I Got A Passionflower Vine!

[baymule]

I found a light purple on the side of the road, but I want the dark purple.

 

[canesisters]

I was walking to the truck this AM and noticed there is a fruit hanging on my passion flower fine the size of a lemon!

Where did THAT come from? Wasn't there yesterday!
What - if anything - do you do with it?

 

[Nyboy]

 

[baymule]

The fruit are edible. I haven't tried any, but wildlife likes them. Supposed to make a good jelly, but again, I haven't tried any.

 

[thistlebloom]

We know how you like to experiment with edibles @canesisters . I vote you try it and report back.

 

[Nyboy]

Iron stomach cane

 

[canesisters]

Iron GUT (that's my superhero name)

If I can figure out how to tell when it's ripe, I might try dicing it up and mixing with some strawberry puree for pancake topping.


edited to add:
Found this info. Kinda sounds like someone's 8th grade report ... but at least now I know to wait till it turns either yellow or purple. It's dark green now.
https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/passion-fruit#section7

 

[baymule]

Cane, I think that is a description of a different passion fruit. It says "colorful flesh and juice" and "crunchy texture". The passion flower or as it is commonly called, Maypop fruit has a clearish inside, more liquid than solid. That article didn't have pictures, which would have helped.

 

[Michaltom]

Its flower is pretty and the fruit is just too sweet and tasty.

 

[canesisters]

Still green.. fell off the vine. I took them inside and am hoping they will dry before rotting so I might get some seeds out of them.
.. um.. or should I just cut them open and take the seeds like with a tomato?