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Thu, Jul 3, 14 at 23:38
| I planted three Hardy Kiwi last fall. They were labeled as two female and one male and I put the male in the middle. This spring, two of the vines are a reddish purple, but one of them is a green vine. The leaves are all roughly the same. Are they just different varieties? I have read that you can only tell male or female by the flower, so I am not sure if they were labeled correctly. The two reddish purple vines are growing stronger than the green, but the green vine is still doing fine. Any info would be great as I am very new to working with Hardy Kiwi, and really any fruit vines/plants. |
This post was edited by norse50 on Thu, Jul 3, 14 at 23:44
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- Posted by CharlieBoring 7 (My Page) on Mon, Jul 7, 14 at 6:31
| My guess is that you have two different varieties and that is not necessarily a bad thing. Sometimes the male pollinator is a different variety than the females. I have two females and one male also. I believe my variety is Anna or maybe Artic. Mine are about 12 years old, but their development was stunted by the fact that I moved them after 4 years and after that I pruned them too aggressively in the winter to allow budding. This year I should get my first fruit, since I have guite a fruit at this time. Hope the squirrels do not find them. My vines are green with a redish/purple vein that highlights the color. I am attaching a picture. The kiwis are to the left of the picture supported on "T" trellisses. |
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