The introduction of Jinmi passion fruit, a new variety in Taiwan, shows that the planting of golden honey passion fruit has a short flowering and fruiting time.

Jinmi passion fruit is a native variety in Taiwan, which has not been discovered in the past, and wild passion fruit is not common either. Its skin is soft, its appearance is golden yellow, and its shape is olive ball. The passion fruit of the above varieties takes only 30 to 35 days from flowering to fruit, which is far more market potential than the ordinary passion fruit that will be harvested in three months.

Juluan Zhanmei, a farmer who grows oil palm and dragon beads, inadvertently found that the yellow-shaped golden honey passion fruit is very beautiful and tastes sweeter than ordinary passion fruit. He is optimistic about its market potential and is specially introduced and cultivated. Successfully cultivated and shipped to Singapore for sale.

Passion fruit is a herbaceous vine of passionflower family. Because of its rich fragrance, passion fruit is also known as "king of fruit juice". Most of the common passion fruits on the market are purplish red spheres with hard skins. The pericarp of Golden Honey passion fruit is soft, showing a rugby ball, and its appearance is golden yellow after ripening.

Wang Kunmu, 51, from Zhanmei New Village, Juluan County, started growing passion fruit in 2011 and now owns a 5-acre passion orchard. He planted passion fruit when he visited his cousin many years ago and found that the corner of his cousin's courtyard was covered with golden fruit. It was only after his cousin's introduction that he knew it was golden passion fruit.

The peel of Golden Honey passion fruit is soft and the shape is rugby ball.

Only by improving soil quality can we grow.

He revealed that the peel of Golden Honey passion fruit is softer than that of ordinary passion fruit and tastes sweeter than ordinary passion fruit. He was optimistic about the market potential of Jinmi passion fruit, so he introduced and cultivated it to his cousin.

"I found a piece of land, did some homework, and began to plant golden honey passion fruit. I thought I had some experience in farming. Growing passion fruit should not be a problem. I didn't expect that the seeds would not germinate at all. "

Although he was deeply frustrated, he was unwilling to give up. In order to take a chance and make a lot of research, it was only at the suggestion of a friend who majored in land science that he knew that there was something wrong with the soil.

"my friend told me that the land had been hard-dried and aged for many years, so it could not grow any crops. Only by improving the quality of the soil can the land be used for farming. I spent a long time groping, trying to use microbial fertilizer and so on. After the soil quality improved, I finally succeeded in growing golden honey passion fruit before I began to plant it in large quantities. "

He revealed that he had shown the golden honey passion fruit to the local elders, who said that they had picked and eaten it in the mountains when they were young. It was only then that he knew that the golden honey passion fruit was originally a local variety, but no one had discovered it in the past, and wild passion fruit was not common. "Golden honey passion fruit is sold locally at 20 ringgit per kilogram. Most of the passion fruits I grow are shipped to Singapore for sale at a price of S $20 (about RM60 cents)."

Effect of soil quality

The planting method of golden honey passion fruit is more or less the same as that of ordinary passion fruit. It is only that the ordinary passion fruit will have a harvest every 3 months, and it only takes 30 to 35 days from the bud to the fruit.

Wang Kunmu revealed that the fruiting time of Jinmi passion fruit is shorter, but the fruiting rate is lower than that of ordinary passion fruit. Therefore, he improved the fruit rate of passion fruit by artificial pollination.

"Golden honey passion fruit has the problem of blooming and failing to bear fruit. After the bud blooms, it may not bear fruit again. I have to artificially pollinate the buds every morning. However, this work is time-consuming and thankless, and the result rate has not increased much. "

He said that his cousin planted a lot of passion fruit, so he guessed that it was not the variety, but suspected that the soil quality affected the fruit rate, and was still studying how to improve the soil quality.

"after years of recuperation, the soil quality of the passion fruit land has been greatly improved, from the original barren land to land suitable for farming, but it is still not the most ideal soil quality. The rehabilitation of land is a major project, which often takes decades to complete. "

Therefore, Wang Kunmu prepared his own enzymes as a kind of microbial fertilizer, hoping to further improve the quality of the soil. The stamens of Jinmi passion fruit are the same as those of common passion fruit, the fruiting time is shorter and the fruiting rate is lower.

Strong vitality, few insect pests and diseases

Wang Kunmu said that Jinmi passion fruit has strong vitality and can be grown without too fertile land, with fewer insect pests and fewer diseases. Since he understood the growth habits of passion fruit and knew that soil quality was very important for crop cultivation, he began to pay attention to pollution-free planting without using fertilizers that would pollute the soil.

"some crops are infected with yellow leaf disease. in the final analysis, it is because there are problems with the soil, such as the soil has been contaminated with heavy metals." He believes that if you are engaged in agriculture, you should pay attention to ecological balance. Otherwise, it is meaningless to be eager for quick success and quick profit, and eventually pollute the land and cause the land to be "dregged". Wang Kunmu points out that as long as a unique set of systematic planting methods are developed, any crop will have a good harvest. However, he said that agriculture often depends on heaven for a living, and in the past two months or so, our country has been shrouded in smog, resulting in the low fruit rate of golden honey passion fruit, which has not blossomed and has no harvest at all. He revealed that the passion fruit he planted has been verified by the Singapore Agriculture, Food and Veterinary Bureau and proved to be an environmental pollution-free product.