Pruning a Hardy Kiwi in the summer
Maybe
this will be the year our 3
Hardy Kiwi
plants will start blooming?
2011 is the first time they
went up high enough to merit a 2nd level to
the trelis.
I had some doubts on if they
were going to make it the first couple of
years, but now I've got a more optimistic view thanks to this
recent growth spurt.
Video credit goes to
ediblelandscaping.com who recommends pruning every 3 weeks in the
summer for an amazing bush like effect.
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About us: Anna Hess and Mark Hamilton spent over a decade living self-sufficiently in the mountains of Virginia before moving north to start over from scratch in the foothills of Ohio. They've experimented with permaculture, no-till gardening, trailersteading, home-based microbusinesses and much more, writing about their adventures in both blogs and books.
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I never knew they could be bushy. I thought they were always just vines. Ours are in their first year and are about 7 feet tall now and we have them on an arbor. Our plan is to leave them viney until they reach the top and then I think we will begin this pruning.
Here's a photo from this morning: http://www.flickr.com/photos/20378685@N00/5876502933
Seven feet tall in their first year! Wow! Your kiwis must really like your garden.
The real test for both of us, though, will be whether we get fruit. I just read on Gene Logsdon's blog about a commercial hardy kiwi vineyard in Pennsylvania, so I have high hopes that our kiwis might be hardy enough for our climate. I hope...