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Advice on Kiwi pruning
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I have a self-fertile kiwi vine, about 5 years old. It's quite vigorous and for the last 2 years has produced rather a lot of small edible kiwi fruit.
The problem is caused by a plumber. A couple of years ago we had a bath replaced and even though the old bath had drained through pipes inside the house, the plumber drilled a hole through the bathroom wall and fed the drain pipe horizontally round two walls of the house, about 9 feet high, right over the kiwi, to attach it to an external pipe from the other bathroom, that goes down into the ground.
We were not told that this was his plan!
So of course for the last 2 summers the kiwi has been sending many tendrils everywhere and two or three have ended up growing between the horizontal drain pipe and the wall (and on for several feet ). I've pruned it hard in the winters, but I'm wondering if it's going to get stronger every year, and grow fast enough to dislodge the drain pipe.
I don't want to have to kill the kiwi vine, but nor do I want to have a plumbing emergency!
Does anyone have any advice?
The problem is caused by a plumber. A couple of years ago we had a bath replaced and even though the old bath had drained through pipes inside the house, the plumber drilled a hole through the bathroom wall and fed the drain pipe horizontally round two walls of the house, about 9 feet high, right over the kiwi, to attach it to an external pipe from the other bathroom, that goes down into the ground.
We were not told that this was his plan!
So of course for the last 2 summers the kiwi has been sending many tendrils everywhere and two or three have ended up growing between the horizontal drain pipe and the wall (and on for several feet ). I've pruned it hard in the winters, but I'm wondering if it's going to get stronger every year, and grow fast enough to dislodge the drain pipe.
I don't want to have to kill the kiwi vine, but nor do I want to have a plumbing emergency!
Does anyone have any advice?
PPI on Natwest loan, Barclayloan, MBNA credit card, and Mortgagecare all repaid just for asking in 2012/2013!
Barclaycard - PPI refund refused 26/01/13, ombudsman upheld 12 May 2014, Barclays resisted until March 2015 - FOS say Barclays are calculating an offer, they have 8 weeks.
Barclaycard - PPI refund refused 26/01/13, ombudsman upheld 12 May 2014, Barclays resisted until March 2015 - FOS say Barclays are calculating an offer, they have 8 weeks.
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