Lucky
I have had near 100% by sticking them in a old wood chip pile in the late
fall before freeze, and early spring when I had to at some times use a steel
rod to drive a hole deep enough to put the cuttings in. I use about 12 inch
lengths and make a one inch cutting one each side before I stick them in the
rootone and put into the hole and leave only one bud showing.
Gordon C. Nofs
Flint, MI.
From: Lucky Pittman <lucky.pittman@murraystate.edu>
Reply-To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: [NAFEX] rooting kiwis?
Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2004 09:20:30 -0500
I have a co-worker who's wanting to plant some kiwis to run over a pergola
or something like that in his backyard. Told him I'd give him some cuttings
from some of mine.
Now, the question is, what is the best time to strike cuttings - and the
best method for reasonable succes in getting hardy kiwi cuttings to root.
Seems like I stuck some prunings, taken just before bud-break, in the
ground, several years ago, and had reasonable succes, but I may be
misremembering.