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[mIEKAL aND <qazingulaza@gmail.com>]

One year before I had established males, & was desperate to taste
fruit I got pollen from someone on this list (maybe Hal Love) & I seem
to remember that it was pollen of the fuzzy kiwi....  & got both
arguta & kolomikta fruit....

~mIEKAL

On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 5:26 PM, Dan Nave <nave1@comcast.net> wrote:
> I think the amount of shade necessary may depend on the zone you are in.
> In Minnesota, they recommended having the vines on the east side of a hill
> or something similar, receiving full morning sun.  Also recommended is to
> protect from winter sun.
>
> I'm not certain that the two types could actually pollinate each other
> because of the difference in the number of chromosomes.
>
> "If you try growing /A. arguta/ for fruit, plant a male of the same species,
> since flowering times and chromosome numbers differ between /Actinida/
> species; don't rely on a male /A. kolomikta/ as a pollenizer."
> http://fruit.cfans.umn.edu/kiwi.htm
>
> Dan  (St. Paul, MN, Z4a)