Hardy kiwis grow well in PNW, at least here in POrtland. May be hard on the coast. They like sun.
Fuzzy and golden are harder and bigger.
There are about 50 species of actinidia.
John S
PDX OR
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Yes.we can also grow many varieties of green and yellow kiwis. But need to be very careful about variety selection.
But Arguta, Melanandra etc. are easy.
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Arctic too.
John S
PDX OR
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I took some cuttings last fall from my Momâs male and female hardy kiwi. No idea what varieties though. It looks like 3 are leafing out, but donât know if there is roots. The others look decidedly dead.
My aunt has a big fuzzy kiwi vine, again donât know what type. Donât know what sort of harvest she gets but I definetly saw at least 10 on her vine last year
The Jenny and Saanich that I have grow extraordinarily well vegetatively, yet I still have not seen a single bloom since planting them in 2021.
There are many successful fuzzy kiwi plants in Portland. I have grown it, and it flowered, but then I moved from that house.
John S
PDX OR
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Probably the best option for propagating a citation would be to plant one into the earth let it grow for a couple of years. In the 3rd season you could air layer several branches. Iâm assuming air layering will work. I havenât yet encountered a tree in my orchard for which air layering doesnât work.
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I grow many varieties of melanandra, arguta and crosses - melargutas. Also Chinensis and Kolomiktas and some other exotic varieties.
They can even handle part shade especially the kolomiktas.
All of them produce here. The biggest issue is our lack of summer rain. They need a lot of water during summer unlike say grapes.
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Itâs Peach Leaf Curl time! found two leaves on spice zee nectaplum which has leafed out the most and was sprayed with Limesulfur two times in winter. I guess I missed spraying the top branches.
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I spray especially fungal compost tea this time of year for that exact reason. Peaches, quince, and serviceberry get nailed by fungus.
John S
PDX OR
How well does that work?
It works well, but it takes a few weeks.
JohN S
PDX OR
Summer Delight Aprium with excellent fruit set. It bloomed during the rains but the flowers stayed open until couple of days of break in rain, with good bee activity. This could be the Apricot/Aprium for PNW.
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Exciting! Iâd gotten the impression that apriums would behave like apricots, but this one really sounds like a winner.
If you are so inclined youâd be very popular at the scion exchange next winter. lol
I donât have high hopes for my puget gold on citation. Though I have read the original seedling grows in Anacortes, near the ferry terminal, and makes fruit âmostâ years. Of course, this is unofficial, merely some personâs testimonial. Perhaps in their vernacular the word âmostâ means 51% of the time. Still, even if I got fruit half the years I would be overjoyed because my expectation is for none.
For everyone who is getting lots of sunny weather in the 70âs, I bet we have a good apple crop this year. Bees love this weather.
John S
PDX OR
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Ume white Apricot is bit suited for the pnw from what i can see. All the blooms froze off and it looks like it may be dealing with peach curl.
The bumblebees work until itâs DARK-DARK over here and they seem to get up before the crack of dawn for me so i havenât had a chance to spray anything
My Puget Gold made fruit most years, a few. Then it died
My apples havenât opened yet. Its pears and plums right now.