Passion Fruit Seeds Purple Granadilla Passiflora Edulis 30 Seeds

Growing Instructions

The seeds have a hard seed coat that has to be treated, or scarified, in order for water to enter the seeds so that they can sprout.

1. To scarify the seeds, sand the seed coat lightly with sandpaper.
2. Soak the seeds in warm water for 24 hours.
3. Plant the seeds ½ to 1 inch deep in moist, well-drained potting soil.
4. Keep the seeds warm. The seeds have a better germination rate in temperatures between 70 to 85 degrees F.
5. Water the seeds.
6. Fertilize the plants when they have several leaves and then fertilize them every few weeks during the growing season.

Passiflora edulis, commonly called purple passion fruit, is a shallow-rooted, tendril-climbing, evergreen vine that typically grows to 10-15’ long and to 3-5’ wide
Winter hardy to USDA Zones 10-12 where plants are best grown in moist, fertile, well-drained, sandy loams in full sun.
Purple passion fruit may be grown indoors year round as a houseplant in a sunroom or in a sunny south-facing window.
Note: The seeds have a hard seed coat that has to be treated, or scarified, in order for water to enter the seeds so that they can sprout.