Passion fruits are showing up

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These vines grow natively where I live. I guess there are a few of them near by as the vines are now producing fruits. I've seen two of form so hopefully they will drop when ready and I can make something with them.

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When ripe it has a sweet tropical flavour to it. They are kind of slimy but should make good add ins for smoothies.

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They will probably need a few weeks or longer. But the fruit should get a little softer and wrinkly when ready. The vine will drop them when its time.

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I found two of them so far. I would have had three probably but I pinched off one of the flowers to bring inside. They look amazing and really unique.

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The vine just showed up a month or so ago and just took to the area along with the jasmine vine and muscidine vine near by.

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There are a few flowers that are closing. Hoping it will form into fruit as well. The bumble bees have been quite busy pollinating them.

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Speaking of bumble bees, I found one in a closing flower. I dont think its alive. Seems not to move at all, I dont think its resting. I'll check on it when the sun shines on them later today.

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The bumble bee is upside down and just sitting there. Not sure what's up with it. Hope it did not die while feeding on the flower, that would be kind of strange.



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Not the bee nooooooooooooo!

Naturally growing passion fruit? They would be pretty cool. Nothing but apples and berries up here.

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Hah yeah well this morning it's nowhere to be found so maybe it was indeed resting. Let's hope so.

Yup I keep finding these vines popping up almost every year. Birds must be spreading the seeds. Glad mine fruited, as they have not in the previous years.

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I love passion fruits @solominer I dilute the juice with water and make a refreshing drink out of it, the taste is really divine?

I once was able to grow a vine complete with the trellis I exclusively made for it. Then my father came from his work abroad and whacked everything saying it will just bore snakes and such before the vine even produced flowers. I really hated him for that.

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Oh nice. I have not had a chance to try the fruit yet but others say it's real good. Looking forward to eating it when it's ready. Maybe I'll make a juice out of it.

Cool you grew one, but sucks your dad cut it down.. that would make me mad too. I guess yours got real bushy if snakes could live inside. Mine mostly just climbed the fence its by.

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So, did you ever find out what happened to that bumble bee?

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As of this morning the bee is gone. So it must have gotten eaten, fallen out of maybe was indeed resting. Hope the later.

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I always get to see the flowers but not the fruits .
Maybe i should go find yours ahahha

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I got lucky this year as usually they just flower like yours. Hope yours make fruit one day.

Hah yeah Georgia has them growing wild so maybe we got more of them.

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I guess i ll buy them at the market 🙃

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