Thanks for this and all your other inspiring videos. This spring I received a few Passiflora Edulis seedlings. They've grown like crazy, but they are unlikely to survive the Zone7 winter here in N.C. I was describing my plants to my dad. He said they sound like maypops, which he used to step on as a child while picking cotton in the fields. So my dad and I went back to a field that my grandpa and other old timers used to cultivate. There I found some native Passiflora and made a couple of cuttings for myself. I watched your Passion flower propagation video to help me. So far, my cuttings are doing great. The leaves aren't even wilted.
You are correct the Passiflora edulis is a great plant but it is zoned 9 to 11, it probably will not grow in zone 7. The Maypop on the other hand is much hardier and should grow fine for you. The only down side to Maypop is it doesn't have the same tangy taste an aroma of P. edulis but it is sweet and edible. In zone 7 it is your best choice. Thanks for watching and I am glad I was able to help out. Aloha, Bill
There's something really satisfying about propagation. I feel like I'm stealing or getting something for free. I really do need to really make some kind of list of what plants can be propagated. Great video, as always, Bill.
While working in nursery I often had clients tell me that gardening was expensive. To me this seemed contrary to the main reason we plant stuff. I set out to prove they were wrong. For years now my gardening has not only paid for it's self but has made enough profits that I have to declare taxes or get in trouble with the IRS. If your garden isn't making you more wealthy then a second look at what is going on there is called for. There are a few good books out there about plant propagation and I use them frequently but mostly I just make cuttings and watch what happens. I have never seen caution about rooting hormones on Passiflora in the books. I learned that by trying it. Thanks for watching. Bill
I've really gotten into fig collecting/propagating in the last couple years. Tasty tasty and insanely profitable for people with enough vested interest in certain exotic and rare named cultivars. Some of these guys on forums and ebay are selling a single cutting for $150. A single rooted plant for upwards of $1000.
Call me old fashion but that sort of inflated pricing of plant material I find extremely distasteful. They did that to the Ae Ae Royal variegated banana here on the Island. Demand for the plant off Island stripped almost every specimen out of every yard around. I only know of two left. Plants have traditionally been priced by difficulty of propagation and time it takes to cultivate with a mark up for patents. When people become greedy about plants I am unimpressed to say the least.
Figs are a lot of fun. I used to collect them when I lived in California. Even the smallest branch will produce a full tree in time. The California Rare Fruit Growers used to put up figs at the annual scion exchange. They often had dozens of rare varieties on the table. You could help yourself for a $5 donation at the door.
GreenGardenGuy1 They are a lot of fun. This year I've branched out into experimenting with grafting slow growing varieties like Black Madeira and Col de Dame Blanc onto vigorous rootstock (mainly Brown Turkey). The inflated value of cuttings and trees on eBay's become quite the controversy. Particularly, the subject of a fig called "Ponte Tresa," which a member brought back from his vacation in Switzerland. Funny thing is, it's probably a very common variety in the region but sell a story to an American audience and give it an exotic name and people are going crazy for it. He named it after the town he found it in, which he actually misnamed. I've located the mother tree and it's not even in Ponte Tresa. Whoever owns that tree that the forum member nicked cuttings from has no idea this guy is selling his twigs for $150 to $600 a pop.
I keep coming back to this awesome video! Is starting PF from seeds difficult? Do you sell your plants on the internet? How long does it take for your cuttings to produce flowers? Thank you so much for helping and responding:)
Passion vines are not created equal. I can speak for the variety I use but not for what you might have. The cuttings of my favorite hybrid lilikoi Take about 6 weeks to make roots and then begin to flower. The plants usually produce several hundred fruit the first year.. Because on restrictions I do not advertise plants for internet sales. No shipments to CA, AZ, TX or LA.
The Hawaiian's have such beautiful sounding names for plants and creatures. The English name, Passion vine came from the Spanish who saw the flowers rays as similar to the passion of Christ in church paintings. Here I always thought the flower evoked passion of a different type!
Lately the roads are flooded, power is put and trees are down. Lousy week for business unless you clear down trees, fix roads or sell supplies. The Big Island really missed the worst of the storm though. Oahu and Maui are still in the eye.
@@GreenGardenGuy1 I'm guessing land prices are crazy Hawaii? Are there any remote islands that have land for sale at a reasonable rate? Or is it like buying wood it will cost you two arms and a leg?
@@vonries Cost is relative to a preconcived economic view of life. I always take the highest bid on most things because I seek quality and perfomnace not economy. There is no such thing as a deal on real estate in Hawaii. You get what you pay for here. Pay a little you get junk, pay a lot you get paradise. As far as whether it is expensive or not that depends on point of view. I came here because land was less expensive at the time than in California. If you live in Kansas then prices would seem extreme in Hawaii. From CA, they are cheap.
Yes, cuttings from fruiting varieties produce fruit. The best is a cross between P. edulis & P. laurifolia. Soft and semi soft is all I ever use. If you look closely at the video you will see most wood is match stick to pencil size and green.
@@GreenGardenGuy1 Sorry, need more help - my vine has very tiny limbs, tons of flowers and buds. Do you think cuttings will root? Don't want to cut up my 2' tall plant for nothing. THANKS!
@@saltlifegull4091 I would not start chopping up a baby plant for cuttings. Give it a year. It will grow huge and making cuttings will be simple with no concern to the existing vine.
i used a similar method recently, after watching this video, and the first cuttings i took didn't use the rooting compound and they went limp within a few days. i took new cuttings and watered them with a clonex-water solution. the leaves now feel very strong and i am confident that the new cuttings will be ready for pots within the next month. i suspect this is due to the different species of passiflora used. mine is passiflora lady margaret.
I have taken cuttings from dozens of different species of Passion vine over the years and never had the experience you are describing. I would finger something else other than the rooting hormone as being the source of your trouble. I never use the stuff with passion vine, grapes or figs because they root too freely.
Hey thanks for that excellent video. Just have a couple question. Does it matter how thick the vine is? Or the time of the year you take the cuttings? I have tried to propagate mine but they usually wither away slowly. I live in Florida and within a couple days the leaves start wilting.
It isn't unusual that all the leaves drop off before the cutting takes and grows new ones. Ideally at least half the leaves remain though. I usually work with cuttings the size of a pencil. On some plants, like native Hibiscus, cigar sized works better though. In most areas spring is the best season. Keep them in part shade until growth starts.
Wouldn't it be possible to use the roof of your buildings as canopy container for the passion fruit? I had a relative in Cuba who once planted passion fruit vines on his roof and within a year his roof was completely cover by the vine. I can only imagine that aside from being pretty to look at, it might have provide some insulation.
To preserve the integrity of the house in this climate we not only keep plants away from the buildings but power wash the roof every year and paint the entire house every 7 years. Otherwise plants will cover the building. I once saw an entire roof covered in Impatient flowers. It is cheaper and safer to put up posts and wire for the vines. They are also easier to pick. I have the posts, the wire and the location. I just haven't had the time. The cuttings I transplanted in the video are destine for the wires. I have a month or two as they root in to fet the supports ready for them. Aloha.
Aloha Bill...big question is it true that the yellow ones we have here in Hawaii needs to be pollenated by another yellow lilikoi? We dont have bees much anymore here in Waiakea Uka i have a beautifull huge tree with tons of flowers but only 6 fruit growing...most are small but i have a really big one...help...😢
The local yellow lilikoi isn't particularly self fertile. Several vines with different genetics and plenty of pollinators are needed for a good crop. I no longer grow this vine. I use a hybrid between the local lilikoi and the Jamaican that is far more productive and has high quality fruit.
