Autumn 2018

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‘Meiwa’ Kumquat – newly planted where a feijoa just came out. Kiwifruit vine overhead on a north facing wall
Parsley and rengarenga amongst gooseberries, plums and blackberries
‘Blackboy’ peaches
‘Blackboy’ peach slurry
Zingiber mioga (Japanese ginger) flowers ready to be pickled with rice wine vinegar and sugar
Winter Nellis pears
Autumn raspberries and tomatoes
‘Disovery’ apple
‘Liberty’ apple
‘Egremont Russet’ apple
‘Brown Turkey’ fig, ‘Meyer’ lemon
‘Orleans Reinette’ apple
Kiwifruit almost ready!
‘Niagara’ grapes

Kiwifruit…in Dunedin!?

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About five or six years ago I planted what was sold to me as a male and a female (Hayward) kiwi potted together. Over the years I have trained them overhead roughly 10 m along a north facing wall painted white.

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The previous three seasons both vines flowered well but no fruit ever set. During each flowering period the weather was fine and many bees were seen foraging in the blossom. I learned that kiwifruit are often incompletely pollinated by bees (wind is also a vector). In 2016 one fruit happened…

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Summer 2018

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Brown Turkey fig
Merton Russet apple
First crop Schuyler grapes
Brown Turkey fig on west wall
Sungold cherry tomatoes, outside ripened mid January!
Runner beans, Tamarillo
Echinacea, bergamot, valerian, asparagus, borage and haskap under persimmon
Moorpark apricot
Thornless blackberries
Seedlings for Taste Nature Gardens
First crop of Niagara grapes