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Posted by roughie tasmania aust (My Page) on
Sat, May 20, 06 at 8:01

I have a Nelly Kelly vine, two years old and healthy. I feed if with plenty of sheep manure, & once a month i feed it with sulphate of ammonia. The vine runs north south and is loaded with fruit. My problem is that thr fruit have a real thick skin. What am i doing wrong.All suggestions welcome.
Roughie


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RE: passionfruit

nothing wrong - sometimes passionfruit develop thick skins - it may be genetic or environmental.

we feed ours once every 6-8 weeks with liver water 0 0 that's the water that you soak lambs fry in before peeling the meat. our passionfruit vine is over 20 metres long now and pretty much covers the full fence. We occassionally get thick skinned fruits, but the pulp still tastes the same.


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RE: passionfruit

I grew a Nelly Kelly when I lived in Melbourne and never did I feed it. I found that the only time the fruit got those thick skins was when it was about five years old. It was in a raised bed and so productive. Do you water it enough. As Paradisi said the fruit taste the same just harder to get into Have a look at the link below you may find your answer there even if it is from Qld..Cheers..MM.

Here is a link that might be useful: Passionfruit.


 
 

 

 


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