Planting and caring for actinidia

Actinidia is a perennial deciduous vine. We are familiar with kiwi from the genus Actinidia.

Planting and caring for actinidia should be carried out with the expectation that this plant will settle in your garden for a long time, because actinidia can bear fruit for more than 30 years. Therefore, planting needs to be thought out so that there is a convenient approach to the plant in the future.

Since actinidia is a liana, it needs to be provided with strong, reliable support in the garden. A fence, fence or roof of a house will serve as a support for actinidia, along which it will crawl upward.

You should also take into account which trees actinidia will successfully develop and grow next to, and which plants are not suitable for its neighbors. So it was found that the proximity of actinidia to apple trees is unfavorable, but currant bushes, on the contrary, will appeal to the vine.

Caring for actinidia should not include deep digging of soil around the vine; shallow loosening is allowed. The soil for actinidia should not be excessively clayey with close groundwater flow. It requires well-drained soil to grow successfully. To ensure the outflow of water, vines can be planted on hills and slopes, where water will drain naturally, preventing stagnation at the roots.

Actinidia are planted at 2-4 years of age in early spring at a distance of 2 m from each other. A layer of drainage must be poured onto the bottom of the planting hole: expanded clay, broken bricks or stones, and organic fertilizers must be added. Then water abundantly, water consumption is 2-3 buckets for each plant. Fertilizers containing lime and potassium chloride are not recommended.

Care consists of fertilizing, watering, fine loosening and thinning. The vine does not require shelter for the winter. It is impossible to prune actinidia, this slows down its growth, weakens it and can even lead to death.

Proper planting and care of actinidia will allow you to grow this interesting plant on your site.