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Re: Actinidia chinensis question

>My question is this: do I have to put these two Actinidia outside so that
>they can be dormant for the rest of the winter, or can I let them grow
>uninterrupted until I plant them in the spring?
>I'm thinking that perhaps it would be better to plant them now, as
>shocking as it would be to that tender growth, so that their roots could
>develop for the top growth to come when the weather warms.

If I remember rightly, that species tends to bleed sap badly when roots or
stems are cut or damaged during active growth. If they were my plants, I
would put them out in the breezeway to force them to go dormant. Then I
would plant them in the spring just before they break dormancy.

AND I would keep them in the house right now, and wait for a relatiavely
warm spell to move them outside. As I write this (12/18/97), the forecast
is for near-freezing temperatures in the Bay Area for the next 2-3 nights.

Katherine Pyle
Berkeley, California, USA
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