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By Siris


Kiwi flowers (Actinidia deliciosa (Kiwi fruit))

Will I get fruit on my supposed self fertile Kiwi? There must be 30+ flowers this year and the bees are doing their business.



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amy
Amy
 

Is this Actinidia so called Chinese Gooseberry Sue if it is mine was full of flower this year and has been for all the years I've had it but never anything that looked like fruit :o( I might be wrong this might be something quite different !

13 Jun, 2015

 

Just googled Chinese Gooseberry, yes that is Actinidia, the Kiwi fruit you can buy in the supermarkets. Oh, dear, I really wanted some fruit this year, and last year I threatened it with a FIG!!!!!

13 Jun, 2015

amy
Amy
 

Lol Sue you will have fruit quicker if you buy a fig ,I have loads of figs forming on my tree ........

14 Jun, 2015

 

Edible? I do like figs.

14 Jun, 2015

amy
Amy
 

Yes edibel Sue the problem is I'm the only one who likes them and you can bet they almost all ripen at round about the same time ,I tried freezing them but didn't like them very much ...

14 Jun, 2015

 

Have you made fig jam? I have done this with overripe figs in France. But a bit of orange peel adds flavour.

14 Jun, 2015

amy
Amy
 

I haven't Sue I've gone to the trouble of making jams with fruit nobody else has liked before I'm afraid it usually gets left on the shelves for ever , I've given up its a waste of sugar ;o(

14 Jun, 2015

 

No flowers on our Jenny, and I cannot see if the fig is bearing fruit because it is too tall lol

15 Jun, 2015

 

The stems, bearing flowers, are completely across the front of the car port, they look superb.

16 Jun, 2015

 

Lucky you, I live in hope!!

16 Jun, 2015

 

Think it is called Issai, supposed to be dwarf but mine is up the carport support and completely across the top . Dwarf?

17 Jun, 2015

 

Oh really, I have to admit ours is much larger than I anticipated!!

17 Jun, 2015

 

But is it supposed to be a dwarf one?

17 Jun, 2015



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