Why Isn T My Passion Flower Blooming

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Why isn t my passion flower blooming. Plant age can be a factor in passion vine blooming as many passion vines do not flower until they reach a certain age. Why isn t my passion flower blooming. It may grow inside in a pot but will only sporadically flower. Usually it flowers about once a year.

It won t hurt it but revive it. The first year of planting it grew upwards and sent out a couple of extra tendrils but didn t flower. We have listed tips to grow more passionfruit flowers. My passion flower is vining something fierce but no blooms thanks marcella.

Why is my passionfruit vine not fruiting or flowering probably the most common problem for passionfruit grown in home gardens is poor fruit set which is generally due to a lack of flowers being pollinated. Without pruning passion vine still grow but it grows best when being pruned. Plant in a sunny spot and provide a trellis to grow up. Passion flower is a vine that does best in a sunny location outside in the ground.

By pruning the sun can reach to the flower and ripening process. Switching to another fertilizer with a high middle number such as 5 15 5 or similar analysis and feeding every three weeks may prompt more flowers. The middle number in fertilizer analysis is phosphorus which stimulates root growth and flower bud set. A passion flower not blooming is almost always due to something in the environment so put on your detective pants and carefully inspect your plant s living quarters while keeping the following in mind.

My passion flower is now four years old is planted in sandy soil in full sun against a 6ft fence which has hawthorn growing behind and above it. In a formulation too high in. If you insist on keeping it in a pot inside you could add small ferns. Comments 2 ken adrian adrian mi cold z5.

The second year it grew higher and i was able to tie the new tendrils to wires pinned on the fence and guide it outwards as well as upwards. Nitrogen will promote vigorous green growth at the expense of flowers. Quite a few years ago i bought a passion flower at country market nursery. But the most common cause of lack of flowers in passiflora is too much nitrogen and too little potassium.

This can occur for a number of reasons the main one being a lack of pollinators. If you replant it outside prune it back to about 12 inches. During the warm months it sits on the railing of my deck in partial sun. Pruning of passion vine.

The lengthy vines may be due to too much nitrogen. Whenever i hear about a plant growing greenery ad naseum. Because it hates you. I suspect overfertilization.