Passiflora propagate easily from any stage of growth. The hardest stage is the soft tip shoots. I always look for a harder piece and toss the soft stuff.
Most passion vine can cross pollinate. The results can be amazing. I grow a cross between P. edulis & P. laurifolia that is one of the most extrodiary vines grown.
I’m planing to propagate some because I live close to a forest and their is a native maypop species passion plants are native to my area and I want to propagate some so I can help wild life what do you think and is it easy for them to root?
No, the cutting has specific requirements. It needs to have at least one bud but two or more is better. Young wood works better than old growth. Yes, they are easy to root.
I just found a Passion vine growing outside in a 6” high pot...vines are 8 ft. Hight! Wound around a telephone pole,, here in Montreal...like WTF! Have no idea how they have survived our winters...but I took two 14 in. Cuttings and I’d like to root them inside this winter and put out in the spring! Any advice?
It is likely Passiflora incarnata. This is a winter hardy Passion vine from the SE USA that goes dormant in cold weather. The plant may not respond to your indoor idea unless you use lights and fake it out to summer day length. Under winter days the plant will just drop leaves and may not root. Cuttings taken in spring are easy to grow. Spring is my best suggestion.
Nice ! P. Edulis does real well here in Phx as well. I am going to retry P. Mollissima "banana fruit" & P. Actinia this yr. Both perished in heavy filtered sun this yr but believe I may have more success if I can locate some stock and plant sooner in late summer/ early fall here...
Here in Hawaii P. mollissima is a terrible weed that over runs miles of upland rain forests. We do not like the plant. In Phoenix it will stay where it belongs. In the garden. I raised P. mollissima in CA and what I can tell you about the plant is most of the mainland American climate is all wrong for it. The plant comes from upper cool mountain slopes in S. America. It dies if the roots are over heated. Plant it at the base of an evergreen tree and let it grow up the canopy. I used a Macadamia nut tree in CA for this. It has the bad habit of growing strong in the winter and sleeping in the summer heat. This makes it very susceptible to frost. The fruit is nothing to write home about, P. edulis is much better and a lot easier to grow.
Love the video, learned a lot. I have a large potted passion vine that has around a dozen green passion fruit. It began to fruit in late September. It has begun to get cold here in the East Bay area of California the past few days. It went down to 36 at night but warmed up to 70 during the day. Will these fruits mature? Any suggestions are welcomed....thank you
I raised passion fruit in the East Bay for 25 years. The only things I got too worried about was mealy bug infestations or roof rats. I never saw a winter since 89/90 that would kill the vines. I always planted mine in the better micro climates of my landscape to prevent winter damage. The best setting I had was a vine that had come up under a Kumquat. Even the worst of winters would only burn the vines exposed. The stuff in the tree always survived and the fruit would ripen when it was ready. IF the vine is badly exposed to the cold try using Agribon floating row cover for shelter. th-cam.com/video/3uu0isO0QV0/w-d-xo.html th-cam.com/video/SuEFkwd31mY/w-d-xo.html
My plants seem a lot more tender than yours, I assume it's because this is their first year, but they are blooming great. I accidentally killed one by over fertilizing and would like to start some cuttings from the healthy ones. It's the middle of August and I'm in south Louisiana (hot and humid). If I cut them, will they branch? We still have 3 months of growing season left, so I'd hate to damage the healthy ones if they won't branch off at the cut.
Pruning passion vines doesn't harm them. Most types put out 16 foot of growth in all directions annually. My problem here is containing them so they do not eat the rest of the farm alive. Less fertilizer is better with them.
Yup, it is vanilla harvest time here. I definitely" tolerate" vanilla. In fact I love the stuff. Yes many different fungi are extremely valuable to soil and the plants that live in the sight. The relationship is complex and only beginning to be understood by science.
Passiflora is a huge genus with many different forms. Answering a specific question with out the individual qualifying info is difficult. Most passiflora take two or three years from a seed. Where you are located matters a lot. Here in Hawaii it is just passing out of winter and passiflora do not bloom much at this time. They wait for warm weather.
This is a great video. Thanks. I saw you have some vanilla plants. I have one growing inside, it's about 3 years old. When do they start flowering? Also, can you do a video on how you build your structures?
Thank you for the feed back. My vanilla took about five years to start flowering but it wasn't always treated with respect. I have some videos on structure. It depends on which structures you are referring too. I would consider this idea. th-cam.com/video/IqdMHmQp62g/w-d-xo.html th-cam.com/video/eYANLtGCfU4/w-d-xo.html th-cam.com/video/z5nYyBCXC4E/w-d-xo.html th-cam.com/video/RI04WJFzHPI/w-d-xo.html th-cam.com/video/WAiZlWhF5D8/w-d-xo.html There are many others but perhaps i should consider making a playlist out of them. Bill
That video would frighten you and might even hurt your feelings. The Passion vine is such a rampant grower i exercise almost no care when pruning one. I pretty much approach the plant with shears or a hedge trimmer and chop the heck out of it. In a matter of weeks the vines are right back where they used to be so training amounts to trying to keep them on the trellis. There is only ONE rule for pruning a vine. Cut from the top and the outside down, NEVER from the bottom up. Pulling the vines from the tips before cutting like hair avoids accidentally cutting a lower stem and leaving a large area dead.
@@GreenGardenGuy1 thank you so much for responding! That’s really helpful and I’m totally up for accepting it’s wild nature. I trimmed it today, a little late as it’s obviously now spring in the U.K., but I’m confident that it will be ok, and I intuitively removed all the dead stems and cut from the top down, mostly weaving all the unruly trails of stems back into the larger stems. Exited to see the new chaotic growth and blossoms!
@@nightnymph4885 Cutting back and thinning is the main thing. When they get too thick the mealy bugs get into them. You can usually cut them back hard a few times. Eventually they will pass away from prune, they are generally short lived plants. Make some cuttings or seedlings so you have a replacement in the future. Aloha
Awesome video. ...plz I live in east climate. ..I try to put cutting in clay soil with perlite. .but don't work. ..what can I do in simple soil. ....thank you
Do not use native soil for striking cuttings. I wouldn't even suggest using it when potting mature plants. The best medium for striking cuttings is made from milled sphagnum peat moss and perlite. An addition of vermiculite is fine too. These materials are sold pre-mixed as seed starting mixes.
Whether it stay out or not in Virginia would depend on the type of passion vine. If you have the Passiflora edulis like the one in the video winter would probably kill it. If you are growing the native Maypop P. incarnata then it is hardy and will grow out doors. In either case, unless you are using a greenhouse or an indoor grow room I suggest taking your cuttings in the spring time.
Decades ago when i struck my first Passiflora edulis cuttings i used rooting hormone. I ended up with leafless sticks that had massive root balls. Passiflora cuttings root so easily that using a hormone forces them to roots to the exclusion of green growth. I tried another batch of cuttings with out hormone and found i got over 90% success. Since that time I have never used hormone on Passiflora. There are many plants that root just fine with out hormones. Figs, grapes passion fruit and cacti all root so easily that using hormone is a waste. The only time I use hormone is when I have a plant that I know is difficult. As for removing leaves, plants do that on their own, they don't need me. I remove the leaves from the lower end that goes in the soil but the only thing I remove up to is flowers or fruit. The vine will draw moisture and nutrients back out of the leaves if need be. If you remove the leaves there is no food source. If the leaves chose not to remain they will yellow and drop on their own. I live in east Hawaii though, we have 80% humidity in the air and 150" of rain. It is easy to propagate under these conditions.
