Hardy vs. Arctic Kiwi
buckyz4
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Arctic vs Hardy Kiwi- which would be better to grow up a tree?
Comments (3)If your in zone 5, that would be a bit too cold for Issai, which is hardy to around -10F. It does leaf out late, but you should be seeing something by now. You can scratch the bark and see if its green underneath. There are some huge arguta vines growing in Maine that are close to 100 years old. A couple are at the College of the Altantic in Bar Harbor, and some others are in the Frenchmans Bay area. These are enormous vines that cover many large trees, yet they don't seem to cause any harm to the trees, similar to grape vines. I don't think you are going to kill any large trees, but the *hundreds of pounds* of fruit will be way out of reach. Arctic kiwi are not nearly as vigorous, and would be best grown in a small tree where you could still reach most of the fruit. However, the Arctic kiwi need a climate without winter warm spells or late freezes, so are usually best in very cold, short season areas....See MoreArctic Beauty Kiwi troubles
Comments (5)Thanks Kiwinut. It's not directly under a maple, but close (7-10 feet?) enough to the trunk that it gets some shade. Definitely close enough that the maple roots suck up most of the water and nutrients (which is why I water regularly and use lots of compost and coffee grounds and try to remember to fertilize on occasion). But perhaps not enough shade. Should I erect a shade cloth temporarily? Could I gradually remove it so that the plant can handle a half-day sun? It has been insanely hot here. And dry too. If the kiwi live, what if I plant a bunch of annuals such as sunflowers around them so their leaves will shade the kiwi? I have some seeds for sunflowers that get about 12' tall, much higher than my arbor. What am I looking for when I look for root rot? What can I do if I find it? Can the plant be saved?? The one with the droopy (well, now pretty much just gone) leaves is the one that gets more shade than the other (that had the crispy leaves), although with this bed I'd suspect heat stress more than root rot. I'm assuming the slow growth of the new leaves on the crispy one is due to the maple sucking out nutrients from the bed. Everything that is not native grows slowly there, but seems healthy. Native stuff does great :). I don't want to over-fertilize though given they are so young. What is the best organic fertilizer (in addition to stuff like liquid kelp and fish emulsion) to use on these guys? How big of pots do you have them in and what do they grow onto? Don't they get tall?? What you say makes sense -- I also just got some hardy kiwi and it is along the north side of my house, not too much sun but some sun. They are growing like gangbusters, but the one that doesn't have another plant in front of it is getting some crispy edges. Time to plant something :). THANKS! :-) Mel...See MoreArctic Beauty male for Isshai kiwi?
Comments (4)My Issai are ripening very late. My first thought is that it is either due to it being a young plant (3rd year) or that un-pollinated fruit behaves differently. Rather than ripen in August, it is just now starting to become edible. I've been picking one every 1-2 weeks since early September and until this week the brix was always under 10 (it started around 6 and tasted horrible). Yesterday I finally got one with 13, which tasted ok, but very tart, so I think I'm getting closer. They are also smaller than the ones I've gotten in the store (large grape sized in stores, medium-small grape sized from the yard), but at this point I think they are done growing. My most mature male vine only had one flower this year and it rained the day it opened, so there may have been little or no pollination (no fruit on Ken's Red or Geneva, even though they bloomed lightly)....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 Morealexander3_gw
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