Otherwise, the juice sacs may be pushed through a sieve or squeezed in a cheesecloth to extract the juice alone. The highly concentrated juice when sweetened and diluted with water makes a delightfully refreshing drink. After a vine reaches two years old, a post harvest pruning should be done once a year to encourage new growth and increase fruit production. The vine has a productive life usually of 3-5 years. Root problems and vine decline are common where soil drainage is poor.
Flooding kills the vine.
We recommend planting the vines on mounds in low-lying and flood prone areas. Purple Passionfruit', Passiflora edulis. The pulp of the purple fruits has a delightful aroma and flavor with a higher proportion of juice, but milder flavor than that of the yellow varieties. The flowers of the 'Purple Possum' variety we carry at ECHO are self-fertile, so only one vine is necessary to get fruit set. The best insect pollinator of passion vines in Florida is the carpenter bee, but native populations may not be large enough to ensure adequate pollination.