That Yellow Bliss is super late ripening, there is no way it will ripen for me. So only low latitudes for it I would say.
Not yellow but I recently saw some seeds for pink flesh kiwis on Etsy, I think they are some European varieties. See this one for example:
Not sure if they are legitimate, does anyone knows the name of the variety, ive been looking for it for long time.
I am also a kiwi freak from europe
I got some of those seeds from that seller, none sprouted. I guess the pink-flesh kiwi will remain a mystery.
I am now eating my harvest of HongYang kiwis which have a bit of red in the flesh. They are excellent! I had not liked them in past years but I must have not been ripening them well.
Uau thats very late, when was your harvest?
I harvest all my fuzzy kiwis before the first hard frost which is late November here. Then I store them until February. The earlier-ripening ones I am eating now, Soreli and HongYang. They start to get mushy soon, there is about a one-month window when they are best.
Very nice.
I assume people who grow a decent amount of kiwi and pears have dedicated refrigerators for them?
As I type Iām planning out my kiwi trellis. Iām thinking of 4x4ās spaced 11 feet apart and 4 feet wide. 46 foot length, so 5 pairs of 4x4ās. Will put cross members each direction and use 50"x16ā cattle panels on top.
2 Saanichton, 1 Elmwood.
Still figuring out how to grow the male. Might just stick it in there and limit the wood.
People like this gives me nausea
https://www.etsy.com/pt/listing/1583229799/seeds-from-tibet-extremely-rare-black?click_key=1d0edfe2ab40a1425420fc0b54f4abf3d739be18%3A1583229799&click_sum=6fee15e9&ref=related-4
This is the variety Hongyang I believe. There are a couple of other red fleshed varietiesā not here yet in US to the best of my knowledge, chuhong and donghong.
I just wanted to add another variety that doesnāt seem to be listed so far. It is called Yellow Queen, and I am trying it out because it is available here in the Vancouver, Canada area. I planted one in early September, 2021; and it is producing abundant flowers this year. An article from the Netherlands states that it doesnāt ripen there in a commercial setting, but I have it placed against a south-facing wall, which might give it a chance here.
Bumping this thread which has been done for a bit because it seems like the most closely related to my question.
Iām looking to plant some golden kiwi (chinensis) in Zone 6b, which should be at the edge of the range. Iām interested in smooth-skinned options that are available in the United States, and monoecious if possible since Iām working with limited space. Ideally one that isnāt just what Iād buy at Costco.
Iām seeing very different reports about hardiness, smooth skin quality, and whatās available in the U.S., and am curious if anyone can update the thread and update more.
I donāt know if itās available in the US, but the Yellow Queen kiwi that I described above produced 7 ripe fruits in early November last year. That was much earlier than my regular fuzzy kiwi ripens (never on the vine, only after months indoors). So, Yellow Queen is a viable alternative in my zone 8B Pacific NW climate.
This may be a dumb question, but are these all compatible with each other for grafting, or do the chromosome numbers cause problems when grafting?
NevermindāI found the answer in the article linked above: ROOTSTOCKS: For a Texas industry to develop, itās generally accepted that golden kiwifruit need to be grafted on an accepted rootstock. Most commercial plants are grafted on A. deliciosa , in particular. While this has to do with resistance to diseases (Psa, in particular), thereās perhaps another reason in support of rootstocks. By grafting golden kiwifruit to a green rootstock, the resultant vine is less vigorous than on its own roots, thus there are fewer hours pruning and training.
It is hard to grow golden kiwi on its own roots.
Hence they are grafted.
I have assumed itās because yellow kiwi are more difficult to root, more vigorous and tend to sucker for the first couple of years. Grafting to fuzzy seedlings is just easy and cheap and works where kiwis are grown commercially.
My yellow kiwi on their own roots or grafted to yellow kiwi seedlings were quite vigorous, but did great and stopped suckering after a couple of years. Fuzzy kiwi do tend to leaf out later, so there is a possibility that it could delay budbreak in the scion a bit, but I have never seen any evidence supporting that. A rootstock that significantly delays budbreak would be a big deal.
Own rooted vines are really important in marginal climates where hardiness matters. Fuzzy kiwi is just not hardy for me, so itās not an option here. Own rooted vines will bounce back fast when an extreme freeze kills them back to the ground. However, I have only seen that happen once (in 2007), and that event killed everything to the ground, including hardy kiwi and grapes. A couple of years ago, a flash freeze event killed some of my Sungold seedlings to the ground, but those were culled. The keepers had no damage at all.
Where do you even get smooth-skinned golden kiwi plants in the U.S.? I canāt find anything. Do I just have to try to grow some from seed, either bought online or from a golden kiwi in the store, plant them, and wait 7 years to see if they grow and are male or female?
Thatās pretty much the best option right now. I have heard that the Auburn varieties may be available as tissue culture plants. My opinion of them is that Golden Sunshine and the male they offer are too tender and quality so so. Golden Dragon is really good, but earlier so spring frosts are a bigger issue. Hopefully enough people are growing seedlings so some better options will show up soon. I have an excellent hardy male seedling from SunGold seeds, just need the females to bloom now.
There is no such thing.
Back on the original topic, look at this book if you want a list of all the yellow kiwis out there. It is very extensive. You can see some on the free preview, unfortunately the whole book is expensive.
No such thing as smooth-skinned golden kiwi plants, or no such thing as them in the U.S?