@@GreenGardenGuy1 thank you very much, I live in Kailua and I have a pretty cool lilikoi (purple) that is doing just fine! Last year in December I propagated it and now I have a new vine that bears beautiful purple lilikoi but I used Hormone growth! Anyway after watching your video this morning I made 4 cutting and planted straight in the soil with leaves and no hormones growth. Mahalo
@@erikbelloni1502 There are several different chemicals used as rooting hormones. It was years ago, perhaps the type I used was different than what you are using. In any case, I don't find that passiflora require a hormone to root. As you can see in the video, I got lots of roots without it.
Hey Bill what was the name of the potting soil and ingredients you mentioned at the start of the video? I have sphagnum peat moss and perlite. Couldn't make out the last thing you mentioned an anti fungal? Later in the video you mentioned dolomite. Where do we get that in Hawaii? I'm on Oahu. Mahalo!
I mostly use Sungrow Professional Growers Media. Sometimes I switch to Pro Mix HP if Sungrow runs out. Pro Mix has too many weeds though. Most of these media are made of milled sphagnum peat and perlite. Some folks adjust the pH using dolomite. The word you are seeking is probably mycorrhial. They sell soil mixes with or with out this fungal culture.
Sorry you will have to do your own search on Oahu. I'm on the Big Island and I use local source, most are independent. Ace hardware has Pro Mix here though.
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I don't spend much time counting days with plants. I generally plant them and walk away. If I was to guess I suppose it is about 2 years from a cutting to the first fruits with most types and about 12 months with a few of the hybrids.
Making cuttings from the vine is very basis so I let it out. It amounts to taking a shear, cutting the vine in pieces, and sticking the bits in soil with the top up and the bottom down. Not a lot there to share. As for how I ensure the vines make roots, there is nothing to show because I do nothing. The vines do that on their own or die. If pieces die I compost them and use the live ones.
That's the method I use for cuttings of other most plants. I have seen other videos where they show the steps for making passionfruit cuttings including dipping the tip in a root hormone and planting it in a mixture of different soils which to me seems over-complicated as it involves buying lots of different things I may not be able to find where I live. I prefer the simple and natural steps as you have mentioned. Thanks again.
Passiflora is probably the worst plant on earth that i know of to use a rooting hormone on. Anyone showing the use of a hormone dip on passion vines has only limited experience with the subject. Experience shows passiflora will often produce all roots and not top growth if you use a hormone. Ignore those guys.
Thanks for the advice. I've been following a guy on a channel called IV organic. He seems legit, but is heavily into promoting his own products including the use of a root hormone. Yesterday I stuck 3 passion cuttings into some soil without dipping into anything. I hope to see some roots on them in the next 1-2 weeks.
Careful experimentation is the key to understanding. That was how I determined that using a hormone on Passiflora wasn't a great idea. I have no products to offer, just information. You will discover for yourself what works in your situation. It may be different than others conclusions. A green thumb gardener is 80% observation and analysis and only 20% action. Brown thumb gardeners are 80% action with only 20 % research.
The variety I am working with is a hybrid between P. edulis and P. laurifolia. It has remarkable hybrid vigor. A 2 foot cutting in a one gallon pot will fruit on the nursery table. Once planted they usually produce several hundred fruit in the first 12 months in Puna.
Thank you for this. I found some growing wild here in SC in a road ditch and down a power line. 3 vines were growing beside each other. I waited until it rained and dug them up to replant in a large pot. The dirt fell from the root and there were very little roots. By the time I walked them over to my house they were already limp. I killed them. Just sick. I have found 3 more vines and now I'm going to root them your way lol. My question is, in the winter, when the leaves die back, do I remove the old vine or leave it? Will it start a new vine each year? Should I keep my new established plants inside this winter or should I plant them in the fall?
You didn't tell me what sort of Passion vine you have so I will make a guess. Since you found it wild in SC it is probably the native Maypop, Passiflora incarnata. This is a native plant in your region but an noxious weed and invasive species elsewhere. Following the procedure I show in the video will work fine. The plant is fully hardy in your environment so provided you get well rooted cuttings it will require no protection. The vine is perennial and the wood usually remains alive through the winter. Be careful to keep this one up on a trellis off of the ground. It will root any place it touches earth.
Yes it's a Passiflora incarnata. I had a FB group ID it for me. I just noticed it a couple of weeks ago and I've been walking all around it. It caught my attention from seeing a post on FB plant ID and discussion. It was all tangled in briars. I haven't noticed any blooms or fruit as of yet. I have a much smaller fragile passion vine growing in my Red hot poker plant. I didn't know what it was and I've been ripping it out lol. I think it is suppose to have yellow green flowers. I planted the first vines I dug up in a large pot by my friends pool and tied it to her railing. I will be sure to tell her to be careful. Thank you for your reply. I figured I'd never hear from you 👍
I just cut across the stem half way or more between two of the leaves. The cutting should be around 12" and have two buds. Once near the top and the other near the soil. Leave enough stem to seat the cutting firmly in the soil. Just about any method will work just make sure the cutting is right side up.
Good question. I never use water so i have no answer. In general water is a very poor medium for propagation. Plants that like air around the roots rot in it and those that tolerate water produce "water roots" which mostly die away and must regrow to soil roots after transplanting. Professional growers do not use water, this is a Grandmothers window sill technique.
I have the maypop and I live in zone 7. Something broke one of my healthy vines that has 1 small fruit and 3 medium fruits on it so how can I save it. I just found it and it's out of the ground right now. Please help? 🆘
If the cuttings hadn't been cut there would have been one single 10' vine in the pot. I didn't figure I needed to show people how to run a pruning shear. Most of us know how that is done. My videos are not aimed at people who have never used a pruning shear. They are a bit more advanced than that. Can't please everyone.
In containers I water with a garden hose and a spray nozzle. In the ground I let nature take it's course. Our rain fall is adequate for natural plant growth in Hawaii. Irrigation is not required.
Yes, the May pop will root too easily. Outside of it's native habitat in the SE USA it is generally considered an invasive species because it will root as it grows. If May pop is the only passion fruit hardy enough to grow in your climate then it is a good choice, just keep it managed. Bill
I'm sorry but I can not understand what you are wishing to know. Passion vine cuttings naturally take root on their own if proper conditions are met. Nothing else is required.
The sugars made by the plant or present in the stem move both up and down the stem. When you cut below a node at the bottom this area has a higher level of growth hormones present. As the sugars reach this point in the cutting, the hormones present stimulate root growth. It will start as a callous on the base which you will see as little white lumps and it will start to form roots. Try it in water and you will see the process taking place.
Mostly for soils i use Pro-Mix HP. Because we get over 120 inches of rain per year the HP or High Porosity is important here but the regular Pro-Mix would work well in drier climates. Fertilizer is more variable. Most of the time I use Nutricote 180, some times Nutricote 360 and on occasion Osmocote 16-16-16 while working in containers. When the plants are in the earth I use organic fertilizer like Nutririch.
