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[Dan Nave <nave1@comcast.net>]

I bought a male and female Arctic Kiwi (Actinidia Kolomikta) for spring delivery and had thought to 
grow them up a tree trunk.  As you don't recommend that, I have another space where they may get 
more sun but they will still have to go up a vertical trellis rather than across a horizontal 
trellis.  As the plants are Kolomiktas they won't be as vigorous or as large as the other Kiwis.  
Can you give any recommendations about making a vertical trellis?

Thanks,

Dan

On 3/4/2012 2:56 PM, Scott Smith wrote:
> 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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