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Post by diane on Feb 20, 2019 20:41:28 GMT -5
My 10 year old grandson William noticed that the kiwi fruit he was eating had tiny black seeds in it, so he scraped some out and now has a pot of seedlings.
I have no idea how many years it will take for them to produce fruit.
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Post by steev on Feb 20, 2019 21:05:23 GMT -5
They will have produced fruit if they only encourage him to garden. If he gets food, that's lagniape.
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Post by philagardener on Feb 20, 2019 21:06:18 GMT -5
Good for William! I started seedlings from the golden kiwi and hardy kiwi last year - easy to germinate. The former probably isn't going to make it here but the latter is reputably cold hardy. Remember that eventually you (he) will need to have at least one male and female plant to get fruit.
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Post by mskrieger on Feb 25, 2019 16:29:51 GMT -5
Fedco trees sells hardy kiwi vines of several varieties, apparently they do fine in most of Maine, so they should be OK for you, diane. Don't be fooled by the tiny little seeds, though--they reputedly grow into enormous, powerful vines that can pull down small trees. They need sturdy structures to grow on. And yes, the plants have genders. Sometimes they can be quite pretty, with variegated leaves and nice flowers, even the males (or so I've heard  ). |
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Post by steve1 on Mar 23, 2019 0:28:45 GMT -5
They have been working in New Zealand on hemaphrodites. Issai is a hemaphrodite hardy kiwi variety sold in Oz. I just happened to have finished fermenting some hardy kiwi seeds, will sow them soon.
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Post by diane on Mar 23, 2019 10:36:26 GMT -5
Do you know whether Issai fruit are being exported, Steve? I could look for some here if they are sold by name, like NZ apples are.
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