I always start cutting in inert artificial soil mediums. Generally I use Pro-Mix or Sunshine Mix. Generic Seed Starting Mixes sold in nurseries work fine. You make your own with 50% milled sphagnum peat, 25% perlite & 25% vermicullite
It you are highly skilled and have good equipment and environment a 5 foot cutting could be used. I see no advantage because the large cutting will under go a lot of stress and much of it may die back before roots form. To be sure, remove all flowers and flower buds and keep them off until the root system has developed. With a cutting you are trying to grow roots, not fruit. Fruit will likely kill the vine without roots. The most important issue with cuttings is stability. They need to be firm in the soil so the tiny roots can form. Large pieces are unstable and tend to move. I usually always work with pieces that are 12" or less. On the other hand I dumped the trash from pruning this vine in a compost under my orange tree over a year ago. Some pieces were vary large. Nature did it's work and I now have to pull 16' foot long vines down from my tree and rip them out of the compost.
Alright, now I'm up for the challenge, I'll try it with rooting powder though and see what happens. Thanks for your time, I'll let you know if it works or not.
People seem to put a lot of faith in rooting hormones but I have found on Passiflora they don't help and in some cases they hurt the process by pushing all roots with no leaf growth. These cutting are very easy but I do suggest using shorter rather than longer pieces. That is the usual approach for most cuttings.
@@GreenGardenGuy1 I am attempting to bring back a vine that was snipped in error by our gardner. It's definitely 5 ft long. It has no leaves on it. I've stabilized it by tying it along the fence with plant velcro. If I add sticks in the soil to support the base of the vine while it's rooting, do you think this will work? I have a nice sunny shady spot for it. Thanks so much!
@@KS-fw9hz If it is a passion vine and one of the evergreen type, I have never seen one of these recover from a leafless state. The end left in the ground below the cut is far more likely to recover the plant than the leafless cut shoot. I would not use 5 foot cuttings. Generally I find 6" to 12" passion vine cuttings root the best. The larger the cutting the more unstable and the greater the chance of failure.
I usually work with cutting less than 12" long. Any bigger and they have an issue with stability. A cutting must be firm in the soil and remain stable to root well. Big cuttings are unstable, slow to root and often die back before leafing out.
Rooting cuttings in water is a sort of grandma gardener thing. Professional growers use a soil medium instead. Plants rooted in water make "water roots". these roots are not suitable for soil growth. When transplanted to soil most of the roots die and have to grow again as soil roots. Rooting in water doubles the time it takes to get good plants. If you feel the need to use water you can but I do not recommend it.
Because of the trouble with driving 40 miles to have the AG inspectors look at a single plant before shipping I do not ship off the Island unless it is a wholesale order of a 100 plants or more. For home gardener who live off Island I offer seeds for most of this plants including Giant Lilikoi but not plants.
When I am working with aquatic pond plants I sometimes root cuttings in water. Most dry land plants require air around the roots to develop properly. Some die out right if placed in pure water. Since grandmas often rooted house plants in water the method persists amongst gardeners but no professional cultivators use it. The main problem is the type of roots formed in water are not the same as the ones that form in soil. If the plant is rooted in water and then transplanted to soil most of the water roots die back and must regrow into soil adapted roots. This is a set back and extends the time a plant spends in the nursery. Time is money in the industry. So the short answer is no, I haven't used water since the sweet potato I grew in a glass as a child.
GreenGardenGuy1 great info!!! Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge. I have some growing in a ditch and I'm afraid the state will mow the ditch before I get back from vacation to put in soil. If I put in soil before I leave they won't get watered. I'll put in water for a week then transfer to soil. Thank you!!
It may not lead to trouble but my personal experience with rooting hormones on Passiflora is they will promote roots instead of leaves. I often end up with heavily rooted cuttings that are leafless. The plant does better if you do not throw the hormonal balance off. Not all cuttings fail when hormone is used. You will get some results.
wish I saw this video before I took my cuttings from a vine that was removed from one side of the property and I was going to start up more on another side... i used rooting hormone and roots sprung up but my cuttings aren't doing jack, no growth at all just static but lots of roots
question can I cut the roots off and try and re-root? Basically making cuttings from cuttings by chopping off the area that I used the rooting hormone on and trying to root again
Thank you for sharing this. Most of the time viewers seem to think I'm goofy when I tell them not to use rooting hormones on passion vines. I seldom use them for anything but they do come in handy on really difficult plants. Passion vine isn't one of them though. Bill
If the tops are still foliated and green then leaves it should work. In my case all of the leaves dropped away leaving my with well rooted sticks that never grew.
I took 6 cuttings, I know I should have taken more but I figured if I couldn't keep one of them alive then it wasn't meant to be. All still green, so thanks I'll let u know how it goes!
Yes, right now I have seeds for the classic Yellow Hawaiian Lilikoi, the Giant Passion fruit and I may have the first crop of Purple Passiflora edulis hanging on the vine right now. For more information contact me at my email greengardenservice@yahoo.com
Not sure what you were hoping to find. To make a passion fruit cutting you snip bits of vine and push them into soil making sure they are right side up. That's all there is too it. This video on giant Passion vines shows the beginning of the process. It is the same for all Passiflora types. th-cam.com/video/l4HFixRXKeE/w-d-xo.html
Yes but if you actually wish to have a plant I would place at least ten cuttings to insure at least one survives. We place plants in nursery settings for a good reason, to nurse them. The open earth isn't as forgiving.
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Thanks for this and all your other inspiring videos. This spring I received a few Passiflora Edulis seedlings. They've grown like crazy, but they are unlikely to survive the Zone7 winter here in N.C. I was describing my plants to my dad. He said they sound like maypops, which he used to step on as a child while picking cotton in the fields. So my dad and I went back to a field that my grandpa and other old timers used to cultivate. There I found some native Passiflora and made a couple of cuttings for myself. I watched your Passion flower propagation video to help me. So far, my cuttings are doing great. The leaves aren't even wilted.
You are correct the Passiflora edulis is a great plant but it is zoned 9 to 11, it probably will not grow in zone 7. The Maypop on the other hand is much hardier and should grow fine for you. The only down side to Maypop is it doesn't have the same tangy taste an aroma of P. edulis but it is sweet and edible. In zone 7 it is your best choice. Thanks for watching and I am glad I was able to help out. Aloha, Bill
There's something really satisfying about propagation. I feel like I'm stealing or getting something for free. I really do need to really make some kind of list of what plants can be propagated. Great video, as always, Bill.
While working in nursery I often had clients tell me that gardening was expensive. To me this seemed contrary to the main reason we plant stuff. I set out to prove they were wrong. For years now my gardening has not only paid for it's self but has made enough profits that I have to declare taxes or get in trouble with the IRS. If your garden isn't making you more wealthy then a second look at what is going on there is called for.
There are a few good books out there about plant propagation and I use them frequently but mostly I just make cuttings and watch what happens. I have never seen caution about rooting hormones on Passiflora in the books. I learned that by trying it. Thanks for watching. Bill
I've really gotten into fig collecting/propagating in the last couple years. Tasty tasty and insanely profitable for people with enough vested interest in certain exotic and rare named cultivars. Some of these guys on forums and ebay are selling a single cutting for $150. A single rooted plant for upwards of $1000.
Call me old fashion but that sort of inflated pricing of plant material I find extremely distasteful. They did that to the Ae Ae Royal variegated banana here on the Island. Demand for the plant off Island stripped almost every specimen out of every yard around. I only know of two left. Plants have traditionally been priced by difficulty of propagation and time it takes to cultivate with a mark up for patents. When people become greedy about plants I am unimpressed to say the least.
