Passion Fruit profits per acre:

If there is any crop that can unlock your farm’s fortunes, and make you scream alleluia, then it is passion fruit.

I am saying this because passion fruit has proven to have:

As I write this to you, Kenyan and farmers around the world, who have taken the cultivation of passion fruits seriously, are smiling all the way to the bank.

The only complaint they have is, “not knowing the secret of growing passion fruit soon enough.”

Sounds unbelievable? It is not.

Yield Per Acre of passion Fruit You Should Expect:

“From one acre you can get 8-9 Tons per of passion fruit.”

Assuming that you sell 1 kilo of passion for KSH 110, you can get gross earnings of KSh 880,000-990,000.

If you factor in expenses like,

  • Pest control
  • Management costs
  • Irrigation etc.

You’ll earn a passion fruit profit of between KSH 400,000-500,000 per acre.

“I don’t believe you. These earnings sound too good to be true.” You may say.

If that describes your thoughts, watch the video below:

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In this guide, you will learn all you need to become a pro at producing huge passion harvests from small land.

For example, you’ll get knowledge on:

  • How to use plant hormones to your advantage so that your plants produce fruit 1-1½ months earlier than for other ordinary farmers.
  • How to use a special fungicide that 99% of the farmers as not using yet, it kills 30+ different funguses, bacteria, and even viruses when used alone or in combination with other fungicides. I guarantee that you’ll laugh at fungal diseases that reduce yields.
  • Which fertilizers to apply at every stage of passion growth so that you maximize your yields.
  • Exclusive knowledge of passion farming that you can’t find anywhere else.

Now that you have downloaded your free guide…

In This Blogpost You Will Learn:

We will answer them and much more in this post, so that the day you decide to grow passion fruit, you’ll have made a money minting decision.

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Amount of land You Need for Profitable Production of Passion Fruit

Like other parts of the world, land is quite an emotive issue in Kenya.

Very few people hold huge chunks of land, while the majority have small pieces of it sometimes 5 acres or less.

For that reason, let us start addressing the size of land you need for “successful growing of yellow or purple passion.”

Here is good news—especially for small landowners.

“You don’t need to grow passion fruit on tens, hundreds or even thousands of acres of land to earn handsome revenues.

One acre of passion fruit trees is sufficient for good returns.

But there is a rider to that statement.

“Depending on the location of the land and target market, your production costs could influence your profitability.”

Let me explain what I mean.

Suppose you have one acre of land in Busia (which is approximately 400 km from Nairobi).

Let us imagine your target market in Nairobi.

If you go ahead and sell your in Nairobi, passion fruit farm may not be as profitable.

The high cost of transport would eat into your profit.

However, if your target market is the hotels within Busia county, then you are likely to make a kill—even from that one acre of land.

All in all, to maximize profit, the further you are from the target market, the larger the area you need.

Let us discuss the financial benefits of passion fruit tree farming before we go to the next important factor of passion fruit production.

The benefits of growing passion fruit in Kenya.

  • You won’t be worried about the market for your product. There is high demand for the product both in the export and local market!
  • A passion fruit farm is easy to maintain; the only backbreaking job is during transplanting. Once that is over, the maintenance job is easy like drinking water.
  • Low input cost, high returns. Passionfruit farming is the only type of agriculture where you’ll have the opportunity to earn 400% or more profit.
  • You have the opportunity to intercrop the plant with other crops, thus maximizing on your farm’s revenue.
  • Three year-long harvest period is possible with passion farming. When you grow passion fruit, you are sure of earning a steady income once the crop starts yielding fruits and this will continue for the next three years.
  • Even small farms can produce huge profits.

Climatic Requirements For Profitable Passion Fruit Growing

The passion planting zone depends on the variety of the passion fruit.

The yellow passion can grow at an altitude of 0-1500 m above sea level and is tolerant to drought and fusarium wilt.

On the other hand, purple passion fruit prefers cool areas; therefore an altitude of 1200 m-1500m above sea level is best.

Both varieties prefer well-drained soils and can’t withstand water logging.

Feasibility of growing passion fruit in Kenya.

Anyone would be mad—including you and me—if they I ventured into passion fruit farming without considering its returns per acre.

It is only natural that for passion farming to be of interest, its production cost MUST be lower than the expected revenue.

To arrive at that conclusion, you have to consider three things:

  1. The passions fruit’s market demand,
  2. The expected yield per acre, and
  3. It’s cost of production per acre.

The market demand for passion fruit In Kenya

Let me assure you the selling price of passion fruit is extremely good.

When it comes to demand, the local market and export market are begging passion fruit farmers to supply more fruits to them.

They can’t find sufficient passion fruits to satisfy their appetite.

If you are an entrepreneurial farmer—like me, that is sweet news.

When other farmers growing other crops lament, “We have no market for our products, you will be smiling all the way to the bank.”

To be satisfied that the demand is HIGH, I did a ‘little’ experiment.

I walked to the city market in Nairobi to find out the price of a kilogram of passion fruits in Kenya.

