Passsion flower and collecting seeds?

Hello again all the passion flower is now out which someone here id'd for me. How and when and can i collect seed from these

 

I have never collected seed from my passionflower; the little perisher sprouts up shoots all over the place! When I moved house 2 years ago, I didn't bring my passionflower with me. But, the cheeky blighter *followed* me; a shoot appeared in a tub which I'd brought with me the next Spring So, I pulled it out and relocated it at the rear of my garden. It is now merrily climbing up a huge Poplar and creeping along the rear fence. Up popped another shoot this Spring, so I pulled it up and stuck it in the ground between two plum trees (which sadly had outlived their best). It's growing well.

Hence, why you won't *need* to collect seed. But, if you wish to, wait for the flower to produce fruit (orange, oval shaped fruit), the seeds will develop in there

 

Excellent is the fruit edible?? Many thanks for your response

 

Hi James

Why do you want the seeds as they are so easy from cuttings.

So it must of produced a fruit ?? .

When the fruit is overripe squeeze into a fine sieve and wash under the tap air dry the seeds for at least 24 hours . put into a small plastic bag and keep in the fridge until next spring about late march early April plant into seed compost and if you have a heated propergator put them into that they should be up in two weeks.
Pot up singly when about 2 inches high and have produced their first true leaves

Spruce

 

You can some varieties, but I think you have common passionflower (same as mine) and I don't eat mine - tried once, not nice.

 

Hi spruce no sorry it hasnt yet produced fruit, the reason i want seed is so i can move it around to diffferent placess and train its growth in diff areas of our property. But if i can attain same results with cuttings im more than willing to give it a try how would i go about ddoing that??

 

Lol thanku

 

This is what I do. Take about 6 inches from a new shoot pinch the top out remove the bottom leaves so you just have about 3 or 4 leaves left near the top and put the stem into about two inches of water into a glass , and put on the windowsill, when you have lots of roots pot up into a 9cm pot . (plant out next spring when the frosts are over)

I tried for ages with compost & plastic bag over the top always failed with me I went round to my mates Magi's who has not got green fingers and she had about 4 at different stages on her kitchen windowsill as I described above..

Hope this helps

Spruce

 

Awesome thankyou_!

 

I like "Awesome" 1st for me on here

Let us know how you get on

Spruce

 

Certainally will do!!

 

Wow excellent James.

I grew 1 from seeds I bought in Holland many yrs ago but mine did germinate but never stood the winter.

 

Thank you! Thiss oness been where it is for 8 years never realpy bothered with it before tho!!