[Jembo]

I am giving my vegie garden a makeover at the moment and I have an old farm fence along it and have been wanting to plant something on it as in summer I really need some shade in my vegie garden as it is hot and dry where we live.

However I really don't want a passionfruit there, I have one down the chook pen and hate it (it never fruits, and I am constantly battling suckers and having to trim it from taking over) and I hate it, it is so thick and drives me nuts).

The only other thing I can think of is grapes which won't really be all that suitable I think. Anyone have some alternatives on a vine I can plant that will also produce food?

[pumpkinpie04]

Raspberry canes?

[lynnemine]

Apart from passionfruit and grapes:
blackberry?
raspberry?
strawberry?
tomato?
choko?

I don't know if these can have full sun etc, just that they grow on vines

ETA - and KIWIFRUIT of course

This post has been edited by lynnemine: 28/12/2012, 01:51 PM

[Cancerian Moon]

Climbing beans.

[PatG]

I came to say choko too - mainly because they grow easily. Maybe kiwi fruit?

[Jembo]

Thanks will google kiwi fruit and choko to see if they can be grown here.

I wish we could grow berries, but it is far too hot here, we have a more mediterrainean climate, that can be a bit tropical as well. Over summer it is hot, dry, windy and dusty, winter can be a bit dry as well, not really cold and certainly no frost

This post has been edited by Jembo: 28/12/2012, 02:26 PM

[pumpkinpie04]

Maybe dragonfruit - apparently it's a climbing cactus.

[Sinister Bonnet]

Dragonfruit is really tough and hard to kill.

Kiwifruit can be very invasive so check the rootstock info.

[~rollercoaster~]

Spagetti squash, apple cucumber and small watermelons

[seepi]

I was going to say Kiwi fruit, but we are in a cold climate - not sure if they will go well and sweeten up with no frost. They can get big though too - but will fruit a lot.

I'd try a different passionfruit - it sounds like yours has reverted to the rootstock, which grows like crazy and barely fruits. get a new one - 'ungrafted' if you can, so it can't go feral.

Would grapes not work?