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| About the Author Tess3 11th November 2007 8:36pm #UserID: 421 Posts: 1 View All Tess3's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Rev says... AFAIK there is no way i propagate my vines ex daleys for our local nursery by cuttings and when ive misplaced the lables i ditch the pots dont want frustrated customers say have you seen this? looks sweeet http://www.livescience.com/imageoftheday/siod_051114.html | About the Author RevNQ1 Tabulam 19th November 2007 2:14am #UserID: 441 Posts: 31 View All RevNQ1's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Correy says... Kiwi fruits are known as dioecious meaning that individual plants can be male or female. You need at least 1 male to pollinate up to 3-8 femals. Kiwi Fruit are not very attractive to bees and will often require hand pollination. I don't think you can tell the difference between males and female plants until they flower. Once they flower you can tell in the same way as pawpaws eg the male has stamens but the female won't Picture 1 below is a female. Picture 2 below is a male. Tess I am not sure where you are from but if you are in the subtropics you may be interested in the Sweetie Kiwifruit Here is a video we did on it:
| About the Author Correy Woolloongabba, QLD 19th November 2007 10:04am #UserID: 3 Posts: 493 View All Correy's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author Bsilver sydney 20th November 2007 9:17am #UserID: 189 Posts: 37 View All Bsilver's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author Bsilver sydney 20th November 2007 9:21am #UserID: 189 Posts: 37 View All Bsilver's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Correy says... If this is the case Re: Bees perhaps you could edit the wikipedia entry with the correct information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiwifruit#Cultivation | About the Author Correy Wooloongabba, QLD 20th November 2007 2:09pm #UserID: 3 Posts: 493 View All Correy's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Anonymous says... To clarify Bsilver as it sounds you have first person experience (i dont as my vines are too young) Which sex do the bees go for? the male with the pollen? or the female flowers or both as clearly it needs to be both. I have other dioecious planst where the bees just rob all the pollen and nick off also could you identify the native bee species? was it the small black one - trigona carbonaria? or another species? | About the Author 20th November 2007 2:54pm #UserID: 0 Posts: View All 's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Anonymous says... Yes, you are right on the money ....T. carbonaria ,the only social bee in the Sydney area ,3mm long and stingless. As for Correy , look at Glowinski, he , from memory endorses "highly attractive". My experience is there is a frightening convergence on the male flowers (seriously) and less on the females but still substantial | About the Author 21 Sydney 21st November 2007 1:17pm #UserID: 449 Posts: 1 View All 21's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author Gavin1 Geelong 20th July 2009 9:08am #UserID: 2566 Posts: 1 View All Gavin1's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author Jantina Mt. Gambier S.A. 20th July 2009 12:01pm #UserID: 1351 Posts: 1272 View All Jantina's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author Jantina1 Yass 8th January 2010 5:36pm #UserID: 3217 Posts: 3 View All Jantina1's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Jantina says... Well hello Jantina 2, are you Dutch born like me? I have only met one other Jantina in Oz and that was when I was a child 50 + years ago. Re kiwi gold fruit, do you mean how many seedlings will turn out to be female and how many male? If so, I don't know since Ive never got them past the seedling stage. How big have you managed to get them? | About the Author Jantina Mt. Gambier S.A. 9th January 2010 1:39pm #UserID: 1351 Posts: 1272 View All Jantina's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Jantina says... Hi Jantina 1, No, born in Bathurst NSW 1952.Actually designed in Holland and assembled in Australia I only got as far as creating seedlings but am in the thros of experimenting in a variety of way to hopefully establish a fruit. But yes, I was particularly interested in the ratio of male to female generally in a fruit Cheers, Jantina 2 | About the Author Jantina1 Yass 11th January 2010 1:50pm #UserID: 3217 Posts: 3 View All Jantina1's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author Jantina1 Yass 19th August 2010 4:57pm #UserID: 3217 Posts: 3 View All Jantina1's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Jason says... Imagine that, I didn't think I would ever see two Jantina's in conversation in my life :p I've got a seedling of a gold kiwi somewhere that hasn't flowered yet. I don't think they are hard to grow from cuttings not that I've tried :0. I was just eating a green kiwi today and I thought to myself.... I'm pretty much over gold kiwi's you can't beat the original. So I think I wont bother with growing gold kiwi's anymore | About the Author Jason10 Portland, Vic 19th August 2010 7:27pm #UserID: 3853 Posts: 218 View All Jason10's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Jantina says... Hi Jantina 2, we have found kiwifruit fairly easy to grow from cuttings.We've tried both dormant and actively growing with good results. I rarely use rooting hormone but my husband uses it routinely. Leave them in pots until you see roots coming out the bottom of the pot. I got impatient to get gold kiwis started so got some from Daleys last autumn and they are looking good. Lots of luck. Jason I have to admit that I'm used to being the only Jantina too, but I'm sure there must be a few more lurking around. By the way your choko vine is off and running. | About the Author Jantina Mt. Gambier S.A. 20th August 2010 8:56am #UserID: 1351 Posts: 1272 View All Jantina's Edible Fruit Trees |
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