Kiwi

[Issy]

I have been drying out the seeds from a kiwi fruit - is it worth sowing the seed - do you think I will eventually get fruit?? Hi

[veggiechicken]

You "may" get a plant but fruit is another matter!
I understand that you need a male and a female plant to produce fruit unless you have a grafted one.

[Madasafish]

I grew kiwis from seed last year using the above technique.
Planted the 8 plants out in June : in a secluded part of the garden.
Grew ell.

Mild winter and one survived...

I'll not bother again...

[myrrdin emrys]

kiwi

I think yes, you'll succeed.

[julianm]

Some kiwis are self-fertile, like 'Jenny', though mine didn't fare too well this winter either.

[Jay-ell]

Kiwis need a male and a female plant to produce fruit. The Female plants can be a tad vigorous but the male plants are supposed to be right brutes running rampant and making the female plants look stunted.

There are "Self Fertile" varieties but it's not true self fertile as they don't produce viable seeds so any seeds grown from a shop bought fruit will not be from a self fertile variety (these varieties aren't grown for commercial fruit production). The self-fertile varieties are female plants with no male flowers and are supposed to produce a larger more successful crop if they are pollinated by a male plant.

I have Solo, Issua and Jenny. Issua and Jenny were only planted last year so aren't that big but the Solo produced flowers but no fruit last year.

[fluffybunnyuk]

dont forget cool roots, hot head.
Mine sits just outside the greenhouse for cool roots. The vine is fed inside the greenhouse roof. Since heat rises....They get very happy.
For the first few years its worth keeping in a bubble wrapped pot over winter to give it time to grow and get hardy. I lag my vine bit outside like pipe cladding over winter.
I'd never stick one in the ground. Veggiechickens experience made me look for solutions to the little shop of horrors plant.