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[mIEKAL aND <qazingulaza@gmail.com>]

my (arguta) kiwis don't ripen evenly so I tend to pick when some of
them are starting to be ripe, then sort for ripeness.  they ones that
are close seem to ripen within a few days of picking.

I have 3 20 year old vines that have never been pruned, they are
prolific fruiters, not all the fruit is where I can pick it since they
grow up ash trees which they are slowly pulling over.  Training them
is gonna give you more fruit load that is easier to pick, and perhaps
more even ripening.

~mIEKAL


On Sat, Sep 1, 2012 at 11:23 AM,  <david.maxwell@dal.ca> wrote:
> Not knowing anything about kiwis, I planted one at the corner of my porch, 
> and trained it up
> the porch post.  It has now become marvellously luxuriant, growing up to 
> the second storey
> and along the railing on the second storey deck, (probably 20 ft. plus).  I 
> now discover that
> these things are supposed to be grown like grapes, on trellises, in 
> something resembling a
> Kniffen system.  This is not feasible now, (without digging the whole thing 
> up and moving it).
> What would you more knowledgable folk recommend I do in terms of pruning 
> and training in
> future?
> Second question: it is laden with fruit, which remains rock-hard.  I am in 
> zone 5b.  We are
> starting into fall weather, (temps at night falling into single digits 
> [Centigrade]).  When can I
> expect it to be ready to pick?
> Third question:  the concept of planting a male vine for fertilisation 
> seems to be universal.
> Why do people not simply graft a branch of male kiwi onto a female?  (I 
> grafted some male
> scion wood onto my female vine last spring, and the grafts took quite 
> happily, so it is not a
> question of incompatibility or anything.)
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