Growing hardy kiwi may be banned in Massachusetts

[castanea]

"The Massachusetts Invasive Plant Advisory Group (MIPAG) has voted to designate a locally-produced species of kiwifruit (Actinidia arguta; a.k.a. the kiwiberry) as "likely invasive" in the state and has petitioned to have it added to the Mass. Department of Agricultural Resources (MADR) statewide prohibited plant list..."

www.foodforestfarm.com/get-the-dirt/call-to-action-hardy-kiwi-may-be-illegal-to-grow-in-new-england

[prairiegardens]

You have to wonder where people's heads are, sometimes.

Plants are only valued if you have to work at growing them it seems. Aronia  is identified as being so easy to grow that it's invasive and either banned or strongly discouraged in various provinces but it's supposed to be exceedingly health promoting, one outfit in Ontario was selling the juice for something absurd like $20 for a soda pop sized bottle, not the 2litre sized ones either. And the latest "thing" is purslane, most people around here screech and reach for the chemical destroyer, while other people are paying to buy seed..

[rowan]

Hardy kiwi should grow well here but I just can't get them to take, even in cool, shaded positions. I wish it were a weed of sorts- it is delicious.

[richardw]

Ive managed to germinate seed from the www.popsugar.com.au/fitness/photo-gallery/38136941/image/38136945/Gold-Kiwifruit is seed allowed into oz?

[raymondo]

Jan 10, 2017 15:14:24 GMT -5 richardw said:

Ive managed to germinate seed from the www.popsugar.com.au/fitness/photo-gallery/38136941/image/38136945/Gold-Kiwifruit is seed allowed into oz?

Yes, pretty much all Actinidia species are permitted entry into Oz. Just the usual requirements of clean seed and botanical name on packet.

[steev]

If memory serves (hah!; could happen), there was a large, long-established, covered path-way/drive in Virginia (maybe), which was eventually recognized to be hardy kiwi; somehow people never figured it out.