How Do You Make A Kiwi Plant Flower?
Kiwi plants are perennial vines or creepers. There are dozens of varieties of kiwi plants, including the specially developed hardy kiwi for northern locations. Female kiwi plants will produce fruit once they have reached maturity, but first they must flower and be fertilized by a male kiwi plant. You can encourage your kiwi to bloom, but nature makes the final determination. To ensure healthy growth, choose the kiwi appropriate to your climate. Many of the kiwi varieties require a minimum growing season of 240 days without frost. Buy a hardy kiwi plant if your local weather does meet this standard. An aggressively growing vine, it will blossom in spring but produce an edible grape-size fruit rather than the larger kiwi fruit sold in grocery stores. Plant your kiwi in a sunny location. Because it is a tropical plant, the more sunlight it receives the healthier it will be, and the likelier to flower. Fertilize when you plant your kiwi, using a pound of organic fertilizer (peat moss, stee
