S Bengi wrote:The male companion for Issai is Flowercloud it too is 1/10th the size of a regular 100ft kiwi plant and it flowers the same or next year.
And at 10ft it can co-exist with your pruned fruit trees.
In a regular kiwi orchard. the 100ft is grown just like grapes and is prune every year. They normally alternate between 2 or 3 "branches".
so it grows from the root in yr1 and then in yr2 it is prune and yr it fruits and is cut back to the "root"
Is it the case that each variety of A. Arguta needs a specific male? I've noticed that the nursery I order from offers some named variety males, but I thought that had to do with the flowers that are produced. I have planted right now Issai, Jumbo, Ken's Red, and Anasaya a. arguta kiwis, plus the unnamed male.
I also didn't know that Issai would be dwarfed. Is Flowercloud the male companion because it is short? Will Issai pollinate from other a. arguta male plants?
I still need to build trellises for the other. They are in two rows of three, nearby the larger, older apple tree that I planted the male under.