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SloveniaBernd2022-10-16 09:24:17 · 4yNo. 233248reply
pickening ans kiwi's
GermanyBernd2022-10-16 09:36:53 · 4yNo. 233249reply
AustraliaBernd2022-10-16 09:39:20 · 4yNo. 233251reply
Kiwis have hair.
GermanyBernd2022-10-16 09:43:04 · 4yNo. 233252reply
Can you please try to invite me to cock.li again?
SloveniaBernd2022-10-16 09:48:51 · 4yNo. 233253reply
AustraliaBernd2022-10-16 09:50:28 · 4yNo. 233254reply
Yeah I know, I just said Kiwis have hair. And that is kiwifruit.
FinlandBernd2022-10-16 12:19:02 · 4yNo. 233268reply
Interesting, they are eatable at that stage?
And they grow in Slovenia, how much cold can that plant survive?
SloveniaBernd2022-10-16 14:33:46 · 4yNo. 233295reply
SloveniaBernd2022-10-16 14:38:27 · 4yNo. 233297reply
Those are fully ripe, and the plant can withstand temperatures down to -30°C.
 
Trick: those are not Actinidia deliciosa like commercially grown fruit but Actinidia arguta. They're native to Manchuria.
FinlandBernd2022-10-16 15:09:20 · 4yNo. 233305reply
Very interesting, I will add them to my list of potential plants I want to cultivate in my future garden I don't yet have.
Tell me about the taste, what do they taste like? Compared to the commercially available typical type of kiwi, let's say?
SloveniaBernd2022-10-16 15:21:08 · 4yNo. 233307reply
They're similar but sweeter, I'd say. Also they're fairly soft when ripe (which is part of the reason why they aren't commercially available: they'd get squished in transport).
Also, bonus: you can get cultivars which self-pollinate, so you don't have to go through the hassle of finding a male and female plant.
FinlandBernd2022-10-16 17:42:41 · 4yNo. 233362reply
Interesting.Can you make wine out of it?
> cultivars which self-pollinate,
How does this work actually? I am interested in gardening but I am only starting it out theoretically in my mind, so I lack all the experience and proper knowledge
SloveniaBernd2022-10-16 17:48:26 · 4yNo. 233374reply
Hmm, I never thought about it, but you should be able to make wine from them... and after quick googling apparently people do make wine even from regular kiwifruit.
Self-pollinating means, they have both male and female flowers on the same plant. Typically kiwifruit plants are dioecious, which means each plant only grows one sex of flowers.
FinlandBernd2022-10-16 18:00:42 · 4yNo. 233405reply
It seems to be high in C-vitamin, which is good. Tell me, how do you grow it, is it growing like a wine or a bush?
It might be trickier to find this bush in this country, it does not seem to be popular around here.
What other fruits/berries do you cultivate?
SloveniaBernd2022-10-16 18:16:02 · 4yNo. 233428reply
it's a vine. it's growing on where we previously had another grapevine plant that sadly wasn't doing quite well
the other grapevine is still doing fine; grapes are for eating and for making juice (haven't tried wine but it would probably taste nasty, it's not the kind that's usually used for making wine, Vitis labrusca)
SloveniaBernd2022-10-18 21:20:34 · 4yNo. 234174reply
after several interruptions, done'd
PolandBernd2022-10-18 21:25:05 · 4yNo. 234180reply
OP is a sweet old grandma, living in the country, and preparing preserves in her free time; no one can convince me otherwise
SloveniaBernd2022-10-18 21:45:30 · 4yNo. 234190reply
oh shit I forgot about your post
was phoneposting at the time
sorry
UkraineBernd2022-10-19 03:28:06 · 4yNo. 234221reply
on ukr wiki about that plant it does not have the word "kiwi"
PolandBernd2022-10-19 09:56:09 · 4yNo. 234247reply
regular kiwi and this one are different species but they belong to the same genus (Actinidia)
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Actinidia#/media/File:Actinidia_fruits.jpg these are all kiwis
SloveniaBernd2022-10-19 12:25:05 · 4yNo. 234269reply
"kiwifruit" is technically a brand name from the 60s that caught on as generic name
UkraineBernd2022-10-20 10:36:01 · 4yNo. 234505reply
https://files.fajno.in/img/2022/03/16/20/50/14/eb1d22e16c237864ae1450bb409191e8.png
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