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Behalf Of Lon J. Rombough Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2007 11:17
AM To: North American Fruit Explorers Subject: Re: [NAFEX]
Progagating Hardy Kiwi
Kiwi don't usually root worth a darn from dormant cuttings. Most are
started from green cuttings in a mist bench with bottom heat. In that setting
they will root in about two weeks. It is sometimes possible to push a small
shoot from a dormant cutting, then put that shoot into a mist bench. Otherwise,
you might try layering a few new vines, as an alternative.
I once visited a kiwi nursery when the propagation was still being worked
out and at that time they hadn't discovered the rooting of green cuttings.
Instead, they were growing seedlings and grafting the varieties to the
seedlings.
-Lon Rombough
Grapes, writing, consulting, my book, The Grape Grower, at
http://www.bunchgrapes.com Winner of the Garden Writers Association "Best Talent
in Writing" award for 2003.
On Jan 9, 2007, at 10:52 AM, Geoffrey Stone wrote:
The two kiwi I purchased (one male, one female) had
roots that we snarled in the container. The seemed to do ok this 1st year
but I thought that I'd try to propagate from cuttings as I've heard stories
about plants with snarled roots not lasting beyond a few years. I bundled
the cuttings into two by sex and put one each in a pot surrounded with peat
moss. I put these pots in an old tire packed with leaves and put that on
the north side of my shed for the winter. In the spring I plan to put a
few of these cutting in several pots with one or two nodes above the surface
after dipping the bottom node in a rooting hormone. This will be my 1st
attempt at this. Does it make sense? Any
suggestions?
Geoffrey Stone
Black Mountain,
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