今日は早朝散歩のときは晴れていたのに、お昼頃からまた雨が降り始めました。
8月24日に買った売れ残りパッションフルーツは、鉢に植えつけたこの状態から、
It was cloudy but not raining this morning when we went out for our morning walk. However, it began to drizzle towards noon.
The leftover passion fruit plant I bought on August 24th looked like this right after I repotted it.
今はここまで成長して、最初の蕾が開花しました。
This is how it looks now and the first flower bud has just opened.
When we went out for a walk, it was still a flower bud, but it opened before noon in spite of the rain.
実が着くものならそのまま育てます。これくらい幼い鉢植えは室内越冬になるので、なるべく苗が大きくならないよう、体力を結実に向けさせたいからです。そこで、雨から保護して受粉を助けるために、このあと袋掛けにしておきました。
If there is fruit setting, I would welcome it for the following reason. A young passion fruit plant like this cannot survive the winter outside, so I want to keep the plant as compact as possible. For this, I would like the plant's energy being concentrated into growing the fruit rather than the vine. So, after this photo, I placed a plastic bag to protect the flower from the rain.
