You silly duck. I knew this instinctively

Right from this web page. >http://www.crfg.org/pubs/ff/passionfruit.html

Pruning: Pruning is necessary to keep the vines within bounds, to make
harvest easier and to keep the plants productive by maintaining vigorous
growth. In warm winter climates prune immediately after harvest. In
areas with cool winters prune in early spring. As a a general rule
remove all weak growth and cut back vigorous growth by at least one
third. In very hot climates allow a thick canopy of foliage to grow
around the fruit to prevent sunburn.

Jonno wrote:
> You silly duck. I knew this instinctively
>
> Right from this web page. >http://www.crfg.org/pubs/ff/passionfruit.html
>
> Pruning: Pruning is necessary to keep the vines within bounds, to make
> harvest easier and to keep the plants productive by maintaining vigorous
> growth. In warm winter climates prune immediately after harvest. In
> areas with cool winters prune in early spring. As a a general rule
> remove all weak growth and cut back vigorous growth by at least one
> third. In very hot climates allow a thick canopy of foliage to grow
> around the fruit to prevent sunburn.

Another good site, thank you. Isn't google a wonderful thing?

I suppose I could have got all the answers I wanted from a google
search, but it's so much more fun asking you guys.

HailtotheDuck wrote:
> Jonno wrote:
>
>> You silly duck. I knew this instinctively
>>
>> Right from this web page. >http://www.crfg.org/pubs/ff/passionfruit.html
>>
>> Pruning: Pruning is necessary to keep the vines within bounds, to make
>> harvest easier and to keep the plants productive by maintaining
>> vigorous growth. In warm winter climates prune immediately after
>> harvest. In areas with cool winters prune in early spring. As a a
>> general rule remove all weak growth and cut back vigorous growth by at
>> least one third. In very hot climates allow a thick canopy of foliage
>> to grow around the fruit to prevent sunburn.
>
>
> Another good site, thank you. Isn't google a wonderful thing?
>
> I suppose I could have got all the answers I wanted from a google
> search, but it's so much more fun asking you guys.
>
Yep, it tis. You are fun too. But google can get all the answers quickly
as well, and there always the human element versus the inhuman one.
You cant brag with google....

Jonno wrote:
> HailtotheDuck wrote:
>
>> Jonno wrote:
>>
>>> You silly duck. I knew this instinctively
>>>
>>> Right from this web page. >http://www.crfg.org/pubs/ff/passionfruit.html
>>>
>>> Pruning: Pruning is necessary to keep the vines within bounds, to
>>> make harvest easier and to keep the plants productive by maintaining
>>> vigorous growth. In warm winter climates prune immediately after
>>> harvest. In areas with cool winters prune in early spring. As a a
>>> general rule remove all weak growth and cut back vigorous growth by
>>> at least one third. In very hot climates allow a thick canopy of
>>> foliage to grow around the fruit to prevent sunburn.
>>
>>
>>
>> Another good site, thank you. Isn't google a wonderful thing?
>>
>> I suppose I could have got all the answers I wanted from a google
>> search, but it's so much more fun asking you guys.
>>
> Yep, it tis. You are fun too. But google can get all the answers quickly
> as well, and there always the human element versus the inhuman one.
> You cant brag with google....


....and bragging is such an important part of the whole gardening
experience. You grow something, you share the produce with all your
friends and relations, and in your own quiet way the whole experience is
one great big brag. I take my home grown fruit to the office to share
with all the staff. Not because my colleagues are hungry, but because
the gardeners among them are always impressed with what I've managed to
produce from my ordinary little back garden.

Actually, I suppose that means that I'm pretty pathetic. But it's still
kind of fun. One of them responded in kind today - she brought in
home-made yoghurt mixed with home-grown berries from her thornless
blackberry plant. And I was suitably impressed, as she knew I would be.