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passion flower that didn't flower
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Posted by jan_515 bucks UK (My Page) on Wed, Apr 25, 07 at 14:15
| My lovely healthy looking passion flower didn't flower last year although it made lots of growth. I have been advised to use a high potassium feed. Can anyone recomend one as I am not good at deciphering labels on packets. |
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RE: passion flower that didn't flower
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- Posted by ornata London UK (8/9?) (My Page) on
Thu, Apr 26, 07 at 6:28
| Is it in the ground or in a pot? If it's in a pot, use a feed that is formulated for flowering plants or tomatoes. The three main ingredients will be N (Nitrogen, promotes soft, leafy growth), P (Phosphorus, for root growth but also flower growth) and K (Potassium for flowers and fruits). (This is of course a gross simplification but will do for our purposes.) Look for one that contains more K than N. If it's in the ground and not flowering, it could be that the soil is too rich and/or it's not getting enough sun. Passion flowers in the ground flower best it seems on fairly poor, even rubble-filled, soil. I had to move one from my back garden where it was having far too easy a life and making masses of leaf growth but no flowers, to my sunnier front garden where the soil was poorer. I also put some rubble in the planting hole. It won't hurt to sprinkle on some Sulphate of Potash (Potassium) either. |
RE: passion flower that didn't flower
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Thanks for your reply. Its actually in the back of a raised bed which contains a small pond. The soil is not too rich and it has full sun all day long.
I think having read your reply that maybe I over fertilised it last year, which would account for all the leafy growth it made.So perhaps I will just let it be and see what happens. |
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