my patio in the city. It gets afternoon sun only and does well. I’m in USDA zone 10a (San Francisco similar to Perth and Capetown), but it took 2 years to get more than a few fruit. Make sure the container is wide enough as the roots like to spread horizontally.

[@walcotttracey12]

Excellent Video Mark. Very enlightening and entertaining!

[@DropBearClaire]

We grow the purple Passionfruit in Melbourne! ( well our Neighbours do and we reap the benefits on our side of the fence)

[@tudodibao3916]

Yes, I like it, I do have yellow passion fruit in my back yard, I had tried others, but the yellow ones has the best flavor. From Florida USA

[@soundsofmicronesia2587]

You can use young leaves for the salad with grated coconut.

[@Selfsufficientme]

Oh really! Thanks for sharing your experience :)

[@soundsofmicronesia2587]

@@Selfsufficientme The young shoots are good...

[@Fuzzinutt]

Thanks for that tip Sounds, it's surpising to find what you can eat on a lot of plants....just the other day I found a recipe for cooking banana flowers (those flowers that don't produce anymore bananas). Waste not want not!! ;D

[@amajen5296]

@@Fuzzinutt Yes, its a staple in India Bangladesh Malaysia etc. We can learn!

[@WHDRWN]

Can't believe i hadn't thought of this

[@sharonpotter9932]

I love your videos, funny and informative, cannot wait to get passionfruit on my vines!

[@maryfernando7545]

You are fantastic. You make it sound so easy and so much fun. I find the beginning is the hardest with the setting up of the site and all the support structures. I find this part hardest because I am on the old side and have no one to do the hard yakka. But that will not stop me from trying because I love eating. Some time ago I had a couple of vines and I was scoffing them everyday so much so my perspiration started to smell like passion fruit. I shall start digging the holes for the posts now that it is not so hot. It will take me a lot longer than most people. It will be a slow and steady affair but will get there. Thank you very much. Enjoyed your video very much.

[@NumberOneGra]

All your videos are worth watching and sharing, Mark. Thank you!! I´m in Argentina, the weather in my region is temperate, with hot summers and short, mild winters (with some frosty nights). I grew my passion fruit vine from seeds that came from Australia (purple variety), and I´ve just had the first fruits! the seeds were planted in april 2019. I grew the seedlings indoors in pots the first year. The plant grew like crazy when I put it in the ground last summer, now it´s all cover with anti frost cloth. I lear a lot from your videos! many blessings for you, your family and your beautiful garden!

[@dujonmichael5531]

He there here in st lucia we plant and harvest within a year

[@user-fr4hw5ky5d]

Thanks Mark! I really needed this video as a beginner to growing passion fruits, just that extra confirmation from Mark, making sure I'm doing everything right hahaha. When I was a kid growing up in Canton, southern China, I knew if I sprinkle any seed in my grandma's backyard it definitely will grow like a weed, and there's enough rainfall to sustain the plant even if you don't water it. But it's really tough here in Perth, Australia, with that sandy soil you really need to put in tons of effort to grow good fruits and veg. Really looking forward to when my baby fruits, with having it for a year now already, hopefully it won't discourage my PASSION hahaha oh daddy jokes---

[@bobstuart9716]

If you’d consider moving to the Swan Valley, say, around Guildford, the soil is a lot more fertile and workable.

[@user-fr4hw5ky5d]

@@bobstuart9716 Such great tip! Would love to go to those areas! Especially Guildford, such a neat little suburb (though frequently having planes so close above is slightly scary). Will definitely watch on_ market&interest rates right now make living quite unaffordable, but big block gardening& domestic animal farming is ultimate dream.

[@auroraarcturusambassador8042]

Thank you, Love your reminder of how naturally Abundant life is!

[@thechaosgardener]

Thanks for the advice! Adding some passion fruit to my permaculture garden

[@thebeststooge]

Trivia I actually DO care about, mate.

[@maxpwr_fpv4987]

@@texasrox2010 Wise guy, eh? 😂

[@darrenjray]

I was a Shemp fan.

[@nabadon2853]

I came here to agree dat I do care about the trivia... And now y'all got me remembering something I forgot.... I was Hella. Young wen my older brothers put this on...1993-94-ish... Anyways I agree... I do care about the trivia....

[@amaillem6299]

Hey Mark, fantastic video! I planted out a few seeds but now that I'm ready to plant in the ground, it's more than I need, what did you do with your excess seedlings?

[@loulouassat2204]

Excellent tips as per usual 😃. Thank you Mark!

[@RobStaniford]

My panama gold grows in a garden bed that is just sand next to a colorbond fence in a suburban backyard (perth) its thriving and has been the last 2 years of its life and producing lots of fruit.