Vines and Climbers: Passiflora Edulis, 'McCain'., 1 by bedouin

bedouin wrote:
cmdelg, I'll take a photo of the vine when its sunny. Thank goodness for the rain, though its just 'spitting' at present! I'm still waiting for the Passiflora's trellis to be erected. Lying on the ground is certainly not doing it much good! Busy, busy DH.....

seedpicker. The vine is still in a large pot. I've modified the soil by adding a lot of sphagnum moss to it. Generally, we have very sandy soil. To reach alkalinity, we add sphagham moss & lots of manure mixture (home depot). Acid soil is very hard to maintain here. Southern Fl.'s base is coral, near the everglades the developers add muck; near the ocean sand tops the coral and we as gardeners spend our time modifying it and covering it with mulch throughout the year to try to retain moisture!!

A photo of the P. Edulis 'McCain' flower with a Gulf fritillary butterfly larvae enjoying lunch!

This message was edited Jul 1, 2008 11:16 PM