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  • From: Applesrgoodforu@aol.com
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  • Subject: Re: [nafex] 'Tender' Kiwis
  • Date: Sun, 10 Nov 2013 13:46:15 -0500 (EST)

Roger..I have been growing Kiwis for over twenty years. Most Kiwi are
ripened off vine when they are green. I pick most of my kiwi in late October
and
store in the refig or garage. To ripen I put kiwi's in a paper sack with a
apple. It takes about a week. I ripen and eat kiwi till February. Kiwi
will take twenty below in the winter easy. Remember kiwi are not tropical.
They are out of the cold Russia climate.
https://www.onegreenworld.com/Kiwis/Anna/1980/

Dan Ester
Eugene, Oregon


In a message dated 11/10/2013 8:25:23 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,
RBove@wcupa.edu writes:

I just posted the material below to Bananas.org and thought that I ought
to copy this to Nafex. About five years ago I was contacted by a Connecticut
nurseryman and Nafex member to whom I gave cuttings from my vines. Since
my computer was stolen shortly thereafter I lost all material on who he was.
I would like to know how he did.

It's nice to hear from a fellow Pennsylvanian in the last post. I have a
few hardy kiwis myself and got a small amount of delicious fruit from them.
I also have had 'tender' kiwis for almost 20 years planted against the
south side of my house. The first were taken from seeds from California
(Hayward) kiwis from the supermarket. They grew well and survived winters
without
trouble, but produced no fruit.
I finally bought some grafted female vines from Edible Landscaping and a
supplier in Washington state. They took over the south side of my
ranch-style home and began to assault the roof. In the best years I had to
give away
fruit. Unfortunately, when I retired we upsized our house for the 4th time
by putting on a second story. Since the entire south wall had to be
reconstructed, the kiwis had to be cut to a foot tall. My wife didn't want
kiwis
on the siding any more so I had an arbor built which extends about five feet
from the house. The best part of this was that a series of hardy fig
bushes that had been planted about the same time as the kiwis rediscovered
the
sun and produced brilliantly this fall without having been properly
protected for the winter. However. the kiwis, which covered the back and top
of the
arbor and started to assault my unusually high second floor have only
produce a very small amount of fruit, though they and some more that I added
to
the 'jungle' be
hind my back yard were covered with blossoms this spring. My point is that
kiwis will survive and fruit 15 miles north of the Mason-Dixon line, but I
should warn that the season is not long enough to ripen them and they need
a warm place to ripen. I ought to add that none of my bananas have ever
fruited in my greenhouse, though my outdoor Basjoos are high and hardy
without much care.


Roger Even Bove, PhD
Department of Economics & Finance (retired)
West Chester University
West Chester PA 19383-2220
rbove@wcupa.edu<https://webmail.wcupa.edu/owa/redir.aspx?C=a669f7b2a95e4331a
f8839702827f294&URL=mailto%3arbove%40wcupa.edu>
Please request home email, address and phone number from me by emailing me
here..

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  • [nafex] 'Tender' Kiwis, Bove, Roger Even (Retired), 11/10/2013
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