Fuzzy Kiwi Survival
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Comments (13)Alpharetta, I am local to you in Canton. I have had a Hayward Kiwi probably in the ground for probably around 12 years. I will preface my results by stating I have it in a half shadeded area, give it no care anymore, and never established a proper trelis for it. I have never even observed a bloom on it and I pretty gave up on it, Never even bothered replacing the male which I lost years ago due to no blooms on the female Hayward. The vine grew vigorously and was probably 30 feet up a tree as I was neglecting it until last year when I hacked it off from the tree. It is still sprawling all over like an octupus. Again I really have not trained it and have no proper trelis in place. Some years as this year a late frost will kill the early foilage, and leafs right back out.I don't think I ever lose any of the vine to cold, and some years the cold would not be responsible for my lack of blooms, I would think even in the shade I would get some minimal blooms. I have an Issai about the same age, that is more manageable, although I have not trained it very well either as of recent years due to disapointng results as well. It has justed finished blooming and has set small fruit that seemingly 95% of the time seem to abort after a period. I rarely have more than a couple that mature, and after reading prior posts here about improved results with a male I obtained a hardy male last year as well as an Anna, but they are not of blooming size of yet....See MoreFuzzy kiwi pollinate hardy kiwi
Comments (8)I collect the male flowers... cut off the stamens that have the pollen attached onto a piece of paper. I fold up the paper like an envelope and tape it shut, label it, and put it in the freezer. When you are wanting to use it.... take it out of the freezer and let it sit for awhile before using a qtip or kids paint brush to apply the pollen onto the female flowers....See MoreHardy Kiwi plant for fuzzy kiwi scions
Comments (1)Is this an Arctic Beauty kiwi? I will have some Saanichton fuzzy kiwi scion wood this winter. Send me an E-mail....See MoreWhen should I harvest fuzzy kiwis?
Comments (10)I'm adding to a very old thread, but maybe it's good to round the answer for those that don't have a refractometer. I have one (i believe hayward) kiwi / first crop and was about to harvest the fruit. It's now mid december and the temperatures have been very mild this month the lowest not going below 2C - 3C and upto 15C during the day, so I left the fruit on the vine thinking I would harvest when the forecast was going towards 0C. In the meantime I did a quick check on the web for when the kiwi should be harvested and saw suggestions (other than use of a refractometer) of checking for seed color (black) and leaving the fruit till there was at least one day of temperatures around 0C. The other day I picked a kiwi to test and saw that the seeds were dark - the problem is that today I started picking them and again tried a few but the seed color varied : completely dark brow, very dark with a little dark brown and some that looked almost black. So, without a refractomer, how can I judge whether the kiwi is ready for harvest (is the seed color a good indicator) and is it a good idea to leave them so long on the vine ?...See More- 10 years ago
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