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["Lon J. Rombough" <lonrom@hevanet.com>]

Pruning them like grapevines is essentially correct, except on a larger scale.  The male pollinator vines can be pruned close to conserve space, though.  However, varieties like Chico and Hayward can take 7 to 9 years to start bearing.  That may be the situation with yours.
-Lon Rombough
Grapes, writing, consulting, my book, The Grape Grower, at http://www.bunchgrapes.com  Winner of the Garden Writers Association "Best Talent in Writing" award for 2003.
On Feb 1, 2006, at 5:18 PM, Dylan Ford wrote:

Kiwi fanciers - I have several (what supposedly are) kiwi vines (purchased
sight-unseen for a pittance long ago from some fly-by-night company). They
spent several years languishing in pots while I was laid-up, and have been
planted on an arbor now for four or five years, without a single one ever
producing a single flower. I am about to have at them, and I sort of recall
someone on NAFEX saying they should be pruned like grapevines. Can anyone
elaborate on this for me? Thanks,  dylan