Figs are a lot of fun. I used to collect them when I lived in California. Even the smallest branch will produce a full tree in time. The California Rare Fruit Growers used to put up figs at the annual scion exchange. They often had dozens of rare varieties on the table. You could help yourself for a $5 donation at the door.
GreenGardenGuy1 They are a lot of fun. This year I've branched out into experimenting with grafting slow growing varieties like Black Madeira and Col de Dame Blanc onto vigorous rootstock (mainly Brown Turkey). The inflated value of cuttings and trees on eBay's become quite the controversy. Particularly, the subject of a fig called "Ponte Tresa," which a member brought back from his vacation in Switzerland. Funny thing is, it's probably a very common variety in the region but sell a story to an American audience and give it an exotic name and people are going crazy for it. He named it after the town he found it in, which he actually misnamed. I've located the mother tree and it's not even in Ponte Tresa. Whoever owns that tree that the forum member nicked cuttings from has no idea this guy is selling his twigs for $150 to $600 a pop.
you're the man Bill!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks for the informative video!!!
You are quite welcome. Bill
I keep coming back to this awesome video! Is starting PF from seeds difficult? Do you sell your plants on the internet? How long does it take for your cuttings to produce flowers? Thank you so much for helping and responding:)
Passion vines are not created equal. I can speak for the variety I use but not for what you might have. The cuttings of my favorite hybrid lilikoi Take about 6 weeks to make roots and then begin to flower. The plants usually produce several hundred fruit the first year.. Because on restrictions I do not advertise plants for internet sales. No shipments to CA, AZ, TX or LA.
I love the flowers!!! The name is pretty fun to say too!
The Hawaiian's have such beautiful sounding names for plants and creatures. The English name, Passion vine came from the Spanish who saw the flowers rays as similar to the passion of Christ in church paintings. Here I always thought the flower evoked passion of a different type!
I hope your business is going well. Thanks for the info.
Lately the roads are flooded, power is put and trees are down. Lousy week for business unless you clear down trees, fix roads or sell supplies. The Big Island really missed the worst of the storm though. Oahu and Maui are still in the eye.
@@GreenGardenGuy1 I'm guessing land prices are crazy Hawaii? Are there any remote islands that have land for sale at a reasonable rate? Or is it like buying wood it will cost you two arms and a leg?
@@vonries Cost is relative to a preconcived economic view of life. I always take the highest bid on most things because I seek quality and perfomnace not economy. There is no such thing as a deal on real estate in Hawaii. You get what you pay for here. Pay a little you get junk, pay a lot you get paradise. As far as whether it is expensive or not that depends on point of view. I came here because land was less expensive at the time than in California. If you live in Kansas then prices would seem extreme in Hawaii. From CA, they are cheap.
Wow, love the video! Did you use semi-soft wood? All I can find is the soft wood. Will that work? Will these really produce passion fruit?
Yes, cuttings from fruiting varieties produce fruit. The best is a cross between P. edulis & P. laurifolia. Soft and semi soft is all I ever use. If you look closely at the video you will see most wood is match stick to pencil size and green.
@@GreenGardenGuy1 Sorry, need more help - my vine has very tiny limbs, tons of flowers and buds. Do you think cuttings will root? Don't want to cut up my 2' tall plant for nothing. THANKS!
@@saltlifegull4091 I would not start chopping up a baby plant for cuttings. Give it a year. It will grow huge and making cuttings will be simple with no concern to the existing vine.
i used a similar method recently, after watching this video, and the first cuttings i took didn't use the rooting compound and they went limp within a few days. i took new cuttings and watered them with a clonex-water solution. the leaves now feel very strong and i am confident that the new cuttings will be ready for pots within the next month. i suspect this is due to the different species of passiflora used. mine is passiflora lady margaret.
I have taken cuttings from dozens of different species of Passion vine over the years and never had the experience you are describing. I would finger something else other than the rooting hormone as being the source of your trouble. I never use the stuff with passion vine, grapes or figs because they root too freely.
Hey thanks for that excellent video. Just have a couple question. Does it matter how thick the vine is? Or the time of the year you take the cuttings? I have tried to propagate mine but they usually wither away slowly. I live in Florida and within a couple days the leaves start wilting.
It isn't unusual that all the leaves drop off before the cutting takes and grows new ones. Ideally at least half the leaves remain though. I usually work with cuttings the size of a pencil. On some plants, like native Hibiscus, cigar sized works better though. In most areas spring is the best season. Keep them in part shade until growth starts.
Wouldn't it be possible to use the roof of your buildings as canopy container for the passion fruit? I had a relative in Cuba who once planted passion fruit vines on his roof and within a year his roof was completely cover by the vine. I can only imagine that aside from being pretty to look at, it might have provide some insulation.
To preserve the integrity of the house in this climate we not only keep plants away from the buildings but power wash the roof every year and paint the entire house every 7 years. Otherwise plants will cover the building. I once saw an entire roof covered in Impatient flowers. It is cheaper and safer to put up posts and wire for the vines. They are also easier to pick. I have the posts, the wire and the location. I just haven't had the time. The cuttings I transplanted in the video are destine for the wires. I have a month or two as they root in to fet the supports ready for them. Aloha.
Very well :)
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As near as I can figure you are trying to say Pro Mix, a commercial growers media that I use. I also use Sungrow, it has less weeds than Pro Mix.
Aloha Bill...big question is it true that the yellow ones we have here in Hawaii needs to be pollenated by another yellow lilikoi? We dont have bees much anymore here in Waiakea Uka i have a beautifull huge tree with tons of flowers but only 6 fruit growing...most are small but i have a really big one...help...😢
The local yellow lilikoi isn't particularly self fertile. Several vines with different genetics and plenty of pollinators are needed for a good crop. I no longer grow this vine. I use a hybrid between the local lilikoi and the Jamaican that is far more productive and has high quality fruit.
Is it necessary to make the cuttings for propagating, from plants that have flowered already??
Passiflora propagate easily from any stage of growth. The hardest stage is the soft tip shoots. I always look for a harder piece and toss the soft stuff.
Will they cross pollinate between varieties? Sorry for noob question 😄
Most passion vine can cross pollinate. The results can be amazing. I grow a cross between P. edulis & P. laurifolia that is one of the most extrodiary vines grown.
Can you cut any piece and stick it to dirt and propagate it? And is it very easy for them to give roots?
I’m planing to propagate some because I live close to a forest and their is a native maypop species passion plants are native to my area and I want to propagate some so I can help wild life what do you think and is it easy for them to root?
No, the cutting has specific requirements. It needs to have at least one bud but two or more is better. Young wood works better than old growth. Yes, they are easy to root.
I just found a Passion vine growing outside in a 6” high pot...vines are 8 ft. Hight! Wound around a telephone pole,, here in Montreal...like WTF! Have no idea how they have survived our winters...but I took two 14 in. Cuttings and I’d like to root them inside this winter and put out in the spring! Any advice?
It is likely Passiflora incarnata. This is a winter hardy Passion vine from the SE USA that goes dormant in cold weather. The plant may not respond to your indoor idea unless you use lights and fake it out to summer day length. Under winter days the plant will just drop leaves and may not root. Cuttings taken in spring are easy to grow. Spring is my best suggestion.
Nice ! P. Edulis does real well here in Phx as well. I am going to retry P. Mollissima "banana fruit" & P. Actinia this yr. Both perished in heavy filtered sun this yr but believe I may have more success if I can locate some stock and plant sooner in late summer/ early fall here...
