Kiwi berry problems

**devonuk** · 01-10-2018, 04:50 PM

If you scratch the stem with a fingernail is it green under the bark or brown/ white? If green it's alive, if not, not. They are difficult to establish. I am guessing it's dead. Tap water won't have killed it, under or over watering might have done.

**sadowska** · 08-10-2018, 03:14 PM

Kiwi problem - signs of life

Thanks so much for the reply. I checked and the stem is green underneath! I suppose I'd better just be patient until spring but is there anything I can do to help the plant other than hope for the best?

**devonuk** · 10-10-2018, 09:24 PM

The way I lose them is when they start into growth in spring and then a late frost gets the new growth and the whole plant gives up. If you are threatened with that situation next spring wrap the plant in horticultural fleece overnight.

**TrixC** · 13-10-2018, 06:34 PM

Is your disappointment related to the lack of fruit, or that the plant hasn�t established well? If the former you should be aware that these vines can take several years to produce fruit. Depending on the variety you may also need two plants to get fruit, although if it�s Issai that�s supposed to be self fertile.

**devonuk** · 14-10-2018, 07:05 PM

Issai definitely *is* self-fertile, I have fruited it in locations where there is zero chance anything else was pollinating it. It is almost certainly what is being sold as a "kiwiberry".

**SarrissUK** · 14-10-2018, 07:37 PM

I have one, and it's looking really sad now, leaves drooping and going brown. It's always dropping its leaves in the winter though - it's gone further into the autumn than it did last year. I keep it in the greenhouse over winter and it's survived well in there the last two years. I think yours is fine too - just keep it from frost the first few years

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