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Sven_limoen · Posted: Mon 04 Nov, 2013 11:33 am

Received 6 mini trifoliates and 3 fruits thanks to MarcV Wink

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I just had to try it for myself so...

...I took a good look at the fruit

...cut 1 open

...squeezed its juice in a glass

...and drank it

I must say...I was expecting a terrible tasting juice but actually it tasted like and orange...with a very sour taste Smile

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I knew the scent of the fruit was familiar and after a while I knew what it smelled like: passion fruit!

Harvested the seeds which will one day be used and planted 3 plants outside and 3 in 1 container as a 'what grows best' project. Wink

Pictures will follow later in the correct thread Smile

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growing (at least trying): C. sinensis, C. latifolia, C. limon, C. mitis

MarcV · Posted: Mon 04 Nov, 2013 4:00 pm

Sven_limoen wrote:

I knew the scent of the fruit was familiar and after a while I knew what it smelled like: passion fruit!

Passion fruit? Shocked

Looks like that cut open fruit is not very seedy. I had a few like that also. I actually picked those fruits from 2 different trees. I only recently discovered the 2nd tree, and I believe this 2nd tree produces fruits with few seeds but more flesh and juice.

Didn't you have sticky hands after squeezing them?

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MarcV · Posted: Mon 04 Nov, 2013 4:03 pm

The trifoliate seedlings originally were about 5cm larger but I had to cut them to make them fit inside the small box... Embarassed

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Sven_limoen · Posted: Mon 04 Nov, 2013 4:12 pm

MarcV wrote:

Didn't you have sticky hands after squeezing them?

I sure did Very Happy

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And they really smell like passion fruit :d.

I had plenty of seeds I must say, they were hidden in the flesh Smile

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growing (at least trying): C. sinensis, C. latifolia, C. limon, C. mitis

Sylvain · Posted: Mon 04 Nov, 2013 4:28 pm

You don't see many seeds because the fruit is cut the wrong way.
Here is what I did yesterday:

http://www.agrumes-passion.com/echanges-agrumes-f54/topic4067.html

You can see the gum on my fingers!

Edit: this is the good link.

MarcV · Posted: Tue 05 Nov, 2013 4:23 pm

It's good to wear gloves like you do. It's almost impossible to remove the sticky resin from your hands!

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GT · Posted: Wed 06 Nov, 2013 2:01 am

MarcV wrote:

It's good to wear gloves like you do. It's almost impossible to remove the sticky resin from your hands!

Marc,

as I learned from Bonnie: Rubbing alcohol does the trick! Laughing