On Wed, 2007-28-03 at 22:08 +1000, jedd wrote:
> I echo Doug's sentiments -- A. arguta is meant to be hardy to
> something like -30C (from memory this was the figure that
> Luis Glowinski quoted in Fruit Growing In Australia).
>
> I suspect the biggest problem with them would be late frosts,
> as is usual with areas prone to frosts, but confounded by early
> blossoming plants. Not an insurmountable problem, of course.
>
> I've not heard of K2D4 - the site you cite hints that it may be
> covered by PVR/PBR legislation (the name certainly doesn't sound
> like a translation from mandarin of an ancient common name).
>
> Have you tasted many other A. argutas? IOW, is this one particularly
> superior to the others out there?
>
> It's possible that K2D4 is self-fertile - you could try growing from
> the seeds in the fruit you purchased. Though given the way that
> the NZers grow Actinidias, and the fact I've only heard of one
> self-fertile variety (Issai), *and* the fact that that one's only semi
> self-fertile anyway .. I'd not be expecting a pure strain. However
> you may end up with an interesting hybrid.
>
> Jedd.
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