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Roger..I have been growing Kiwis for over twenty years. Most Kiwi are  
ripened off vine when they are green. I pick most of my kiwi in late October 
and 
 store in the refig or garage. To ripen I put kiwi's in a paper sack with a 
 apple. It takes about a week. I ripen and eat kiwi till February. Kiwi 
will  take twenty below in the winter easy. Remember kiwi are not tropical. 
They  are out of the cold Russia climate.
https://www.onegreenworld.com/Kiwis/Anna/1980/
 
Dan Ester
Eugene, Oregon  
 
 
In a message dated 11/10/2013 8:25:23 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,  
RBove@wcupa.edu writes:

I just  posted the material below to Bananas.org and thought that I ought 
to copy this  to Nafex. About five years ago I was contacted by a Connecticut 
nurseryman and  Nafex member to whom I gave cuttings from my vines. Since 
my computer was  stolen shortly thereafter I lost all material on who he was. 
I would like to  know how he did.

It's nice to hear from a fellow Pennsylvanian in the  last post. I have a 
few hardy kiwis myself and got a small amount of delicious  fruit from them. 
I also have had 'tender' kiwis for almost 20 years planted  against the 
south side of my house. The first were taken from seeds from  California 
(Hayward) kiwis from the supermarket. They grew well and survived  winters 
without 
trouble, but produced no fruit.
I finally bought some  grafted female vines from Edible Landscaping and a 
supplier in Washington  state. They took over the south side of my 
ranch-style home and began to  assault the roof. In the best years I had to 
give away 
fruit. Unfortunately,  when I retired we upsized our house for the 4th time 
by putting on a second  story. Since the entire south wall had to be 
reconstructed, the kiwis had to  be cut to a foot tall. My wife didn't want 
kiwis 
on the siding any more so I  had an arbor built which extends about five feet 
from the house. The best part  of this was that a series of hardy fig 
bushes that had been planted about the  same time as the kiwis rediscovered 
the 
sun and produced brilliantly this fall  without having been properly 
protected for the winter. However. the kiwis,  which covered the back and top 
of the 
arbor and started to assault my  unusually high second floor have only 
produce a very small amount of fruit,  though they and some more that I added 
to 
the 'jungle' be
hind my back yard  were covered with blossoms this spring. My point is that 
kiwis will survive  and fruit 15 miles north of the Mason-Dixon line, but I 
should warn that the  season is not long enough to ripen them and they need 
a warm place to ripen. I  ought to add that none of my bananas have ever 
fruited in my greenhouse,  though my outdoor Basjoos are high and hardy 
without much  care.


Roger Even Bove, PhD
Department of Economics & Finance  (retired)
West Chester University
West Chester PA  19383-2220
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f8839702827f294&URL=mailto%3arbove%40wcupa.edu>
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