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Blimey, how much for one plant?

Kiwi fruit farms all over SW France - I bought 3 a couple of weeks ago, two females and one male (apparently one male can pollinate up to 6 females) and the three cost me less that £15 sterling.

All now settled in their new raised boxes and sprouting away like anything. And have three others for chums garden going in next week.

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TonyF, Dordogne 24220

I bought a kiwi Jenny last year from Ebay, it cost me about five pounds inc the postage. It was about 10cm in height and looked like a green furry stick.
I was sure I had been ripped off but within a matter of weeks it was romping along the wires on my fence. ( south west facing )It is meant to be hardy to -25 it has certainly survived the scottish winter with no covering etc and is covered in buds at the moment. I am hoping it is going to fruit this year. Fingers crossed.

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Jules AKA Inca'smum

Good luck with yours> I've gotten my first kiwi plant this year and have planted it in the ground but I have no idea as to how to grow it and also have no idea how long I have to wait before I get the first fruit. Anlyhow... I currently have the furry stick so lets hope I have some luck like you do. If you have any tips please let me know.

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Hi WW, The buds are now little leaves, once these things take off they just go for it. I dont really do anything to mine, except watering last summer in dry spells. I think I fed it twice last summer, just a bit growmore. If you put a cane next to it, it will curl its way up it on its own. I have vine wires attatched to the fence - about 3 feet and 5 feet up. I gave it a garden cane to climb up and its now twined round the five foot wire and heading about 3feet along the fence. Good luck with yours but I dont think you will need it.

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Jules AKA Inca'smum

Many thanks for the advice. I'll put a cane up later today.

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jools,

I bought two kiwi plants from the same seller in april this year. It's been nearly two months since i've planted them and they haven't grown an inch. A couple of new leaves (very tiny) is all I've seen so far. They get sun from the sunrise up until 4 pm and i water them well when its dry. Still the leaves on the female one (that is Hayward) are covered in reddish pigmented spots.

I read about them a lot and apparently they are not too fussy about soil type as long as it's well drained. There's no mentioning of any diseases or pests apart from cats rubbing their backs on the vine and deer munching on new shoots in the wild

Just wondering if I'm doing something wrong or they are just going through a lengthy period of adaptation. How are yours getting on?

Thanks,

Alex