The passion fruit vine in Hoskote has taken off with the chicken waste I have fed all the plants with. Its amazing now combined with the rains, the vine is loaded with flowers and fruit.
Popularly known as 'Krishna phal' in India, passion fruit originates from the Passiflora vine and finds its native roots in Brazil, Paraguay, and Argentina.
These are the sour passion fruit which makes a wonderful drink. The flowers are absolutely exquisite and the fruit take to about 3 weeks to grow and turn yellow and ready to harvest.
Buying passion fruit is crazy expensive and since I am so fond of it and its great for diabetics with Stevia as the sweetener, I got a small vine from Alfie of Alphatech whos been our family optometrist for decades and an avid gardener like me.
The vine flourishes on a pendal built by Kiran our caretaker and now in the rain seems to be happily lowering and fruiting. I scoop out the pulp and bottle it in glass for the kids and me to indulge.
