If you have, or plan to have, a fruit and vegetable garden, Kiwi Plants can be trained on wires like grapes – that is the way they are grown commercially. Feed your plant general-purpose fertilizer at the beginning of spring. Most Kiwi Plants prefer well-drained soil and full sun, or 6 to 8 hours of sunlight per day, but specific instructions will vary. They make an excellent boundary between your vegetable gardens and your flower gardens that will be highly productive. Hardy Arctic Kiwi plants need around 150 frost-free days for their fruits to mature and ripen. Best in zones 5-10. Ripens in June, July. Kiwi fruit care Kiwi fruits Care. Actinidia arguta, hardy female kiwi vine producing bright red fruit with a sweet, mild flavor. In the late winter, keep the content of organic manure or well-rotted manure fertilizers on the plants all side. Kiwi Plants The Hardy, or Arctic Kiwi, are very cold tolerant and can withstand temperatures as low as -25 degrees Fahrenheit. From there, planting your Kiwi Plants is simple.

However, the kiwi plants can be successfully grown in containers and can be brought indoors by growers in colder areas. One of the largest hardy kiwifruit. Find an area with well-drained soil or select a container large enough to accommodate the root ball, place your plant and backfill the soil. Requires cross pollination with a hardy male arguta type kiwi. Keep it a little distance from the stem, which does not come in contact with the stem, otherwise, it can cause plant rot.