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Kiwi on a 4' chainlink fence?

 
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Can I grow  kiwi on a 4' chainlink fence? Will it be happy growing horrizontal instead of vertical? I have about 80' of fence, but it's only 4' high...
 
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My guess is that if it is a hardy Kiwi which has a finer vine it should work with some training.   The fuzzy ones tend to be a heavyer vine and may eventually overwhelm the fence without a lot of training and pruning.
 
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Since kiwis are a vigorously growing twining vine, its going to be a difficult and tedious job to prune out the excess growth after it has twined itself throughout the chain link.  Kiwis take a lot of summer and winter pruning to keep them within bounds and under control.  Also kiwi likes to climb and even when growing on a 6 foot high trellis is continually sending new shoots 10 feet above the trellis.
 
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