How much does a green-fleshed, yellow-fleshed or red-fleshed kiwifruit sapling cost, and how many years until it bears fruit?

Kiwifruit planted nowadays is generally propagated by grafting, as such varieties are better and yields are higher. So how much does a kiwifruit sapling cost now? How many years of growing until it bears fruit?

How much does a kiwifruit sapling cost now?

1. Tai'an City, Shandong Province

Price of grafted high-quality green-fleshed saplings with a plant height of 60 cm: 6 yuan each for purchases of 1000-9999 plants, and 5 yuan each for purchases of 10000 plants or more.

2. Maxian Township, Ji'an City

Hardy kiwifruit (Actinidia arguta) seedlings, minimum order of 5 plants, priced at 15 yuan each. It is a large deciduous climbing vine, long-fruited type, with a sweet-sour taste, sugar content of 16-22, single fruit weight of 25-40 grams, high yield of about 4000 jin per mu, with 80-85 plants planted per mu.

3. Chengdu, Sichuan

Price of first-grade grafted red-fleshed kiwifruit saplings with a height of 80 cm and a seedling age of 2 years: 6 yuan each for purchases of 100 plants or fewer, 5.5 yuan each for purchases of 1000 plants or more, and 5 yuan each for purchases of 10000 plants or more.

4. Tai'an Development Zone

Two-year-old yellow-fleshed kiwifruit saplings with a crown spread of 0.1 (m), a height of 0.3 (m) and a ground diameter of 0.2 (cm) are priced at 3.5 yuan each, with a minimum order of 1000 plants.

How many years of growing until a kiwifruit sapling bears fruit now?

Red-fleshed and green-fleshed kiwifruit generally begin to bear fruit in the third year, but in small quantities; grafted yellow-fleshed kiwifruit saplings begin to bear fruit in the second year after planting, and yields increase year by year. However, all three types of kiwifruit basically enter the full fruiting period in the fifth year, with the flowering period in May-June and the fruit ripening period in August-October.

When is the planting time for kiwifruit?

Kiwifruit saplings are generally planted in spring. In traditional open-field seedbeds, kiwifruit is generally sown in spring, and the sowing time depends on local climatic conditions.

1. In the central and southern regions of China, the time is usually mid-to-late March, while in the central-northern and northern regions it is mostly in early April.

2. If in a greenhouse or plastic tunnel, the planting time can be advanced by 1-2 months.

3. The grafting time for kiwifruit is best about 20 days before bud break, that is, from mid-February to late March.

4. Open-field autumn planting of kiwifruit tends to freeze to death, and autumn planting in tunnels is not conducive to dormancy, so spring planting is best for both open field and tunnels.

In addition, kiwifruit has a rather weak wind resistance and is susceptible to wind damage. The main reasons are its large leaves and lack of elasticity; strong winds break young tender branches, shatter leaves, and cause fruit to be bruised by rubbing or shaken off, thereby reducing yield and market quality. Therefore, when establishing an orchard in mountainous areas, try to avoid choosing windward gaps, ridges and windy hilltops; it is suitable to choose leeward slopes, with slope aspects of early-sunny slope or late-sunny slope.

Besides grafting, kiwifruit can also be propagated by softwood or hardwood cuttings; the former is suitable from early June to early-to-mid September, while the latter is suitable in early spring in February.