Jaques d'Alltrades wrote in
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Well, see if you can get a self-fertile one - I've never heard of one.
I had intended grafting a male vine onto a female and/or vice versa,
but it's a long time to wait.


Kiwi 'Jenny' is fairly widely available and is self-fertile: eg:
http://www.bucknur.com/acatalog/Inde..._Nuts_24.html. I've
seen that in several garden centres.

Google also reports the varieties 'Solo' and 'Boskoop' as self-fertile, but
I've not come across those myself.

Victoria

Jaques d'Alltrades wrote in
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Well, see if you can get a self-fertile one - I've never heard of one.
I had intended grafting a male vine onto a female and/or vice versa,
but it's a long time to wait.


Kiwi 'Jenny' is fairly widely available and is self-fertile: eg:
http://www.bucknur.com/acatalog/Inde..._Nuts_24.html. I've
seen that in several garden centres.

Google also reports the varieties 'Solo' and 'Boskoop' as self-fertile, but
I've not come across those myself.

Victoria

Hopefully it will be OK. Providing I can get the right plant(s) to start
with!

Well, see if you can get a self-fertile one - I've never heard of one. I
had intended grafting a male vine onto a female and/or vice versa, but
it's a long time to wait.

I'll get back to you on that one, Rusty - and thanks again for the offer!
Your solution sounds equally valid, though. I'll see what I can find out.

All the best

Andrew

I suppose the best thing to do would be to plant half-a-dozen plants
in the pot, and then as soon as they have flowered for the first time,
get rid of all of them except the strongest male and female. I'd have
to take some advice on how to tell them apart though!

I doubt you'll get several kiwis flowering in one pot. They are *very*
big plants, and take several years to flower.

You may just get away with planting one (self fertile cultivar) in a pot,
but I'm dubious about 2.

What's a "self fertile cultivar"? Is it a hermaphrodite plant? Where could I
get one? (sorry lots of questions!)

If possible though, I'd plant into the nearest
patch of reasonable soil and train it round to where you want it to be.

I don't think I'm going to be able to, the nearest patch of real soil is
about 5 metres away from the wall the plant needs to be on, it's in the
shade and it's across a concrete drive. It's a shame. I spose I could always
smash a big hole in the drive, but I might want to use it again at some
stage . . . ! It's a nice big pot, the one I've got my eye on. It should be,
at the price!

Hopefully it will be OK. Providing I can get the right plant(s) to start
with!

Thanks for the advice, Victoria.

Andrew