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  • From: "Mark Lee" <markl@nytec.com>
  • To: <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: RE: [NAFEX] Info on hardy kiwifruit
  • Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2002 08:16:01 -0800

For the first time I saw Actinidia arguta for sale at a grocery store. It
was marketed as Baby Kiwis at $3.50 a pint basket, grown on a farm in
Oregon. I didn't have any of my own this year because I moved the vines
(and my residence). I bought some to treat my kids. They were devoured in
short time.
-Mark Lee, Seattle z7

-----Original Message-----
From: nafex-admin@lists.ibiblio.org
[mailto:nafex-admin@lists.ibiblio.org]On Behalf Of Sam Brungardt
Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2002 3:46 AM
To: mlpottorff@yahoo.com
Subject: [NAFEX] Info on hardy kiwifruit


Hi, Mike. Sorry it's taken so long to get this info to you. Lost the piece
of paper with all the addresses I'd collected while I was home.

You can find info on hardy kiwi (Actinidia arguta) and some other Actinidia
species, including A. kolomikta, at the following websites:

"Kiwifruit Production in Oklahoma"
http://www.agweb.okstate.edu/pearl/hort/fruits/f6249.htm

"Oklahoma's Kiwi King"
http://www.kotv.com/okt/kiwi.asp

Missouri Agricultural Experiment Station report, "Hardy Kiwi Variety Trial"
http://aes.missouri.edu/swcenter/fieldday/page40.stm

Ohio State Univ. Extension Fact Sheet, "Kiwifruit and Hardy Kiwi"
http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/1000/1426.html

"Hardy Kiwifruit"
http://www,crfg.org/pubs/ff/hardy-kiwifruit.html

Pacific Northwest Bulletin 507, "Growing Kiwifruit"
Sorry that I do not have the URL for this, but it is available online if you
do a search. (I recommend using Google.com .) It's also available for
$2.50 from:
Publication Orders
Extension & Station Communications
Oregon State University
422 Kerr Administration
Corvallis, OR 97331-2119
fax: 541/737-0817

"New Temperate Fruits: Actinidia chinensis and Actinidia deliciosa"
(includes info on A. arguta and A. kolomikta)
wysiwyg://16/http:www.hort/purdue.edu/newcrop/proceedings1999/v4-342.html

Triple Brook Farm (sells plants of improved Actinidia cultivars of several
species)
wysiwyg://4/http://www.triplebrookfarm.com/iplants/Actinidia.html

Mike, from what I've read, I'd recommend you do the following for growing
kiwi in Lawrence, Kan.:

1. Kiwifruit do not tolerate winds well. If possible, plant on the north
side of a fence or windbreak, such as the privacy fence you have at home.
To help the plants get sunlight, afix the trellis so that it's held away
from the fence with "spacers."

2. Kiwifruit are shallow rooted. In climates with a high evapotranspiration
rate during the growing season, mulch deeply and water often.

3. A. arguta 'Issai', although self-fruitful, produces more and larger fruit
if it is fertilized by a male A. arguta or A. kolomikta plant. A male A.
kolomikta ' Arctic Beauty' may be a good choice for the northside of the
fence because it is more shade tolerant and the plants are generally less
vigorous than those of A. arguta.

4. Squirrels love A. arguta fruit. They KNOW when they're ready to pick.
If you have lots of these critters, I recommend having fried squirrel and
pan gravy with biscuits for breakfast. Just tell the kids it's
chicken...or quail or something else they'll eat.

Good luck with your new job and with the 'Issai' plant, Mike. Keep me
posted on how it's doing, and give my love to the boys.--Sam









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