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Breeding methods and precautions of Passiflora

Mike Ehrmantraut
2020-08-31 11:00:03
Passiflora's flowers are large, light green, and contain a lot of aromatic substances, which can be processed into juice. It is a very ornamental and practical plant, so how to cultivate this plant? What should we pay attention to? Let's have a look.

Culture method of Passiflora

soil

Passiflora has strong adaptability and not strict requirements on soil. It can be planted in front of the house and behind the house, in the mountain and on the road. However, it is the best soil with rich organic matter, loose, deep soil layer and good drainage.

Illumination

Passiflora is a tropical and subtropical plant. It likes sunshine and sunny living environment. So it's best to plant in sunny place, and put it on the windowsill with sunny south.

watering

Passion fruit has strict requirements for water, which is afraid of water accumulation and drought. If water shortage occurs during flowering and fruit bearing, the fruit will be small, the quality will decline and the fruit will fall.

fertilization

In the initial planting of Passiflora, the application of basal fertilizer should be combined with hole planting.

Apply 10-15kg rotten farmyard fertilizer to each hole, and then plant after backfilling the hole soil. Every year, after fruit picking, pruning and weeding should be combined to apply sufficient base fertilizer. Each plant should be applied with 8-10kg of mature organic fertilizer.

Passiflora edulis cultivation method

Notes on the culture of Passiflora

Moderate watering

In the dry season, water in time, in the rainy season, pay attention to timely drainage, usually to ensure that the soil does not turn white, when flowering and fruit bearing, the soil moisture content should be kept maximum, but not waterlogging.

Timely topdressing

Passionflower top dressing is generally carried out after the survival of planting, once a month, first thin and then thick, with the application of thin fecal water as the best.

After planting, the seedlings should be watered and drained in time, combined with the application of light fertilizer or foliar fertilizer for 2-3 times. Foliar fertilizer can be sprayed with 400 times of maobifeng solution.

Less nitrogen

Passion fruit is sensitive to nitrogen fertilizer. Excessive application of flowers before flowering is likely to lead to overgrowth, so more P and K fertilizer should be applied.

Precautions for Passiflora edulis cultivation

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