Here in Hawaii P. mollissima is a terrible weed that over runs miles of upland rain forests. We do not like the plant. In Phoenix it will stay where it belongs. In the garden. I raised P. mollissima in CA and what I can tell you about the plant is most of the mainland American climate is all wrong for it. The plant comes from upper cool mountain slopes in S. America. It dies if the roots are over heated. Plant it at the base of an evergreen tree and let it grow up the canopy. I used a Macadamia nut tree in CA for this. It has the bad habit of growing strong in the winter and sleeping in the summer heat. This makes it very susceptible to frost. The fruit is nothing to write home about, P. edulis is much better and a lot easier to grow.
Com certeza são apaixonantes as passadeiras. Tenho algumas espécies aqui no Brasil.
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Forgive me. The broker wrote treadmill, in fact I was going to say Passifloras 🙈😘
@@sustentabilidadeparaavidat7495 I thought so! Aloha
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You live in paradise. Congratulations, I will allow myself the satisfaction of watching your other beautiful videos. 🙏
Thanks! I’m about to get some cuttings from a friend! I’ll probably post a video
Oh thank you, please post the video. I can always use a bit more exposure to gardeners.
Love the video, learned a lot. I have a large potted passion vine that has around a dozen green passion fruit. It began to fruit in late September. It has begun to get cold here in the East Bay area of California the past few days. It went down to 36 at night but warmed up to 70 during the day. Will these fruits mature? Any suggestions are welcomed....thank you
I raised passion fruit in the East Bay for 25 years. The only things I got too worried about was mealy bug infestations or roof rats. I never saw a winter since 89/90 that would kill the vines. I always planted mine in the better micro climates of my landscape to prevent winter damage. The best setting I had was a vine that had come up under a Kumquat. Even the worst of winters would only burn the vines exposed. The stuff in the tree always survived and the fruit would ripen when it was ready. IF the vine is badly exposed to the cold try using Agribon floating row cover for shelter.
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My plants seem a lot more tender than yours, I assume it's because this is their first year, but they are blooming great. I accidentally killed one by over fertilizing and would like to start some cuttings from the healthy ones. It's the middle of August and I'm in south Louisiana (hot and humid). If I cut them, will they branch? We still have 3 months of growing season left, so I'd hate to damage the healthy ones if they won't branch off at the cut.
Pruning passion vines doesn't harm them. Most types put out 16 foot of growth in all directions annually. My problem here is containing them so they do not eat the rest of the farm alive. Less fertilizer is better with them.
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So the mushroom fungus soil is good? Great post ! Subbed . 🍹
Yup, it is vanilla harvest time here. I definitely" tolerate" vanilla. In fact I love the stuff. Yes many different fungi are extremely valuable to soil and the plants that live in the sight. The relationship is complex and only beginning to be understood by science.
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When does passionflower plant flowers .mine is just growing but not flowering. Kindly guide me. Thanks
Passiflora is a huge genus with many different forms. Answering a specific question with out the individual qualifying info is difficult. Most passiflora take two or three years from a seed. Where you are located matters a lot. Here in Hawaii it is just passing out of winter and passiflora do not bloom much at this time. They wait for warm weather.
This is a great video. Thanks. I saw you have some vanilla plants. I have one growing inside, it's about 3 years old. When do they start flowering? Also, can you do a video on how you build your structures?
Thank you for the feed back. My vanilla took about five years to start flowering but it wasn't always treated with respect. I have some videos on structure. It depends on which structures you are referring too. I would consider this idea.
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Could you possibly do a video on how to retrain a passion plant? I’ve pruned mine but it doesn’t look very nice
That video would frighten you and might even hurt your feelings. The Passion vine is such a rampant grower i exercise almost no care when pruning one. I pretty much approach the plant with shears or a hedge trimmer and chop the heck out of it. In a matter of weeks the vines are right back where they used to be so training amounts to trying to keep them on the trellis. There is only ONE rule for pruning a vine. Cut from the top and the outside down, NEVER from the bottom up. Pulling the vines from the tips before cutting like hair avoids accidentally cutting a lower stem and leaving a large area dead.
@@GreenGardenGuy1 thank you so much for responding! That’s really helpful and I’m totally up for accepting it’s wild nature. I trimmed it today, a little late as it’s obviously now spring in the U.K., but I’m confident that it will be ok, and I intuitively removed all the dead stems and cut from the top down, mostly weaving all the unruly trails of stems back into the larger stems. Exited to see the new chaotic growth and blossoms!
@@nightnymph4885 Cutting back and thinning is the main thing. When they get too thick the mealy bugs get into them. You can usually cut them back hard a few times. Eventually they will pass away from prune, they are generally short lived plants. Make some cuttings or seedlings so you have a replacement in the future. Aloha
Awesome video. ...plz I live in east climate. ..I try to put cutting in clay soil with perlite. .but don't work. ..what can I do in simple soil. ....thank you
Do not use native soil for striking cuttings. I wouldn't even suggest using it when potting mature plants. The best medium for striking cuttings is made from milled sphagnum peat moss and perlite. An addition of vermiculite is fine too. These materials are sold pre-mixed as seed starting mixes.
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Thank you so much for the posting, I’ll propagate for mine. Does it can stay outside in the winter in Northern Virginia? Appreciate you
Whether it stay out or not in Virginia would depend on the type of passion vine. If you have the Passiflora edulis like the one in the video winter would probably kill it. If you are growing the native Maypop P. incarnata then it is hardy and will grow out doors. In either case, unless you are using a greenhouse or an indoor grow room I suggest taking your cuttings in the spring time.
Hi, really interesting how you propagate your vine without roots hormone growth. Also I see you don't get rid of leaves!
Decades ago when i struck my first Passiflora edulis cuttings i used rooting hormone. I ended up with leafless sticks that had massive root balls. Passiflora cuttings root so easily that using a hormone forces them to roots to the exclusion of green growth. I tried another batch of cuttings with out hormone and found i got over 90% success. Since that time I have never used hormone on Passiflora. There are many plants that root just fine with out hormones. Figs, grapes passion fruit and cacti all root so easily that using hormone is a waste. The only time I use hormone is when I have a plant that I know is difficult.
As for removing leaves, plants do that on their own, they don't need me. I remove the leaves from the lower end that goes in the soil but the only thing I remove up to is flowers or fruit. The vine will draw moisture and nutrients back out of the leaves if need be. If you remove the leaves there is no food source. If the leaves chose not to remain they will yellow and drop on their own. I live in east Hawaii though, we have 80% humidity in the air and 150" of rain. It is easy to propagate under these conditions.
@@GreenGardenGuy1 thank you very much, I live in Kailua and I have a pretty cool lilikoi (purple) that is doing just fine! Last year in December I propagated it and now I have a new vine that bears beautiful purple lilikoi but I used Hormone growth! Anyway after watching your video this morning I made 4 cutting and planted straight in the soil with leaves and no hormones growth.
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@@erikbelloni1502 There are several different chemicals used as rooting hormones. It was years ago, perhaps the type I used was different than what you are using. In any case, I don't find that passiflora require a hormone to root. As you can see in the video, I got lots of roots without it.
Hey Bill what was the name of the potting soil and ingredients you mentioned at the start of the video? I have sphagnum peat moss and perlite. Couldn't make out the last thing you mentioned an anti fungal? Later in the video you mentioned dolomite. Where do we get that in Hawaii? I'm on Oahu. Mahalo!
