If you want to propagate kiwis yourself, you usually do it with cuttings or sinkers. The kiwis available in specialist shops are refined, i. H. created from the connection of two plant parts - a rootstock with a scion.
During grafting, a new tree with the desired properties is created from two original plants. The aim is to obtain a varietal offspring of the desired variety. The rootstock and scion should come from the same plant species or a related species. There are several ways to graft the kiwi bushes:
- budding
- Copulate
- Graft
Budding at the end of summer
In August, when the bark can be easily removed, a bud (the so-called eye) is cut out of one kiwi plant and placed in the kiwi plant to be grafted. The cut should be made with a sharp budding knife. The bud is cut out together with a piece of bark. The eye grows in size within a relatively short period of one to two weeks.
Copulate at the end of winter
To copulate, a scion is required, which is about as strong as the branch with which it is later connected. The shoots are cut from the bush of the desired variety between December and January and kept in a cool, moist and dark place. At the end of February, the two diagonally cut branches are joined together by pressing the cut surfaces together, wrapping the area with raffia and sealing it with tree wax (€12.96).
grafting in spring
In April-May you can graft the grafted scions onto the previously cut base. To do this, cut into the bark of the substrate, put the scion behind the bark and connect the spot. In this way, a rice harvested from the female kiwi can be grafted onto the self-grown kiwi plant, the gender of which is unknown.
tips and tricks
More than half of the home-grown seedlings are male. Even plants bought as female often turn out to be male.
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