We finally tasted our first home-grown passionfruit this morning! My boyfriend found two ripened passionfruits which had fallen off the vine. One was perfectly juicy and sweet. However, the other had started to rot a little.. very disappointing.
At least now we know when to pick them off before they're over ripe. I have been eyeing the passionfruit for weeks now, but have resisted temptation so far. Who knew my patience would outlast the ripening process? We've had a LOT of rain lately too, which may have helped the rot factor.
MMMmmmm.. I know of at least 3 other passionfruit ripe for the picking!! The colour of ripened Panama Red is a dull pink. You can wait until it becomes a more brilliant shade of red, but that runs the risk of other critters (which also LOVE passionfruit!) eating it before you do.
Yellow means the fruit isn't quite ready yet, just halfway. And green is definitely NOT ripe. 
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