If you can get enough of them, here is what I would do. Scoop all the pulp into a blender and add just enough water to make it blend well and then use a strainer for the seed bits. I do this all the time with the fruit from my edulis while making daiquiris.

Thanks! I bet it makes lovely daquiris!

I gathered 20 or 30 of the fruits.. (passionflower is native here and grows like a weed if you let it.. it pops up all over our yard).. I put 'em in the food processor with the stirrer attachment rather than the blade as I wanted to save the seeds.. then I strained it all out with cheesecloth. It was labor intensive because the fruit is sooooo pulpy and the pulp tended to hold in the juice. But I ended up with about a quart of juice. And a huge amount of seeds. So if anyone wants some P. incarnata seeds, you know who to contact.

Molly

Try a daiquiri and tell me how the native tastes....I may remove an Incense for an Incarnata! Although I beleive the Incense ( after having popped up at least 40 feet away from MOM) isn't ever really going to be made to "go away".

Wish I could try a daquiri.. can't do any alcohol as it triggers migraines. :( The juice needs sweetener but it is quite nice. I have approximately one million incarnata seeds left over from the juicing & would be happy to send you some!

We use one of those hand cranked Victoria tomato deseeders. Works very well for passifloras. Once made a quart of juice from P. coccinea fruits. A very special treat! Paul.

Molly, I'd like some seeds if you still have them, and any hints on growing them. My soil in sandy loam, and they will get about 6 hours of sun a day.

Hi Molly,

I'm over here in MD, newbie to GW, passionfruit and all. Would love some seeds to experiment with (probably be okay in this clime?) and any hints as well (my soil is pretty clay and acidic). Don't have all the heating paraphenalia or seed starting stuff, so I'm going low tech. Would love to know if it would winter sow well, given that you said yours pops up everywhere in z7.

Ever try a juicer to separate the seeds?

This is the way that is done in Venezuela, South America (where you get the most deliciuos passion fruit juice of the whole world):

Scoop the pulp of the ripe fruit, cover it with 2-3" of water and boil it for 15-20 minutes. Let it cool down a bit. Place a clean piece of cloth on top of a colander or use a very fine mesh colander and pour the "hot juice" thru it. Stir with a spoon to make sure you're getting the most out of the pulp. Some Venezuelan passionfruit have a really strong taste. You can add water to dilude it. Add sugar and put it in the fridge. You can serve it cool as fruit juice or 'spirit' it with rum or tequila (really, really cool)Yammmmmyyy, Mamacitaaaa!

:) Omar

I bet a German juicer would be a close second to that recipe. they are great. boiling water on the bottom layer and fruit on the top. it steams the juice out and has a tap to poor the juice right into a staril jar and cap it off. I used one to make grape juice. no fuss no mess and it is presurved for when ever you want it.

P.S. any chance I can get in on those seed as well?

If you still have seeds available? I just found this site. I used to have two p. edulis vines... lost them after a remodel. Would like to start back up again. This time, learning more about the vines, planting more varieties.