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TOO MUCH PASSION!

OldcompostOldcompost Posts: 191
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Having finally cut down and removed the tomato plants I have been left with the Passion Flower vines from 2 original stems (that wound around the toms).Apparently cutting back 1/3 late winter is advised.  When is that exactly and should I retain all the old leaves?  
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  • Pete.8Pete.8 Posts: 11,340
    Late winter is just before early spring :)
    so I take it as being late-Jan to mid-Feb

    Billericay - Essex

    Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
    Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    Depends where you are. Late winter here would be February into March. :)
    If you plump for February, you should be ok.
    However, more importantly, that's a helluva greenhouse you have! Fab  :)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • Pete.8Pete.8 Posts: 11,340
    PS - re the leaves. If they're healthy, leave them, just remove any dodgy ones.
    The more leaves, the more energy your plant will have when it starts growing again in spring.
    I think the idea behind - prune in late winter - is to ensure that the plant is at its most dormant. Acers are another example of best being pruned in late winter.

    Billericay - Essex

    Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
    Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
  • OldcompostOldcompost Posts: 191
    Now I'm rethinking - All the leaves are healthy, perhaps they should all be pulled up high and wound around the supports and wires?  Thanks for responding.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    I’d prune as soon as you notice buds beginning to swell. Given that it has the protection of a greenhouse that may be earlier than March.
     I’d leave it alone until pruning. 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    Given the shelter of your stunning greenhouse, it'll grow like there's no tomorrow.
    It's a beast of a thing once it gets going. I've spent 7 years trying to kill one and it still appears every spring.
    Devon.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    edited December 2018
    @Hostafan1 if you check Old Compost‘s earlier threads you’ll see we decided that the passiflora in question is the rather more ‘choice’ Constance Elliot which is usually not as rampant as the more commonly seen type  :)

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    Dovefromabove said:
    @Hostafan1 if you check Old Compost‘s earlier threads you’ll see we decided that the passiflora in question is the rather more ‘choice’ Constance Elliot which is usually not as rampant as the more commonly seen type  :)
    I stand corrected.
     :/ 
    Devon.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Not correcting ... just passing on a bit of info  ;)

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    Dovefromabove said:
    Not correcting ... just passing on a bit of info  ;)
     <3 
    Devon.
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