Anyone Have A Kiwi Plant?
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I was REALLY surprised to see kiwi plants that would work in my area, in garden catalogs! I thought they only grew, well, somewhere else?!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I love kiwi fruit, but I wonder if it would be worth it to buy some plants. I dont have alot of money, so I would hate to buy some if they wouldnt work out.
Anyone have any experience with them at all? I am in Southern Wisconsin.
I love kiwi fruit, but I wonder if it would be worth it to buy some plants. I dont have alot of money, so I would hate to buy some if they wouldnt work out.
Anyone have any experience with them at all? I am in Southern Wisconsin.
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Originally Posted by CarrieAnne
I see you do need the male and the female. I think they sell them in sets. It says they will work in my zone, so maybe I will give it a try!
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I'm surprised to find they will grow there, but if they do, they are marvelous. You can have about 8 females to one male and still get good fruit. Some of the male plants smell like a tom cat and will draw neighborhood toms.
Many, many years ago a world traveler brought my DH (a nurseryman) some little black seeds and asked him to grow them for him. Said they came from the Gooseberry vine (now called Kiwi, don't think it's kin to the Chinese Gooseberry) . DH had never heard of them at that point of time, but now we have a lot of them around here, but not a significant source of commercial income. Nice plants though, lovely and delicious. There's a yellow fruited one I saw recently. I'll have to try it.
And DH always added Epsom Salt to all the nursery plants, they grew better with extra magnesium in the soil. And of course you can plant the seeds, maybe even get a new variety. Fun to check the new ones that come along.
Many, many years ago a world traveler brought my DH (a nurseryman) some little black seeds and asked him to grow them for him. Said they came from the Gooseberry vine (now called Kiwi, don't think it's kin to the Chinese Gooseberry) . DH had never heard of them at that point of time, but now we have a lot of them around here, but not a significant source of commercial income. Nice plants though, lovely and delicious. There's a yellow fruited one I saw recently. I'll have to try it.
And DH always added Epsom Salt to all the nursery plants, they grew better with extra magnesium in the soil. And of course you can plant the seeds, maybe even get a new variety. Fun to check the new ones that come along.
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Originally Posted by CarrieAnne
Wow, Candace...I didnt know that. Simular to fruit trees then. I planted apple, cherry and pear trees, 3 and 4 years ago, and STILL waiting..........
While you're waiting, try dwarfs, they fruit much faster. They can even be planted in big pots.
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