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Tue, Jul 12, 05 at 8:24
| How easy is it to grow kiwi fruit from seed?
I tried what i did with passionfruit (cut the fruit in half and buried each half in a different part of the garden - hundreds of seedlings) but haven't got a sprout yet. any hints on what to do?? |
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- Posted by chinacat_sunflower (My Page) on Thu, Jul 14, 05 at 15:55
| no clue- I've got two young ones, one of which I bought off the web, and one I took a cutting. I'm not sure that kiwi seeds are particularly fertile- otherwise, I'd have lots of them in my compost heap by the end of the season (like the melons that sprouted there.) |
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| I've had no problem growing kiwi from seed. I sift them out, let em dry for a day or two and then water and keep em moist. Took about 1-2 months for germination if I recall. I've got 4-5 from storebought seed in their third year. ~Chills |
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- Posted by fluffygrue z8 UK (My Page) on Mon, Aug 15, 05 at 6:13
| My mum's hopeless at growing seeds, but a few years ago put some seeds from a kiwi fruit she'd eaten in a pot of soil and they sprouted into healthy plants. They've not flowered, but they've grown huge and the foliage is lovely against their trellis. So it's worth a try I think. :) |
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| I germinate fuzzy kiwi’s in an acidic soiless medium with the baggie method. Clean the kiwi seeds & place them in a baggie of medium. It will take a long time – about a month, but they should germinate. There are about 800 seeds/fuzzy kiwi, so you should get many sprouts. The sprouts are delicate, so they need to be watched when young. Cold hardy kiwi can not be germinated this way – they need cold stratification. |
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