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Thursday, June 30, 2011

Kiwifruit down south

Can you grow kiwifruit out of doors in the deep south?

Kenneth can. Boxes and boxes of them.

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Ah, but can he get them to ripen? (and how does he do it?!)

robertguyton said...

Yes he can - those in the picture were ripe (I brought a couple home). He had them in boxes, in his shed. I know you can pop them into a brown paper bag with a ripe apple and the 'fumes' released by the apple hastens the ripening of kiwifruit. he did have apples in his shed also, so maybe that's it. Ken's a fantastic gardener and I'm going to visit him again in the spring to photograph and write about what he's got going on there.
He's soooo modest about his garden - he's a retired Southland farmer.

renetsil said...

Impressive...looking forward to the article :) Does Ken sell the kiwifruit at the information centre in Riverton?

robertguyton said...

Ken keeps them for himself I think renetsil. The Environment Centre's organic food coop has the best kiwifruit around, bar Kens, but those come from further a field, as Ken's would be gone in an afternoon at the rate they go out.

Anonymous said...

That's inspiring. I'll look forward to your posts in the spring.