Anyone got a Kiwi Plant??? MIne is huge is it supposed to be?

[MrsWho]

It is starting to grow onto my kitchen roof!
and its only in a little pot (15inch diameter?)

No idea, but where did you buy it? Does it bear fruit? Would love one!

Where are you? We stayed in a villa in Tuscany a few years ago where there was an immense kiwi vine shading the terrace - said terrace must have been three metres deep and six/seven metres long - they do get huge! It had enormous bunches of kiwis dangling everywhere like great hairy bollocks.

From a catologue (one of those out of the paper) no fruit but it is quite pretty, has furry(like Kiwi) stem/leaves but the furry stuff is pink!

Cumbria!

I'm sure I saw a gardening programme where they said you have to have two plants (male and female) to get fruit. They were growing them up poles and along lines so that they met in the middle. Am off to check if I've got that right or if I'm thinking of another plant altogether!

It sounds fab though - I want one!! Saying that I'm having enough trouble with breeding chilli plants!

Yeah you need a male and a female but there is a self pollinating one as well, can't rember which I have but apparantly takes 7 years to fuit anyway .
Have just found this

Just found this so I could have actually remembered it right :-
The plants are dioecious - that is, each plant bears only flowers of one sex, either male or female. Both male and female flowers have a mass of stamens although the female flowers do not produce viable pollen. In commercial plantations one male vine is planted for every eight female vines, and beehives are imported to ensure good pollination.

It sounds quite similar to passion fruit plants, they go mad too.

Also it stayed outside all winter (wrapped in bubble wrap) and seems to have grown more than ever so don't think they are as wimpy as they sound!

MrsWho, that's interesting. Wonder if I could get one for my allotment?

Just found you can buy pollen online
Sperm donation for plants!

Its the only plant I have thats just because it was pretty everything else is practical!

pink

bump

I don't know whether they are supposed to be hardy or not - I had sort of imagined they needed a warm climate - but maybe not?

FIO- Yay someone else with one, Not sure what it is but I love mine, the pink pricly bits are pretty and its just that bit unusual!