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Post by castanea on Oct 1, 2011 23:46:51 GMT -5
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Post by canadamike on Oct 2, 2011 17:50:04 GMT -5
Those of you living in a better place than me for kiwi, kind of alfway between commercial kiwi's climate and northern one should maybe give a call to ORFLO. When I was a t his place, 2 years ago, I saw a very lush actinidia deliciosa vine that he even had to climb on his roof to harvest.
It is a smaller deliciosa, too small for deliciosa market, but much tougher, able to whitstand his climate, very limit for deliciosa.
A cross of that kiwi with arguta or kolomitka might very well give something good, pushing the boundary of deliciosa up north, or especially enlarging arguta or kolomitka. It might even work here 2 years out of 3, given the climate fuck up. But a bit south of here, gosh would it become a project of mine...
It would probably be too small for deliciosa, but much bigger than arguta or kolomitka. A bigger ''small northern'' kiwi of sorts...
Alan, can you grow kiwi in Indiana....if not, I think this one could be good for you... half the size of the biggest kiwis we see in grocery stores or about 2/3 of the small ones we get for cheaper...
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Post by keen101 (Biolumo / Andrew B.) on Oct 2, 2011 18:24:40 GMT -5
I have a few kiwi plants. Two of them are hardy kiwi's we got from a magazine, and the third was grown from golden kiwi fruit bought at the store. I didn't know that hardy kiwi fruit was the same a kiwi berries. I had already thought that a cross between golden kiwi and those kiwi berries would be pretty awesome. all the plants are small and only a few years old, so i haven't seen any flowers or fruit yet. I personally hope the golden kiwi is a female plant, but there i don't have any way to tell at this point. There is also the possibility that it was pollinated with a regular old green kiwi, and so it may not grow true to type.
Still, both the kiwi berries and golden kiwi's taste so much better than the regular old green ones. I don't think i want to ever eat a regular kiwi again. I hope to continue trying to grow more. Perhaps i will try sprouting seed from the yellow Chinese kiwi and the red fleshed ones.
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Post by steev on Oct 11, 2011 23:57:59 GMT -5
My various arguta and kolomitka rooted cuttings are going dormant now. The rainy season having begun last week, it's time I started setting out my Fall plants so they can get a bit acclimated before Winter. Besides various kiwis, I've got a couple olives, several pomegranates, rhubarbs, various roses and sundry trees. I get this stuff out of the yard and off to the farm, I'll have room. Room, that is, to pot up last Winter's cuttings of other pomegranates, quinces, and apple rootstocks. That will re-fill the void, leaving a little room for the coming Winter's cuttings of new varieties.
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Post by steev on Feb 14, 2012 23:48:09 GMT -5
I note that my hardy kiwis are starting to break dormancy; It's finally gotten wet enough that I'll risk planting them out.
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Post by johno on Feb 15, 2012 0:48:59 GMT -5
I bought some seeds!
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Post by steev on Feb 15, 2012 1:33:18 GMT -5
Any idea what they are, variety-wise or whatnot?
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Post by turtleheart on Feb 15, 2012 7:16:30 GMT -5
johno i also have some neglected seeds for the hardy kiwi. i dont know what to do with it. im sure there are asians that would think of me what i think of pre ww2 europeans who didnt eat tomatoes. i need to be educated. they look so good.
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