Anyone grown hair free kiwi fruit?

sb44

Lotus-eater wrote: »

sb44, I don't know enough about kiwi fruit to answer you. It might be a female and need a male.
That's the problem with buying fruit from wilkinsons et al, you never know what you are really getting and there is no one to ask.

Oh well, at least it will bring a bit of greenery to the shed if I grow it up that.

Perhaps it may get a bit amorous with the plumb tree if that is a male. :rolleyes:

Only joking.

kate83

Got this off the agroforestry research trust site

Kiwi Actinidia arguta Issai

Fruits medium sized of good flavour. A vine of low vigour, part self-fertile, better crops when pollinated.

https://secure.agroforestry.co.uk/plants2003.html

and this

'Issai'A long fruit, up to 4cm in diameter, it is sweet with a good flavour and high quality[183]. The fruit is seedless when it is not pollinated[183]. This cultivar can produce fruits in the absence of a male pollinator, often in the first year after grafting, but yields will be increased if the plant is pollinated[183].

http://www.pfaf.org/database/plants.php?Actinidia+arguta

sb44

kate83 wrote: »

Got this off the agroforestry research trust site



https://secure.agroforestry.co.uk/plants2003.html

and this


http://www.pfaf.org/database/plants.php?Actinidia+arguta

Thanks Kate, it may be better if they are seedless, no pips to get inbetween your teeth!

kate83

I went and got one myself today - it wasn't in too bad a condition considering it had a best before date of 07/02/09 and we know what wilkinsons are like at looking after their plants!

sb44

kate83 wrote: »

I went and got one myself today - it wasn't in too bad a condition considering it had a best before date of 07/02/09 and we know what wilkinsons are like at looking after their plants!

I think mine said bbf 5 March, maybe I should have asked for a discount! :rolleyes:

Anyway, it looked quite healthy when I brought it home but this morning I had a look and it looked like some of the stems had wilted. Maybe I should have brought it in the house and not left it in the small half walk in greenhouse. The bigger plastic 6 x 4 walk in greenhouse is, well, like greenhouse, it is really warm in there so I have transferred it to that one.