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["Hal Love" <lovehd@comcast.net>]

Did it rain or did you water the vine around the time the leaves stopped browning? Sounds like drought stress to me. However, there could also be an infectious agent at work or even herbicide injury. If it is a mineral deficiency, it would seem to be specific to the Jumbo, assuming it is in close proximity to the other vines. I have seen a similar thing happen with one of my potted actinidia during a heat wave while out of town for a few days. However, the fruit did not shrivel, but just dropped.

 

Hal

zn 6 TN

 

----- Original Message -----

From: mauch1@aol.com

To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org

Sent: Friday, October 28, 2005 2:07 PM

Subject: [NAFEX] Kiwi problem

Sorry I haven't been on the list in a while, life kind of intervened.

 

I had a problem with one of my Kiwi's this year and needed some advice.

 

I have 3 hardy Kiwi vines, one "Anna", one male, and one "Jumbo" (supposedly a larger Italian

variety).

 

My male finally bloomed this year and I had fruit set on both the Anna and Jumbo.  I have them

each on a 25X8 trellis, and have strawberries underplanted.  All seemed to be going well, but we

were having droughty conditions this summer.

 

Sometime in August the leaves on the Jumbo kiwi yellowed, and the edge of the leaves towards

the tip browned and the fruit shriveled.  The vine did put out some more growth that was greener.

The leaves didn't continue to 'die'.  I'm guessing it might be some sort of mineral deficiency made

worse by the drought.

 

Any thoughts?  If mineral deficiency, what kind?

 

Thanks,

 

Chris Mauchline
SE PA, zone 6
40° 5' N 75° 51'W
~650 ft elevation

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