Passion fruit – Sweet And Sour

Have you tasted it?

"Depending on your dominant thoughts, you can choose whether or not you want to taste the sour in Passion fruit."

I thought my grandma was just saying this but, I grew to realize that no matter how ripe and sweet a Passion fruit would be, you must also taste that sour in it if you're observant.

My grandmother used to plug these fruit for us–her grandchildren at her brothers place –Uncle peter , each time we visited him. He had so many kinds of fruit trees and climbers scattered all over his premises. I was told he retired from working at the
Ministry of Agriculture, here in Nigeria.
Cherries were one of our favourite. But The Passion fruit was my grandma's favourite."

About the fruit

Passion fruit is a round shaped tropical fruit, delicious and nutritious , rich in vitamins such as; vitamin A , C fibre and potassium.
It also consist of antioxidant that prevents cell damage in the body.
Just like most fruits, the passion fruit is a good immune system booster, as it rich in vitamins and minerals as earlier said.

Taste :

Passion fruit has a sweet and tart or sour taste, and often described as a mix of kiwi, and strawberry.

Uses:

Eating fresh:

You can enjoy passion fruit fresh, scooping out of the pulp and sucking the seeds .

Juices and smoothies:

Passion fruit juice is well known to some extent, thus it can be added to smoothies or cocktails.

Desserts and toppings:

Passion fruit is used in desserts like tarts, cakes, and as a topping for yogurt or ice cream.
You know, must yogurts do have a little bit of sour tastes. This fruit could be used for that.

Type of plant, Growth and lifespan;

Passion fruit is a type of tropical vine plant– It's a climbing plant that produces delicious fruit.

– Passion fruit plants are vigorous climbers that can grow very long. They use tendrils to to achieve this.

–The plants have beautiful, intricate leaves and flowers, followed by the fruit.

Growing Conditions

–Tropical and subtropical ; Passion fruit plants thrive in warm, tropical, and subtropical climates.
–Sun and support ;They need full sun and a sturdy support to climb on.

Lifespan

Passion fruit plants takes around 1-2 years to mature and start producing fruit after planting.

Germination takes only about 1 to 2 weeks after that, it develops its roost system and leaves which will last for about 2 to 3 months. This is also called the seedlings stage.

Then it goes into the vining and flowering stage. This is when the plant starts producing flowers. While insects pollinate them.
These takes about a month.
The last stage is fruiting and ripening stage , where the plant produce round shaped fruits which takes about 1 month to mature and ripe.

With proper care, passion fruit plants can produce multiple harvests throughout the year.

If you need the passion fruit seedlings, I can make them available for you if you're around AkwaIbom state axis in Nigeria.

@samuelbrilliant
@imohmitch and @sampson01 , what do you know about Passion fruit.

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US-ANDREW 😜