Soils: Hardy kiwi prefer well-drained, somewhat acid (pH 5 - 6.5) soils. Neutral soils are acceptable but the leaves may show nitrogen deficiency when the soils become too basic. The plants will not tolerate salty soils.
Hardy kiwi does fruit very well on Puget Sound. Young plants usually don't start producing fruit until their third or fourth year. Thereafter new canes produce many fruits in the given cane's second year.
Hardy kiwi generally bloom in May and June. A hardy plant will produce between five to ten (5 to 10) gallons of fruit each year. Fruit should be picked as it softens, though like store purchased fruit, will ripen on the counter indoors.
Hardy kiwi vines are vulnerable to several botanical diseases, including phytophthora crown and root rot (the most serious problem), botrytis rot, and sclerotinia blight.
Actinidia arguta ( Hardy Kiwi )
Actinidia chinensis ( Chinese Gooseberry )
Actinidia deliciosa ( Blake Kiwi Fruit ) ...
Arctic Beauty Kiwi, Hardy Kiwi, Kiwi Vine, Kolomikta Vine, Miyama-Mata-Tabi, Variegated Actinidia
Common Names in French:
Actinidier Ornemental, Kiwi D´ornement ...
Actinidia arguta and Actinidia kolomikta are cold hardy kiwi which can survive temperatures of -25 degrees F. The fruit size is considerably smaller than that of A. deliciosa and is about the size of a large cherry. The skin of A.
A. arguta 'Issai' (hardy kiwi): Small fruits about the size of a grape ripen in July or August and can be eaten whole. Actinidia arguta is self-fertile and requires the same growing conditions as other kiwis.
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Species and varieties
Actinidia arguta (Hardy Kiwi)
Actinidia chinensis (Kiwi, Chinese gooseberry)
Actinidia deliciosa (Kiwi)
Actinidia kolomikta (Kiwi Vine)
Actinidia deliciosa synonym of Actinidia chinensis (Kiwi, Chinese gooseberry) ...
arguta (Hardy Kiwi) and A. delicosa (Kiwifruit). Native to eastern Asia.
Actinidia: from the Greek aktis, a ray, a reference to the styles which radiate like the spokes of a wheel.
Actinidia kolomikta [Kolomikta Actinidia] Common Name List ...
 See also: Actinidia arguta, Fruits, Actinidia, May, Green
  
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