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| Passiflora tripartita var mollissima
One plant that grows well here is Banana Passion Fruit, AKA Passiflora tripartita var. mollissima, or locally known as Tumbo. It's grown as a cash crop for sale in Arica, and most families have a few vines in the back yard.
Below right is my neighbor Avelino Flores Huanca, life-long Aymara resident of Putre and nearby Socoroma. I hung the old CDs to keep the thrushes and sierra finches away from the fruits, and strands of old video tape also work great. We water the plants every 3 days, and fertilize with either sheep or llama guano, a few days ago we spent all day digging up an old corral for 12 large bags of the "treasure". Recently a neighbor told me that the vines won't grow so rangy if the tips are clipped, so next time... Resources for passion fruit enthusiasts: Online Passiflora Journal |
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| Passion fruit: make juice, popsicles, use it in baking or just eat it in the garden |
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| Avelino Flores Huanca, Putre, 2011 |
1 comment:
It makes a great mousse as well.
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