When I see these rich dark reds with stamens piled high with pollen, I can't help pollinating other dark reds. The trouble is I've completely run out of space to plant even my 2014 seedlings. So I'll have lots of seeds in a few weeks with nowhere to go, so if anyone needs any I'll give a shout when they are ready to give away.

http://www.gapphotos.com/imagedetails.asp?imageno=171126 https://www.google.com/search?q=actinidia+chinensis+stems&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi3_bDEmKjNAhWDOCYKHa5wAg8Q_AUICSgC&biw=1920&bih=940

Do these grow from old flower stalks or should I be chopping the whole thing off as the flowers go bad?

LOL -- red velvet is my husband's favorite cake and as a new bride, I asked his teenage sister for the recipe and she sent it to me. It called for 3 OZ. of red food color -- well, the amount in the bottle in the food coloring sets wasn't 3 oz. I don't think there was 3 oz. total in the set. So I figured she must mean 3 drops. Nope, wasn't red -- wasn't really pink. So I thought 30 drops -- that it wasn't 3 oz -- it was 30 and somehow a z was in there. Nope. But it was pink at least. And so the first one I made was a "pink" velvet. When I talked to him Mom the next time I saw her she told me you had to buy a BIG bottle of RED ONLY food color to make the cake -- oops!