Re: This months' National Gardening
>Thanks Margaret, yes, I did mean -25 degrees. I believe that the problem
>you describe is the result of a "false spring" where you get warm enough
>temperatures in winter that the vine thinks its spring and starts to
>leaf/flower, only to be killed off in the next frost. As I understand it,
>the vine should recover the next year, but that year's crop is severely
>reduced if not lost altogether.
>
>Sorry to hear you killed yours off... If you have the energy to try again,
>I suggest you plant Arguta kolomikta, often sold as 'Arctic Beauty,' as it
>is probably the most cold hardy and it is has beautiful leaves. You can
>get it by mail order from One Green World (www.onegreenworld.com) and from
>Edible Landscaping (www.eat-it.com).
>
>Nan
Nan, we have a "false spring" every year. That's why we only get an
apricot crop once every ten years. If fruit tree catalogs mention the time
their stock blossoms, their sales would plummet. Before One Green World
there was Northwoods Nursery. A friend and I drove over there for their
one-day fruit growing seminar, and after hearing how kiwis can grow and
bear I came home with two foot vines and we installed an arbor fit for King
Kong. 4X6s set in the ground and set overhead, with rebar crossing the
arbor every 18 inches or so. The vines never reached the top of the arbor
in four years. Margaret, who's no longer impressed with hardy kiwi.
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