How to Grow Organic Kiwi

Learn how to plant and grow kiwi. Kiwis are a relatively disease free vine that is hardy to zone 4.

[QuarrySchool]

It's hard to express what a pleasure it is (and even a relief, given so many poorly produced YouTube videos) to rely on your professional presentation and educational message. No book can so well communicate what audio-video instruction can. Thank you for being both a teacher and an ecourager of so many forms of gardening. ~ Joy B.

[IsaiahLegrant]

I love how your voice makes me listen. I absorbed every fact you said. thanks for your video!

[Oranginou]

Kiwi fruits are vigorous plants that need plenty of space. They should be planted 3-4.5m (10-15ft) apart. Plants start to produce fruit three to four years after planting.

Self-fertile cultivars are ideal where there is space for only one plant. Otherwise for successful pollination both female and male (non-fruiting) plants should be planted. One male plant can pollinate up to eight females and should be sited 60cm (2ft) away from one of the females.

Kiwi fruits require a sheltered sunny position, preferably a south- or west-facing wall, although they can be grown in the open in milder areas. Young shoots are extremely vulnerable to frost damage in the spring and may require protection.

They grow best in a fertile, well-drained slightly acid soil which is rich in organic matter.

[pickledshoe]

dude i did not know i could grow a kiwi in the midwest

[patriciadavis]

THANKS FOR THE INFO MANY BLESSINGS ❤❤❤❤

[vanphongsavan]

Thank you so much, you did helping me to understand much about KIWI
that I had never have fruits on it...

[judecancelliere]

We have 2 kiwi vines, 1 male and 1 female (or at least that's what the tags stated).  We've had them for a couple of years and have never produced any fruit.  We don't think they have even bloomed.  Any suggestions?  Are we doing something wrong?

[maryphillips]

That's... A lot easier than I was expecting, okay! Altho I dont know if the one I'm getting is self-pollinating 😬

[unluckyL]

thanks alot! i live in belgium but this still works perfectly fine!!!! thanks alot :D

[mehmoodrec]

any advice on transplanting 3-year-old kiwi plants

[smcatharine]

I'm getting kiwi for the 1st time this year but I let the truck wrap around the tomato stick. What should I do?
THanks for a wonderful video!

[hi-uvmp]

What is the difference between hardy kiwi and the kind that have fuzzy skin? Is there any difference in taste?

[jeffl]

Good video, but some more info from a KIWI (New Zealander)

the Kiwi fruit was named kiwi fruit for its marketing value, its nick name
before that was Chinese gooseberry, it didn't sell well under that name.

When I was a kid and bought up in the central South Island of New Zealand,
Danseys pass 50 years plus ago.

yeah I am old but the Chinese Gooseberry was bought to NZ by Chinese gold
mining immigrants in the 18th century, a piece of home for them,

when growing the Kiwi Fruit there is a male and female in some cases, I see the
video failed to tell you that,

a male will look after around 9 to 12 female plants, without the male there
will be no fruit.

This does not mean that the male must be on the same vine as the female, in
fact the male will seed the female from metres away.

The Kiwi Fruit loves the sun and some vines can grow 100's of fruit, when
planted you must water well for the first three years, you can train the vine
to grow along a fence or up a tree noting that some vines with a lot of fruit
can also collapse a fence due to its weight.

but it must also have around 700 hours of cold temperatures (7 deg Cel) or
below in a year

if you Google search the New Zealand conditions you will learn a lot more.

There are many types of Kiwi Fruit.

Good luck with your growing

[willywonka]

we moved into a house with a well established kiwi vine, male and female.its now growing all over the place, , we have no fruit and we did prune back in feb, ,can we prune now or do we wait until winter ?the stragler vines are abot 15ft tall ?

[thesunflowerforest]

Our kiwi leaves are drying and falling premature ultimately death of the kiwi vine . we are commercial farmers from the himalayas .
kindly suggest any help for these symptoms

[shivdevuppal.]

Thanks but in which month it's to be planted ?

[rickames]

Hi...I don't usually look at gardening channels but I subscribed to this one. In addition I just planted tomatoes & I'm sure they would do fine, since i live in an apartment. I don't know what self pollinating is, nor dormant, & how long will it take for the trees to produce fruit? Thanks I hope you answer all 3 questions.

[ShanAli-ozpg]

hello mam please tell me this kiwi plant growing pakistan and kashmir
.5 weathers. if possible tell me am try

[jhansivikramakula]

I want to grow kiwi fruit in my garden iam from Hyderabad India can you any suggestions and information about that seeds

[simplycelest]

Thanks for sharing. I just bought a kiwi. I’ll have to figure out what structure it needs to grow on. What kind of dog is that....very pretty.