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["Hector Black" <hblack1925@fastmail.fm>]

I tried growing them up a tree and concur with you Scott. Also agree -  keep 
the males cut back.  Hector Black zone 6 middle tn
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Scott Smith" <scott@cs.jhu.edu>
To: "nafex mailing list at ibiblio" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Sunday, March 04, 2012 2:56 PM
Subject: Re: [nafex] Growing hardy kiwis - multiple varieties: same hole?


> Steve, the main thing about growing kiwis close together is to allocate 
> space for each one.  I wouldn't recommend growing up a tree, it will be 
> hard to harvest and if its gets out of hand your only recourse is to chop 
> it down.  It also won't get any sun under a big oak.  My recommendation is 
> build say a 10' trellis and put the male 1' from one end and the female 4' 
> from the other.  Let the female take up 8' of the trellis and the male 2'. 
> Cut back brutally if they cross.  There is no reason to have a male take 
> up any more than 2', that is plenty of flowers.  You need to hedge them at 
> least twice per summer and prune way back in the winter like grape 
> pruning.
>
> Scott
>
> On Mar 4, 2012, at 2:19 PM, Steven Covacci wrote:
>
> > In order to save space, is it ok to plant both the fruiting female hardy 
> > kiwi along with the male pollinator in the same hole; or will only one 
> > (likely the male) thrive and, eventually, displace the female?
> > As an alternative, is it ok to plant the vines, each, 10 feet away from a 
> > tree - both being on polar-opposite ends from each other, so that they 
> > both head for the tree (coming from opposite directions) and then meet up 
> > when the climb the tree.  I have a huge oak tree with all the lower limbs 
> > cut down, so the tree would be a good nature trellis/host for the 2 
> > vines.  Or would still, one out-compete the other?  If so, I would think 
> > the vine would still live, as the first 10-feet (before the tree ascent) 
> > would be free of mutual competition.
> > Thank you,
> > Steve; NJ
> >
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