Passion fruit in the interior of São Paulo: producers use own technique to overcome low price and climate **Translation:** Passion fruit in the interior of São Paulo: producers use own technique to overcome low price and climate.

In Gália (SP), José Roberto Martineli maintains three hectares with 2,500 passion fruit plants. However, the effort does not always reflect in the wallet: he has done the math and saw that the box, of approximately 20 kilos, will come out for R$ 40, a value well below the R$ 100 that the box reached at the end of last year. In addition to the price, the weather has also been a villain. Lower temperatures have impaired the formation of the fruit in 2025. Despite the challenges, the producer does not give up and bets on a method of his own that he developed to increase flowering and production, especially aiming for the best sales period, which is December. "In the method that I acquired for the passion fruit, there are five shoots that you leave for it to follow on the trellis. It increases the guides, the more guides, the more passion fruits you will have in December," he reveals. According to him, leaving only two shoots would result in fewer guides and, consequently, prevent ...