tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26067482.post7312588428286411269..comments2024-02-29T13:58:14.271+13:00Comments on Quiltingorchardist: Before and After.Ali Honeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12671890094425941272noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26067482.post-48921014108209873912007-08-02T10:17:00.000+12:002007-08-02T10:17:00.000+12:00Hi Tracey, Kiwifruit can be grown both ways. Comme...Hi Tracey, Kiwifruit can be grown both ways. Commercial quantites are usually obtained from commercial growers, usually as rootstock plants they have grown from seed. After a year in the ground they orchardist grafts good fruiting pieces of cane onto one strong stem and cuts the rest of the growth off.( male and female required ) That grafted cane then sprouts and grows and is trained up and over the pergolas..... usually having it's first few fruit in the 3rd year after that.(That's a simple version )Ali Honeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12671890094425941272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26067482.post-14932126003916361212007-08-01T12:45:00.000+12:002007-08-01T12:45:00.000+12:00you blog is so informative Ali. I love kiwi frui...you blog is so informative Ali. I love kiwi fruit, but am now thinking I am becoming an expert on the subject...via your blog.Birdydownunderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17535089735964648581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26067482.post-81770817906879231982007-07-31T23:20:00.000+12:002007-07-31T23:20:00.000+12:00How does a kiwifruit vine grow? Is it from a seed ...How does a kiwifruit vine grow? Is it from a seed or cutting?<BR/><BR/>It certainly looks like a lot of work.Tracey Petersenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02434423460092424684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26067482.post-16907412215335884022007-07-31T12:54:00.000+12:002007-07-31T12:54:00.000+12:00I remember pruning kiwifruit vines - I was half my...I remember pruning kiwifruit vines - I was half my age then, and my neck and shoulders were younger. It was so good to be outside all day and looking back to see how much I'd done. Those hexagons really get us in, something special about them. <BR/>See you later,<BR/>Nicola in AustraliaHarmany Quiltinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02666564938764124294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26067482.post-82973349177113194492007-07-31T10:58:00.000+12:002007-07-31T10:58:00.000+12:00You are very busy Ali, with all the orchard & shel...You are very busy Ali, with all the orchard & shelling of the walnuts. They stain dont they, do you wear gloves to shell them? Or do you have an automatic sheller? (is there such a thing?)<BR/>Glad you still get to sew in the evenings.<BR/>I never like lists, cant seem to follow them at all. haha.meggiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00061112627819270427noreply@blogger.com