Male plant for 'Issai' Hardy Kiwi
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Comments (3)No luck at Lowe's for me. Doesn't anyone have any hardy kiwi to trade? I am looking for variegated and red Actinida kolomikta, male and female plants...See MoreWANTED: Male Hardy Kiwi
Comments (0)I need to find a male hardy kiwi. Mine died last year and my female is now flowering. All the fruit will be lost if I can't find a male to pollinate with. So, I need to either find a flowering male and harvest some pollen (with out hurting the plant) or if someone has plants I would love one of those too. I have tons of stuff to trade, like herbs, flowers, veggie seedlings....See MoreMale plant for 'Issai' Hardy Kiwi 2
Comments (9)Glenn, It's my first post! I'm in USDA zone 7a in Maryland and I've been very happy with Ken's Red. It is a LOT more vigorous than Issai, so either plan on some heavy duty pruning or make sure you have the room. The fruits are larger and, in my family's opinion, they taste better. You might also want to consider Ananasnaya aka Anna (make sure it's not the Kolomikta, but the Arguta variety) which is the most popular commercial cultivar. Since you've struggled to get fruit in spite of having waited 8 years, you might also consider Geneva. It is very vigorous too, but there are dozens of flowers on my Geneva this year and it's only 2 years old! For any non-Issai variety, that's fast. By comparison, it took 3 years for my Ken's Red to produce a couple fruits. The 4th year, I got maybe 20. The 5th year (which is this year), I counted over 1400 flowers, so I'm going to get a bumper crop! My Issai went through a similar pattern, but started on year 2 - which is not unusual for that clone. Fortunately, it's cranking up the volume. Last year, which was year 4, I had a few hundred and this year there's around 2,000 flowers or so. Of course, the Issai fruits are quite a bit smaller than the Ken's Red, so I should get more lbs out of the Ken's Red this year (I'm guessing 40 lbs or so) and A LOT more next year, since it's still a young plant. All of these varieties are (or at least, were) available at EdibleLandscaping. Considering everything, I'd probably decide between those three based on when I wanted the fruits. Ananasnaya ripens later, about 3 weeks after Ken's Red. Geneva is earlier; it ripens a couple weeks before Issai. For me at least, Ken's Red and Issai ripened around the same time. Any of EdibleLandscaping's male Argutas will pollinate those. I hope that helps answer your question. Good luck! - kiwi_MD...See MoreHAVE: Hardy Kiwi Male and Female Cuttings
Comments (3)Hello, I was wondering if you're still able to obtain cuttings for this year? I would be interested in trading. Thanks...See Morekiwinut
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