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- From: "Lon J. Rombough" <lonrom@hevanet.com>
- To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Hardiest Kiwi
- Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2004 07:22:51 -0800
Title: Re: [NAFEX] Hardiest Kiwi Things about A. kolomikta that you might want to know. One is that it is a forest plant in it's native habitat and often doesn't do well in high light - needs to grow in at least partial shade. Another is that it can be more of a shrub than a vine, or at least it often isn't nearly the rampant vine that arguta can be. Finally, Japanese beetles LOVE it, and other Actinidias.
An excellent source of all hardy kiwis is Kiwi Korners.
=Lon Rombough
Alot of gardening mail-order catalogs list Actinidia arguta as the "hardy kiwi". It can only handle -25° F before it winterkills. There is another kiwi that is hardier, Actinidia kolomitka that can take -50° F. It tastes identical to the brown fuzzys, is only 30% smaller than A. arguta, produces less invasive vines than its cousins and it ripens in August.
I bought my A. kolomitka from Oregon Exotics but I have seen it in (a few) other catalogs.
Jim Fruth
Pequot Lakes, MN
Zone 3
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[NAFEX] Hardiest Kiwi,
Jim F, 03/22/2004
- Re: [NAFEX] Hardiest Kiwi, mIEKAL aND, 03/22/2004
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Re: [NAFEX] Hardiest Kiwi,
Lon J. Rombough, 03/22/2004
- Re: [NAFEX] Hardiest Kiwi, Martha Barrett / Scott Weber, 03/23/2004
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- RE: [NAFEX] Hardiest Kiwi, Brungardt, Sam, 03/22/2004
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