[Arid_gardener] Re: Hardy Kiwi Plant

[Dick]

Search on line, Dedra. You should get at least a pair, a male and a female Kiwi if you want fruit. I have not been very successful with Kiwi seed but you might try yourself. There are about a billion in one fruit. I have sprouted several but wasn't able to keep them growing

For Paw Paw, or Papaya, buy a fruit at Safeway, clean the seeds, about 300 of them, carefully break the bubbles around the seed and thoroughly clean them with water.  Then, dry the clean seeds in the shade but soak them for 24 hours before planting no deeper than 3/8ths inch in well draining potting soil 6 inches deep. If the soil is warm they will come up like grass in 10 to 12 days. Prick them out after the cotyledons open and transplant in no. 6 or 8 styrofoam pots in which you have made drainage holes. Prick out the seedlings while holding the cotyledons between thumb and forefinger and insert them in a hole made with a dibble. Tap the sides with the dibble to settle soil around the roots. Never grasp the seedlings by the stem. Water-in the transplants. If you transplant at this stage , you will lose few to damping-off. If you wait for the first true leaves, you will lose most. Shade the transplants and gradually expose to full sun to harden them off. About a third will be males but you can't tell which are which until blooms appear. Papaya will grow 8 feet and produce fruit in a year in good weather. Papaya is an herb, by the way.

Yell if you have questions.

Dick Gross, Master Gardener Volunteer
U of A Maricopa County
Cooperative Extension
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Dedra Bautts 
  To: info at crfg.org 
  Sent: Thursday, November 22, 2007 9:16 PM
  Subject: Hardy Kiwi Plant


  Where can I purchase a Hardy Kiwi Plant and a male and female Paw Paw Tree?
  Dedra Bautts
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