george street orchard

Autumn 2018

on June 5, 2018June 22, 2019 By Rory Harding 2 Comments

‘Meiwa’ Kumquat – newly planted where a feijoa just came out. Kiwifruit vine overhead on a north facing wall

‘Disovery’ apple

Winter Nellis pears

‘Blackboy’ peach slurry

‘Blackboy’ peaches

‘Egremont Russet’ apple

Zingiber mioga (Japanese ginger) flowers ready to be pickled with rice wine vinegar and sugar

‘Niagara’ grapes

‘Liberty’ apple

Autumn raspberries and tomatoes

‘Brown Turkey’ fig, ‘Meyer’ lemon

‘Orleans Reinette’ apple

Parsley and rengarenga amongst gooseberries, plums and blackberries

Kiwifruit almost ready!

Kiwifruit…in Dunedin!?

on January 22, 2018June 22, 2019 By Rory Harding 5 Comments

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.

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 year one fruit happened…

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