All inveterate gardeners sooner or later come to the conclusion that apple trees and pears become boring, and you want something exotic. We decided to tell you how to grow kiwi from seeds at home, the photo will clearly show you that this is possible under certain conditions.
Kiwi is one of the few plants that remarkably grow and bear fruit in our climate, take root well and tolerate wintering well.
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Interestingly, kiwi can be grown from the seeds of any fruit. The main thing is that it is well ripened, soft, smooth and not rotted. For fidelity, the kiwi purchased in the store can be put on the windowsill and left for 2-3 days. After which, cut it into 4 parts and extract seeds from it. You can smear the pulp with the seeds on paper, and when the moisture from the leaf evaporates, the seeds are easily removed.
Before planting, when spring comes, the seeds are laid out on a cotton pad, napkin or toilet paper. Shelter from above and watered with warm water. For several days, you need to ensure that the paper is always wet and the container itself is warm.
When the tiny sprouts hatch, the seeds require planting in the ground. The good thing is that you can choose almost any land.
How to grow kiwi at home? Read a more detailed description.
1. Expanded clay should be laid at the bottom so that the water does not stagnate and there is good drainage.
2. Top the ground.
3. To deepen the seeds a little and only slightly sprinkle them with earth.
4. At first, instead of watering, the soil should be sprayed with water from the spray gun.
When the seedlings appeared
A week after planting, kiwi will delight you with the long-awaited seedlings. If all planted seeds have sprouted and the sprouts are too close, they need to be thinned. Tentatively, seedlings should be approximately every 10 centimeters. Please note that only small plants, approximately 3-5 centimeters in height, are easily removed with the root. Then the root system becomes stronger and it is better to just cut off the extra sprout.
Quickly enough, kiwi will reach 10-15 centimeters and will have 4-5 leaves on each plant. Now the plants are ready for transplanting in separate pots. If this is not done one day, they will interfere with each other and their development will slow down significantly.
Preparation for planting kiwi in the ground
If you planted the seeds in early spring, then by the summer you will have a fairly adult seedling. On the first summer, when warm nights, you can take the pot out onto the street and put it in a place where there is no wind. Kiwi is planted in the ground next spring, when the night temperature will be above 10 degrees.
The place should also be selected protected from the wind, and the site should be sunny. Before planting, the earth must be fertilized, dug up and fluffed. Of course, all weeds should be removed. The fact is that after landing within a radius of one meter, kiwi can not be dug up. It is best to mulch the earth with needles and manually remove the emerging weeds.
How kiwi will grow in the garden
In the first summer, a kiwi liana requires abundant and frequent watering. We need the root system to be well developed and strengthened and ready for wintering. Since the plant will develop rapidly, you need to prepare a trellis or pergola so that it has somewhere to wander.
After some time, the plant requires vaccination with cuttings from the fruiting tree. This procedure is usually able to do every experienced gardener.But the most important thing is to cover the plant for the winter, collecting all the winding vines, which in the first year can reach 5-7 meters in the ground, and wrap everything with agrofiber. With roots on the ground, it is necessary to put bark or leaves so that the soil also does not freeze in any case.
Kiwi fruits in the third or fourth year, and its fruits are best harvested immediately after the first frost. That's all the features of growing kiwi at home. We hope that our article will help you and grow the fruits of kiwi without much hassle.
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