Hardy Kiwi

How to propagate hardy kiwi

Hardy Kiwi is best started from a cutting or nursery stock rather than seed, so the fruit comes true to the parent. Seed from fruit trees tends to revert to something wilder.

Growing hardy kiwi in Texas

Give it full sun to part shade and rich, well-drained soil. Match the spot to the plant and most of the battle is already won.

Because it's a perennial, the work is mostly up front. Get it sited and established and it comes back on its own year after year — one of the best returns on effort in the whole garden.

Keep moisture even, especially while it's young — deep, less-frequent soaks build better roots than a daily sprinkle.

Harvesting

Figure on roughly 3–5 yr to bear before you're harvesting. Let fruit ripen on the plant where you can — it's where the sugars finish — and pick gently to avoid bruising what you don't eat right away. The part you're after: fruit.

Making more for free

Every seed we sell is open-pollinated, which means you can save your own from the best plants and it'll grow true next year. Let a few of your strongest plants finish and go to seed, dry it fully, and store it cool and dark. That's the whole point of heirlooms — buy once, grow forever.