20.08.2025: Wild Passion Fruit doing pretty well

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Among the passion fruit varieties I am farming, there is a wild one which is getting on well. It is mostly pest resistant, not too demanding on fertilizer or weeding. They do well if planted next to a tree. They climb and cover most of the tree’s crown. A single plant can bear as many as 500 fruits per season. The main difference between the wild variety and the common farming varieties is that they can last up to 5 years yet the common farm varieties only last up to 2 seasons (1 year). Again the wild passion varieties have a more sour taste compared to the domesticated ones. Most juice makers here in prefer the wild passion fruits since they need less fruits to make a lot of juice compared to the quantity of common farm passion fruits. The quality of juice and nutritional value for both wild and domestic passion fruits is entirely the same!