Take care
Unripe fruit and leaves are toxic — eat only fully ripe fruit.
Passionfruit
Passiflora edulis
Plant out 2 weeks after your last spring frost. Space plants 120 in (305 cm) apart.
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When to plant
Timed from your frost dates, so it holds wherever you garden. Give yours and every step below becomes a date.
Optimal Transplant
From a plantRecommended- Plant out2 weeks after your last spring frost
- First harvestthe first crop about 2 years after planting
Growing passionfruit
- Spacing in the row
- 120 in (305 cm)
- Between rows
- 144 in (366 cm)
- Planting depth
- Seed 1/2-1 inch deep; set grafted plants with the graft union well above the soil, never covered by soil or mulch
- Sun
- Full Sun
- Years to first crop
- 2
- Mature height
- Vining
- Hardy to
- USDA zone 9
- Life cycle
- Perennial
Feeding
- How often
- Every 6-8 weeks during active growth. Once the vine is bearing, switch to a lower-nitrogen, higher-potassium feed; excess nitrogen gives leaves instead of flowers.
Your passionfruit, planned to the day.
Canopy turns these timings into dates from your own frost data, places every plant at its spacing on your garden map, and tracks it all the way to harvest.