I mostly use Sungrow Professional Growers Media. Sometimes I switch to Pro Mix HP if Sungrow runs out. Pro Mix has too many weeds though. Most of these media are made of milled sphagnum peat and perlite. Some folks adjust the pH using dolomite. The word you are seeking is probably mycorrhial. They sell soil mixes with or with out this fungal culture.
Sorry you will have to do your own search on Oahu. I'm on the Big Island and I use local source, most are independent. Ace hardware has Pro Mix here though.
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How long does it take for those cuttings to mature and start producing fruits?
I don't spend much time counting days with plants. I generally plant them and walk away. If I was to guess I suppose it is about 2 years from a cutting to the first fruits with most types and about 12 months with a few of the hybrids.
Nice video thanks for sharing 😊
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so if i just stick the cuttings in some seedling mix with perlite, water them and leave them in the shade as they are they should grow?
That is how I do it. Hawaiian weather is very kind though. The use of a hormone often backfires with Passiflora. They produce all roots and no leaves.
Thanks so much - its been decades since I did this
Passion vines are one of the easiest cuttings to make. Best of luck.
Thanks for the video but I would have preferred to see you show the steps starting from how to make the cutting and how to ensure it develops roots.
Making cuttings from the vine is very basis so I let it out. It amounts to taking a shear, cutting the vine in pieces, and sticking the bits in soil with the top up and the bottom down. Not a lot there to share. As for how I ensure the vines make roots, there is nothing to show because I do nothing. The vines do that on their own or die. If pieces die I compost them and use the live ones.
That's the method I use for cuttings of other most plants. I have seen other videos where they show the steps for making passionfruit cuttings including dipping the tip in a root hormone and planting it in a mixture of different soils which to me seems over-complicated as it involves buying lots of different things I may not be able to find where I live. I prefer the simple and natural steps as you have mentioned. Thanks again.
Passiflora is probably the worst plant on earth that i know of to use a rooting hormone on. Anyone showing the use of a hormone dip on passion vines has only limited experience with the subject. Experience shows passiflora will often produce all roots and not top growth if you use a hormone. Ignore those guys.
Thanks for the advice. I've been following a guy on a channel called IV organic. He seems legit, but is heavily into promoting his own products including the use of a root hormone. Yesterday I stuck 3 passion cuttings into some soil without dipping into anything. I hope to see some roots on them in the next 1-2 weeks.
Careful experimentation is the key to understanding. That was how I determined that using a hormone on Passiflora wasn't a great idea. I have no products to offer, just information. You will discover for yourself what works in your situation. It may be different than others conclusions. A green thumb gardener is 80% observation and analysis and only 20% action. Brown thumb gardeners are 80% action with only 20 % research.
How long before they produce fruit ?
The variety I am working with is a hybrid between P. edulis and P. laurifolia. It has remarkable hybrid vigor. A 2 foot cutting in a one gallon pot will fruit on the nursery table. Once planted they usually produce several hundred fruit in the first 12 months in Puna.
Thank you for this. I found some growing wild here in SC in a road ditch and down a power line. 3 vines were growing beside each other. I waited until it rained and dug them up to replant in a large pot. The dirt fell from the root and there were very little roots. By the time I walked them over to my house they were already limp. I killed them. Just sick. I have found 3 more vines and now I'm going to root them your way lol. My question is, in the winter, when the leaves die back, do I remove the old vine or leave it? Will it start a new vine each year? Should I keep my new established plants inside this winter or should I plant them in the fall?
You didn't tell me what sort of Passion vine you have so I will make a guess. Since you found it wild in SC it is probably the native Maypop, Passiflora incarnata. This is a native plant in your region but an noxious weed and invasive species elsewhere. Following the procedure I show in the video will work fine. The plant is fully hardy in your environment so provided you get well rooted cuttings it will require no protection. The vine is perennial and the wood usually remains alive through the winter. Be careful to keep this one up on a trellis off of the ground. It will root any place it touches earth.
Yes it's a Passiflora incarnata. I had a FB group ID it for me. I just noticed it a couple of weeks ago and I've been walking all around it. It caught my attention from seeing a post on FB plant ID and discussion. It was all tangled in briars. I haven't noticed any blooms or fruit as of yet. I have a much smaller fragile passion vine growing in my Red hot poker plant. I didn't know what it was and I've been ripping it out lol. I think it is suppose to have yellow green flowers. I planted the first vines I dug up in a large pot by my friends pool and tied it to her railing. I will be sure to tell her to be careful. Thank you for your reply. I figured I'd never hear from you 👍
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Thank you Bill! You're awesome!! My other is Passiflora lutea
Yellow/green passionflower. So dainty!
Did you just cut them anywhere? Where do we make the cuts?
I just cut across the stem half way or more between two of the leaves. The cutting should be around 12" and have two buds. Once near the top and the other near the soil. Leave enough stem to seat the cutting firmly in the soil. Just about any method will work just make sure the cutting is right side up.
How long does it take to propagate the vine in water
Good question. I never use water so i have no answer. In general water is a very poor medium for propagation. Plants that like air around the roots rot in it and those that tolerate water produce "water roots" which mostly die away and must regrow to soil roots after transplanting. Professional growers do not use water, this is a Grandmothers window sill technique.
I have the maypop and I live in zone 7. Something broke one of my healthy vines that has 1 small fruit and 3 medium fruits on it so how can I save it. I just found it and it's out of the ground right now. Please help?
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Use the information provided in this video and you should do fine. Not a lot more to say on the subject than what I already recorded.
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If i make a cutting of purple passion, then cut that cutting into separate pieces and plant...will each piece root?
Yes, is the short answer. The only limiting factor is you must wait long enough to get suitable growth for making the cuttings but yes.
Not one time did you "cut" a cutting
If the cuttings hadn't been cut there would have been one single 10' vine in the pot. I didn't figure I needed to show people how to run a pruning shear. Most of us know how that is done. My videos are not aimed at people who have never used a pruning shear. They are a bit more advanced than that. Can't please everyone.
How I put water
In containers I water with a garden hose and a spray nozzle. In the ground I let nature take it's course. Our rain fall is adequate for natural plant growth in Hawaii. Irrigation is not required.
Will may pop root as easily as Passion flower? they are related.
Yes, the May pop will root too easily. Outside of it's native habitat in the SE USA it is generally considered an invasive species because it will root as it grows. If May pop is the only passion fruit hardy enough to grow in your climate then it is a good choice, just keep it managed. Bill
Wow nice sharing cut
You're welcome.
How can make it’s root at the first after cutting?
I'm sorry but I can not understand what you are wishing to know. Passion vine cuttings naturally take root on their own if proper conditions are met. Nothing else is required.
The sugars made by the plant or present in the stem move both up and down the stem. When you cut below a node at the bottom this area has a higher level of growth hormones present. As the sugars reach this point in the cutting, the hormones present stimulate root growth. It will start as a callous on the base which you will see as little white lumps and it will start to form roots. Try it in water and you will see the process taking place.
Also I live in Hawaii too, when is best period to propagate to you?
I propagate year round here but if the plant is difficult I usually wait for spring when active growth has started.
Thank you for the Video. Can you pls give me the name of the soils and fertilizer you use? Thank you.
Mostly for soils i use Pro-Mix HP. Because we get over 120 inches of rain per year the HP or High Porosity is important here but the regular Pro-Mix would work well in drier climates.