The figure the greengrocer gave me was a shocker.

One passion fruit sold for KSH 15!

I visited more vendors JUST to be sure of the average selling price. Each passion fruit seller was asking for Kenya shillings 15/= per fruit.

Imagine such astronomical prices.

At that price, one kilo of passion in Kenya goes for over 200 shillings!

There can’t be better news than that for farmers!

 Why such high passion prOfits per acre?

The current prices of passion fruits as so good because the current demand for passion fruits exceeds supply. There are too many buyers chasing after too little passion fruits. Why not take advantage of the high prices and start production immediately?

Another reason I suppose for the passion fruit high prices is the rise in the demand for fresh juices. More and more people are now more aware of the health benefits of fresh passion fruit juice, passion fruit leaves, and the negative impact of synthetic extracts. This change of consumer preferences has made manufacturers like Coca-Cola, Delmonte, Kevian juices venture into processing passion fruit juices, mango juice, apple juice, grape juice and other fruit juices.

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The math behind passion fruit profit millions

The passion fruit is a vining plant.

What this means is one single plant can grow to a length of over 20 meters.

One single plant can yield up to 100 kilos of fruit. With that understanding, we are now ready for the math.

1 acre is approximately 4000m2

The recommended spacing of passion fruit is 2 meters X 3 meters.

That means, one plant will need 24 meters square to grow well.

To find the number of plants per acre, you divide 4,000 by 6=666 plants.

At this spacing, one plant can yield up to 23 kg of fruit per season.

At such high production levels per plant, you’ll get up to 15 tons per acre of fruit.

If one kg sells at a conservative price of KSH 80, you will make sales of KSH1,200,000/=

If you factor in ALL the costs of production at KSH 480,000/=, you will make a net profit of KSH 720,000/=

The above mathematics is not a result of guesswork. Peter Mwirigi and others did research titled; Agronomic Management of Yellow Passion Fruit Among Farmers in Mbeere Sub-county, Kenya—they found out that passion fruit has higher returns than maize beans, tomatoes, and cabbage. You can read that research here for yourself.

Another way, to maximize on the returns of your passion farmland, is to intercrop the passion fruit with the various crops. Suitable crops for intercropping are; potatoes, beetroots, Swiss chard, carrots, spinach, strawberries, eggplants, pepper, onions, leek and head lettuce. Intercropping will make you get returns from multiple crops, something that is very good!

That’s not all.

Passionfruit profits become sweeter in the subsequent seasons because the plant can live up to 3 years without planting the orchard afresh. In following seasons, production costs reduce, thus increasing the possibilities of higher returns.

What you need to start a passion fruit farm.

  • Grafted Purple passion seedlings.
  • Farmyard manure
  • Conduct a soil test
  • Depending on the results of the trial, you will need inorganic fertilizers like DAP, CAN, Multi K prills, MAP, NPK, etc.
  • Plant hormones to initiate flowering and to regulate growth
  • Foliar feeds to spur the different cycles of plant growth to maximize returns.
  • Fungicides to manage diseases.

Where can I sell mature passion fruits profitably?

To get maximum returns for your passion fruit produce, you’ll need a little marketing creativity.

This creativity will involve avoiding selling the fruits in the local county government markets.

Instead, you’ll need to sell them to premium customers like supermarkets, high-end hotels, and exporters.

Since these will be your target market, you need to have clean fruits, free of bugs and deformities.

There are many exporting companies that you can approach before starting your farm.

For example, Lagran group contracts farmers to grow passion fruit, Hass avocado, rosemary and other vegetables.

Where to buy passion fruit seedlings In Kenya

I am sorry to break your heart. As we speak, in Kenya no seed companies are selling certified passion fruit seeds.

The reason for this could be that the demand of the seeds is too low to persuade seed companies to start producing accredited passion fruit seeds.

So how do you get the seeds to establish your passion fruit orchard despite this limitation?

Although no seed companies are selling passion seeds, some nurseries have passion seedlings for sale.

However, you can’t be too sure of the quality of those seedlings as MAJORITY of the plant nurseries are not certified.

Unfortunately, you have to rely on their word—you can’t be too sure that they’ve raised the seedlings correctly.

That’s should not worry you.

Learn here this amazing fact: Getting your passion seeds or seedlings is easy and cheap. 

How To Carry Out Routine Management of Your Passion Fruit Orchard?

Careful management of a passion orchard is vital because the trees need close monitoring.

Passionfruit vines and fruits are susceptible to various diseases and pests that may prevent your success.

Therefore, to avoid spending much money and time on managing diseases and pests, you have to start and manage your orchard right.

If you intend to grow purple passion fruit, establish your orchard with grafted purple passion seedlings whose rootstock is yellow passion fruit.

Manage diseases and pests promptly.

Since management of a passion fruit orchard is an extensive topic, check this detailed guide for managing a passion fruit farm.

In conclusion:

Why continue getting coins out of your farm when you can earn millions from passion fruit? To get a comprehensive technical guide on passion fruit farming in Kenya download it here. It is absolutely free!

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