kiwis getting a trim

[majorcatfish]

you might want to take some cuttings & plant them just in case you loose the vines.

if they die have plans for the posts thinking about growing muscadines or blackberries again...
but i am going to stay positive...

 

[Smart Red]

Any plans to start new plants from the cuttings? I've heard they are easy to root.

 

[majorcatfish]

Any plans to start new plants from the cuttings? I've heard they are easy to root.

nope once getting done with the pruning if they make it great, if not it was a grand experiment ..

 

[majorcatfish]

finally had time to finish up pruning the kiwis...
January 9th started to prune.. what a mess .....

January 28th........ the final prune.....
hopefully next weekend will tighten up the wire so it does not sag as bad.....

 

[thistlebloom]

They are much tidier now Major!

I pruned my apple trees, before they bloomed! That doesn't happen every year, some years I'm so behind that I figure it's better to leave them alone than prune late and have to deal with all of that exuberant growth at the cuts.

I noticed this year that with each tree I did I was redefining what was dead, broken, interfering or growing the wrong direction. Nearly ended up doing a bonsai by the time I got to the last one.

 

[majorcatfish]

They are much tidier now Major!

I pruned my apple trees, before they bloomed! That doesn't happen every year, some years I'm so behind that I figure it's better to leave them alone than prune late and have to deal with all of that exuberant growth at the cuts.

I noticed this year that with each tree I did I was redefining what was dead, broken, interfering or growing the wrong direction. Nearly ended up doing a bonsai by the time I got to the last one.

that's basically what i did is the bonsai approach, took out all the top growth for both the male and female and just left cordons that would run along the wires.
of course over the next couple years<if it lives the pruning > will keep up on the pruning...

 

[Nyboy]

I have to move mine this spring.

 

[Carol Dee]

@majorcatfish Thornless blackberries if you lose the kiwi.

 

[valley ranch]

That's great, growing Kiwi!

 

[majorcatfish]

@majorcatfish Thornless blackberries if you lose the kiwi.

that is one of my options...will what happens this year...
mulling the idea of another out building ....