Fertilizer is more variable. Most of the time I use Nutricote 180, some times Nutricote 360 and on occasion Osmocote 16-16-16 while working in containers. When the plants are in the earth I use organic fertilizer like Nutririch.
Good soil for put cutting is clay or what?
I always start cutting in inert artificial soil mediums. Generally I use Pro-Mix or Sunshine Mix. Generic Seed Starting Mixes sold in nurseries work fine. You make your own with 50% milled sphagnum peat, 25% perlite & 25% vermicullite
hi brother how long it will take to give fruit
18 to 24 months depending on your growing conditions.
Can this work with a 5ft long cutting that has flowers on it?
Or does it have to be a small cutting?
It you are highly skilled and have good equipment and environment a 5 foot cutting could be used. I see no advantage because the large cutting will under go a lot of stress and much of it may die back before roots form. To be sure, remove all flowers and flower buds and keep them off until the root system has developed. With a cutting you are trying to grow roots, not fruit. Fruit will likely kill the vine without roots. The most important issue with cuttings is stability. They need to be firm in the soil so the tiny roots can form. Large pieces are unstable and tend to move. I usually always work with pieces that are 12" or less. On the other hand I dumped the trash from pruning this vine in a compost under my orange tree over a year ago. Some pieces were vary large. Nature did it's work and I now have to pull 16' foot long vines down from my tree and rip them out of the compost.
Alright, now I'm up for the challenge, I'll try it with rooting powder though and see what happens.
Thanks for your time, I'll let you know if it works or not.
People seem to put a lot of faith in rooting hormones but I have found on Passiflora they don't help and in some cases they hurt the process by pushing all roots with no leaf growth. These cutting are very easy but I do suggest using shorter rather than longer pieces. That is the usual approach for most cuttings.
@@GreenGardenGuy1 I am attempting to bring back a vine that was snipped in error by our gardner. It's definitely 5 ft long. It has no leaves on it. I've stabilized it by tying it along the fence with plant velcro. If I add sticks in the soil to support the base of the vine while it's rooting, do you think this will work? I have a nice sunny shady spot for it. Thanks so much!
@@KS-fw9hz If it is a passion vine and one of the evergreen type, I have never seen one of these recover from a leafless state. The end left in the ground below the cut is far more likely to recover the plant than the leafless cut shoot. I would not use 5 foot cuttings. Generally I find 6" to 12" passion vine cuttings root the best. The larger the cutting the more unstable and the greater the chance of failure.
Does the cutting have to be short?
I usually work with cutting less than 12" long. Any bigger and they have an issue with stability. A cutting must be firm in the soil and remain stable to root well. Big cuttings are unstable, slow to root and often die back before leafing out.
GreenGardenGuy1 thank you! I went back out to cut the longer cuttings and made 7 more!
You're welcome, best of luck with the project. Bill
Can you root passion vine cuttings in water?
Rooting cuttings in water is a sort of grandma gardener thing. Professional growers use a soil medium instead. Plants rooted in water make "water roots". these roots are not suitable for soil growth. When transplanted to soil most of the roots die and have to grow again as soil roots. Rooting in water doubles the time it takes to get good plants. If you feel the need to use water you can but I do not recommend it.
You should sell those, they look great!
I believe there might be two left. All the rest were sold. Everything I grow is for sale locally here in Hawaii.
Will you sell me one do you ship outside Hawaii?
I live in RI
Because of the trouble with driving 40 miles to have the AG inspectors look at a single plant before shipping I do not ship off the Island unless it is a wholesale order of a 100 plants or more. For home gardener who live off Island I offer seeds for most of this plants including Giant Lilikoi but not plants.
OK thanks
Awesome! Thank you!!
You are most welcome, thanks for watching. Bill
Hi! Have you ever tried rooting in just water?
When I am working with aquatic pond plants I sometimes root cuttings in water. Most dry land plants require air around the roots to develop properly. Some die out right if placed in pure water. Since grandmas often rooted house plants in water the method persists amongst gardeners but no professional cultivators use it. The main problem is the type of roots formed in water are not the same as the ones that form in soil. If the plant is rooted in water and then transplanted to soil most of the water roots die back and must regrow into soil adapted roots. This is a set back and extends the time a plant spends in the nursery. Time is money in the industry. So the short answer is no, I haven't used water since the sweet potato I grew in a glass as a child.
GreenGardenGuy1 great info!!! Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge. I have some growing in a ditch and I'm afraid the state will mow the ditch before I get back from vacation to put in soil. If I put in soil before I leave they won't get watered. I'll put in water for a week then transfer to soil. Thank you!!
Not the best for the cutting but I did notice a friend with six pineapple tops sitting in glasses of water and they all appeared to be surviving.
I used rooting gel..
It may not lead to trouble but my personal experience with rooting hormones on Passiflora is they will promote roots instead of leaves. I often end up with heavily rooted cuttings that are leafless. The plant does better if you do not throw the hormonal balance off. Not all cuttings fail when hormone is used. You will get some results.
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May I buy a few plans from you?
I have a walk in nursery in Mt. View, HI. I do shipments to the mainland but I have a high minimum and I am only legal to 46 states.
Show the cutting process
You take a shear, hold it in the hand. Place the sharp end on the vine, squeeze the handles. There is nothing else to know.
wish I saw this video before I took my cuttings from a vine that was removed from one side of the property and I was going to start up more on another side... i used rooting hormone and roots sprung up but my cuttings aren't doing jack, no growth at all just static but lots of roots
question can I cut the roots off and try and re-root? Basically making cuttings from cuttings by chopping off the area that I used the rooting hormone on and trying to root again
Thank you for sharing this. Most of the time viewers seem to think I'm goofy when I tell them not to use rooting hormones on passion vines. I seldom use them for anything but they do come in handy on really difficult plants. Passion vine isn't one of them though. Bill
If the tops are still foliated and green then leaves it should work. In my case all of the leaves dropped away leaving my with well rooted sticks that never grew.
I took 6 cuttings, I know I should have taken more but I figured if I couldn't keep one of them alive then it wasn't meant to be. All still green, so thanks I'll let u know how it goes!
Good luck. If you cuttings were still green and leafy you are okay. Mine reduced themselves to leafless sticks and were a complete loss.
Well done
Thank you glad you made use of the information.
thank you do you sell seeds
Yes, right now I have seeds for the classic Yellow Hawaiian Lilikoi, the Giant Passion fruit and I may have the first crop of Purple Passiflora edulis hanging on the vine right now. For more information contact me at my email greengardenservice@yahoo.com
Do you have seeds for sale
Available seed is listed at www.greengardenservice.net
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@@mohannedhamouda986 No sorry. I international shipping has been a disaster. Stress for me and the customer. USA and territory orders only.
Do you have an Instagram account??
Nope, sorry. I stay as far away from social media as possible.
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Kinda skipped a bunch of stuff there, from “I don’t use root hormone” to “here’s some fully rooted clones I’m potting up.”
Not sure what you were hoping to find. To make a passion fruit cutting you snip bits of vine and push them into soil making sure they are right side up. That's all there is too it. This video on giant Passion vines shows the beginning of the process. It is the same for all Passiflora types.
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Can I make cutting and put it in soil directly?
Yes but if you actually wish to have a plant I would place at least ten cuttings to insure at least one survives. We place plants in nursery settings for a good reason, to nurse them. The open earth isn't as forgiving.
I am rooting the cuttings following ur lead. I need 4000 plants. Your video is very helpful