Yellow Passion Fruit 15 - Passiflora flavicarpa

• The Yellow Passion Fruit has a slightly larger fruit, with bright yellow skin.
• Used as a flavoring in drinks, desserts, sauces, and many other foods.
• The Yellow Passion Fruit Vine is a vigorous vine, often growing over 20ft in a single year.
• Fertilize regularly using a soluble house food.

The Yellow Passion Fruit has a slightly larger fruit, with bright yellow skin and slightly tarter pulp than the traditional Passion fruit. Most other characteristics of the vine and fruit are similar to the purple passion fruit. Uses Pulp is often eaten fresh, are edible. Used as a flavoring in drinks, desserts, sauces, and many other foods. can be extracted from pulp by putting pulp in a blender on low speed. Run mixture through a strainer to retain pulp and juice. Cultivation The Yellow Passion Fruit Vine is a vigorous vine, often growing over 20ft in a single year. Pruning is a must to keep the vine y. Prune off less vigorous growth and occasionally prune back vigorous growth to promote flowering. The long tendrils need lots of support for climbing. Flowering occurs from April-November but may occasionally continue year-round if conditions are right. Either hand pollination or bee pollination yield successful crops. Fruits usually ripen from flowering in 80 days. The vines love full sun except in climates where the temperature frequently surpasses 100F, vines should be given shade. Water frequently and provide good drainage. Harvest fruits when fruit falls from . Fruits are best eaten when s appear on their surface. It will not usually survive temperatures much below 40F. Propagation: Almost always grown from , but can be propagated by cuttings. Bottom heating the at 70-80F can result in germination at 1-2 weeks, at lower temperatures can take up to 10 weeks to germinate. In cooler regions the Yellow Passion Fruit Vine makes an excellent house or patio . Simply provide it with sun, an even supply of moisture, and something for it to climb on. Fertilize regularly using a soluble house food.