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THE PARABLE OF THE GRANADILLA VINE

At the start of spring, I planted a few granadilla seeds from the pulp of a granadilla I ate. We have received a lot of rain this summer, and in no time, the seeds had sprouted into a few young plants. The granadilla grows as a vine, so training it is essential to keep it maintained and under control.  Tendrils holding the granadilla vine, 3 February 2022 I am currently training the granadilla vine to creep up a wooden trellis and noticed something new about this plant. The granadilla casts a tendril, a thin wire-looking line that helps the vine climb. The tendril is quite resilient and latches onto anything secure and then coils itself firmly against the object drawing the vine securely. The granadilla vine hardly needs any support to bind itself to the trellis. It continually casts new tendrils as the vine extends.  In researching more about the granadilla vine, I found that it is also commonly known as the passion fruit. The passion fruit or granadilla flower has five disti...