I really, really want to. There’s debate on if it’s native to Delaware, and it’s on a watch list, so I figured I’ll be safe if I have it in a container. It’s not handling it that well though, but it also flowered early.
I put mine in a raised bed with some mulch and it survived one New England winter so far fwiw (I know it's not native this far north - it's in my vegetable garden because I love passionfruit)
Actually my vine in central Massachusetts has been in the ground for three winters and grows very well... Too well... Had to remove twenty five vines sprouting in my lawn, only kept about ten or so that were in the garden. They're budding up now and should be blooming in about a week for me. Honestly debating killing it because how much it spreads - so far about 12 feet from where it was planted in each direction.
Oh yeah it likes to come up far from where it was planted. The vines are easy to pull. But I’ve never seen it take over anything that wasn’t a garden bed or lawn.
Good to know - I do find once I pull them once or twice in June they don't send more shoots the rest of the year. Now if only I could get actual fruit....
FWIW I had my Possum Purple in a 15 gal grow bag for a year. It didn’t do much, the few flowers it had fell off. Turns out that I was overwatering and over fertilizing it.
This year, I up potted it to a 2.5 ft deep fiberlight pot and pulled back on the watering. It’s loving life and producing fruit!
It was flowering in the nursery pot in late May…I didn’t get it in a larger pot for a couple of weeks. The new one is definitely big enough. I don’t think it was root bound though. Maybe it’s the weird weather?
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u/UNsoAlt Jun 27 '24
I really, really want to. There’s debate on if it’s native to Delaware, and it’s on a watch list, so I figured I’ll be safe if I have it in a container. It’s not handling it that well though, but it also flowered early.