kiwi plant??

hi i have just been given a kiwi plant by my in laws who won it in a raffle, but it has no planting instructions?? can i plant it outside?? i live in cornwall so few frosts,should it grow against a fence? HELP little girl loves kiwis and wants it to instantly sprout....

 

em, you can plant it outside no problem, best to give it something to twine around and a warm sunny position. Against a fence would be OK I should think. Do you know if it is a male/female variety?

 

hi i have no idea if its male or femail?! its not much to look at at the moment, just a glorified twig! how will i tell? are there self pollenating ones?? or will i have to get another??

 

Does it have a label with a variety name on it?
If you google kiwi fruit or actinidia you'll get a bit more info.

 

em, thats a nice gift i really do fancy growing one myself .. I've no idea what type of soil may be best [Just off to watch shrewsbury v stockport]

 

|Hi
hope you have plenty of space because it cangrow up to 30'.
You will need to have a male and a female plant and be prepared to hand pollinate,a bit like for melons.
They are reputed to take up to 7 years to come into reliable fruiting, but then you may expect to harvest about 20lb from the one plant.
There used to be a great plant in the grounds of York house in Twickenham.
hope this is useful,
Regards,
sandedge

 

I moved house in july and had to leave my lovely kiwi plants behind, does anyone know of a good nursery where i can replace them.

happy diggin

 

Chinese goosgog. I could do with on also. I hand pollinate my melons. [politely looking the other way]

 

Try here folks, for a self fertile variety
http://www.jparkers.co.uk/index.cfm?fuseaction=product.standard&continueaction=category.search&search=kiwi&producttype_id=48050