Can kiwifruit be grown in Hebei?

Kiwifruit has a sweet and sour taste and contains many nutrients needed by the human body, making it a fruit that many people love to eat. So, can kiwifruit be grown in Hebei?

1. Can kiwifruit be grown in Hebei?

The Hebei region is not suitable for growing kiwifruit. Because kiwifruit is suited to growing in a warm and humid climate, that is, a subtropical or temperate humid or semi-humid climate. The Hebei region has a temperate continental monsoon climate, with a relatively low average annual temperature and a relatively dry environment.

2. Kiwifruit growing techniques

1. Orchard site selection

The kiwifruit root system is fleshy and especially fragile. It fears both waterlogging and high-temperature drought, and the new shoots fear both being broken by strong winds and damage from a late spring cold snap or low-temperature freezing. It is suitable for planting in sub-alpine areas (800-1400 m above sea level). Choose a place with deep soil, fertile soil, loose texture, good drainage and convenient transportation to establish an orchard. If kiwifruit is cultivated in low mountains, hills or plains, appropriate drainage and irrigation facilities must be provided to ensure it is not waterlogged during the rainy season and can be irrigated promptly during the dry season. It is best to build a windbreak forest around the orchard

2. Planting management

Choose seedlings that are free of pests and diseases, grow vigorously, and have a well-developed and intact root system. Plant from October to the end of February of the following year. When planting, separate the roots and spread them evenly over the soil mound. After the roots are placed, fill with fine soil and firm it.

3. Fertilizing and watering

Before planting the seedlings, apply base fertilizer in the planting pits; for young trees, use the method of applying small amounts many times, and thereafter fertilize 3 times each year, 1 time with base fertilizer and 2 times with topdressing, mainly with quick-acting fertilizer, with a nitrogen-phosphorus-potassium ratio of 4:2:1. The water requirement is high during the growing period, and in the three months of June, July and August the soil moisture content is required to be around 70%; if there is continuous rainfall in summer, or if it rains just after watering, drain promptly to avoid death from waterlogging.

4. Timely harvesting

Kiwifruit should preferably be harvested on a windless sunny day. It should not be harvested on rainy days, after rain, or on mornings when the dew has not yet dried. The best harvesting time is before 10 a.m., when the temperature has not yet risen.

5. Pest and disease control

First, the main pests and diseases include flower rot, anthracnose, vine blight, brown spot disease, fruit soft rot, phytophthora disease, root rot, and Japanese beetles, clearwing moths, flower bud maggots, fruit-sucking noctuid moths, etc. Integrated control methods focusing on strengthening management, enhancing tree vigor, strengthening soil disinfection, and emphasizing prevention are mainly adopted. Second, for fruit sunscald, mainly strengthen tree vigor management and rational pruning. During the fruit growth and development period (late August), bagging can prevent sunscald.

Kiwifruit growing areas are mostly distributed in southern China, while the northern regions are less suitable for growing it due to climatic limitations. If friends in the north want to eat it, fruit supermarkets also sell it.