I have both a male and a female Arctic Kiwi plants - both 1yr old. We just had a harsh rain storm with hale and one of the plants broke at ground level. Will the plant grow back from the roots? If I place the broken plant in water will it form new roots? I don't know how to tell which one is the male or female in order to replace it if the above doesn't work.
Arctic Kiwi - Need to save them
Jul 03, 2009
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Somewhere between zone 5 and 6 tucked along the shore of Lake Michigan on the council grounds of the Fox, Mascouten, Potawatomi, and Winnebago
The female plant has a bulbus portion in the middle of the flower from which the fruit develops. The male, not. If you google images you will be able to find examples.
But to answer your question about rooting kiwis, yes it may be done from cuttings. You can buy rooting hormones for woody plants which may help it along. Heating it from the bottom is also supposed to help. Root it in vermiculite or a sterile starting mix. The roots tend to be stronger than if done in water. Trim the branch back to below a bud union and stick it in. And wait wait wait.
It might grow back from the roots though, you never know.
Good luck with that, Dora
Thanks much for all of your input.
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