Does anybody know what this fruit is ?!? - Page 2

 hey Jules thanks very much for the feedback,


same, that's why I didn't even recognise these as banana passionfruit ... I
guess the longer yellower ones are the nicer varieties, whereas this orange
one is chosen simply for its vigorous rootstock, with total disregard to the
quality of the fruit or weed-like growing potential due to the grafting.


I think I will chop my banana passionfruit vine in the next day or two,
because the fruit is afterall quite bland, and I don't want it taking over
the Nelly Kelly grafted vine which is currently doing pretty well.  No signs
of its rootstock shooting off any banana passionfruit branches yet though so
she's going well.

It's only one physical banana passionfruit vine tho, so surely if I chop it
at its base and pull the rootstock out that should be the end of it ???

Cheers

 Dave -Turner wrote:

Alternatively, since you have a strong rootstock growing, why not cut it
back a bit (to say a foot long main stem) and graft a piece (or two?) of
your Nelly Kelly to it.  Kill two birds with one stone - so to speak ;)

Had similar problem with the graft taking over before I realised what
had happened.  Unfortunately I chopped plant out before I thought about
it .... what if I graft to the vigorous growth  :-(

avagoodone
giovani

 



hmmmm. good luck! reminds me of privet.

jules

 
so even if i physically remove the rootstock there's a chance it'll spring
back up??? but .... how ???
again i'm only talking about the one rogue vine! :-)

 

Dave -Turner wrote:

Let us know how you go with that. It'd be nice to hear from a person who
actually beats it. I don't have a good record for beating these things
because I work full time so I don't really find the committment for it.
I did beat one privet once. There's two others I haven't beaten, and I
beat a running bamboo many years ago.