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  • From: William McNam <billmcnam@yahoo.com>
  • To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
  • Cc: david.maxwell@dal.ca
  • Subject: Re: [nafex] Hardy kiwifruit
  • Date: Sat, 1 Sep 2012 16:26:30 -0700 (PDT)




Covrr the fruit.
protect from frost

ripening/softening depends on variety (and species).
kolomitka fruit drops upon softening
arguta hangs on
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On Sat, Sep 1, 2012 9:23 AM PDT david.maxwell@dal.ca wrote:

>Not knowing anything about kiwis, I planted one at the corner of my porch,
>and trained it up
>the porch post. It has now become marvellously luxuriant, growing up to the
>second storey
>and along the railing on the second storey deck, (probably 20 ft. plus). I
>now discover that
>these things are supposed to be grown like grapes, on trellises, in
>something resembling a
>Kniffen system. This is not feasible now, (without digging the whole thing
>up and moving it).
>What would you more knowledgable folk recommend I do in terms of pruning and
>training in
>future?
>Second question: it is laden with fruit, which remains rock-hard. I am in
>zone 5b. We are
>starting into fall weather, (temps at night falling into single digits
>[Centigrade]). When can I
>expect it to be ready to pick?
>Third question: the concept of planting a male vine for fertilisation seems
>to be universal.
>Why do people not simply graft a branch of male kiwi onto a female? (I
>grafted some male
>scion wood onto my female vine last spring, and the grafts took quite
>happily, so it is not a
>question of incompatibility or anything.)
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  • Re: [nafex] Hardy kiwifruit, William McNam, 09/01/2012

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