Growing Passion Fruit from Seeds, Days 0-100

I received 2 homegrown passion fruits from a coworker and “ate them.“ Little did I know that the fruits are mostly hollow inside, containing many seeds coated with a tangy, acidic pulp. Like most people eating passion fruit for the first time I just stared at it not knowing what to do, and quickly found out that it’s nearly impossible to separate the pulp from the seeds in your mouth, so I just chewed, cracking the seeds in the process, swallowed, and drank the juice left in the shell halves. The protocol summarized: 1) save a few dozen seeds, 2) rub them between paper towels thrice to eliminate the pulp, 3) soak in a low ~1% hydrogen peroxide solution for a few minutes, 4) bake your soil at 350 F/177 C for 2 hours beforehand, 5) plant seeds after soil cools and water generously to soak the soil. It took one month to see sprouts. Growth was slow in the month after that due to many factors, such as late fall low temperatures and weak direct sunlight hitting my balcony at an angle fo
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