[nafex] Growing hardy kiwis - multiple varieties: same hole?
Hector Black
hblack1925 at fastmail.fm
Sun Mar 4 16:47:28 EST 2012
I tried growing them up a tree and concur with you Scott. Also agree - keep
the males cut back. Hector Black zone 6 middle tn
----- Original Message -----
From: "Scott Smith" <scott at cs.jhu.edu>
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Sent: Sunday, March 04, 2012 2:56 PM
Subject: Re: [nafex] Growing hardy kiwis - multiple varieties: same hole?
> Steve, the main thing about growing kiwis close together is to allocate
> space for each one. I wouldn't recommend growing up a tree, it will be
> hard to harvest and if its gets out of hand your only recourse is to chop
> it down. It also won't get any sun under a big oak. My recommendation is
> build say a 10' trellis and put the male 1' from one end and the female 4'
> from the other. Let the female take up 8' of the trellis and the male 2'.
> Cut back brutally if they cross. There is no reason to have a male take
> up any more than 2', that is plenty of flowers. You need to hedge them at
> least twice per summer and prune way back in the winter like grape
> pruning.
>
> Scott
>
> On Mar 4, 2012, at 2:19 PM, Steven Covacci wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> In order to save space, is it ok to plant both the fruiting female hardy
>> kiwi along with the male pollinator in the same hole; or will only one
>> (likely the male) thrive and, eventually, displace the female?
>> As an alternative, is it ok to plant the vines, each, 10 feet away from a
>> tree - both being on polar-opposite ends from each other, so that they
>> both head for the tree (coming from opposite directions) and then meet up
>> when the climb the tree. I have a huge oak tree with all the lower limbs
>> cut down, so the tree would be a good nature trellis/host for the 2
>> vines. Or would still, one out-compete the other? If so, I would think
>> the vine would still live, as the first 10-feet (before the tree ascent)
>> would be free of mutual competition.
>> Thank you,
>> Steve; NJ
>>
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