Can kiwi fruit be grown in Anhui? Detailed explanation of growing conditions

Kiwi fruit is a common fruit that many people like to eat, and kiwi fruit is rich in nutrients, and eating it is good for the body, so some growers want to grow it. So, can kiwi fruit be grown in Anhui?

1. Can kiwi fruit be grown in Anhui?

Kiwi fruit can be grown in Anhui. Anhui's climate conditions are very suitable for growing kiwi fruit. Among them, Jinzhai County in northern Anhui is one of the places of origin of kiwi fruit. Due to the superior geographical environment and suitable climate conditions, wild kiwi fruit is found all over the mountains around Jinzhai. On December 24, 2014, the former General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine approved the implementation of geographical indication product protection for “Jinzhai kiwi fruit”.

Growing conditions for kiwi fruit: it requires a warm and humid climate, that is, a subtropical or temperate humid or semi-humid climate. The annual average temperature is about 11.3-16.9°C, the extreme maximum temperature is 42.6°C, the extreme minimum temperature is about -20.3°C, the effective accumulated temperature above 10°C is 4500-5200°C, the frost-free period is 160-270 days, and the annual precipitation is 800 mm-2200 mm.

Anhui's climate conditions: climatically, it belongs to the transitional zone between the warm temperate zone and the subtropical zone. North of the Huai River, it has a warm temperate semi-humid monsoon climate, and south of the Huai River, it has a subtropical humid monsoon climate. The annual average temperature is 14-17°C, the average January temperature is minus 1-4°C, the average July temperature is 28-29°C, the active accumulated temperature above 10°C is about 4600-5300°C, the frost-free period is 200-250 days, and the annual average precipitation is 773-1670 mm.

2. Introduction to Jinzhai kiwi fruit

Jinzhai kiwi fruit is a specialty of Jinzhai County, Lu'an City, Anhui Province, and a China national geographical indication product. The main varieties include Hongyang, Hayward, and others. According to the Jinzhai County Annals, Jinzhai wild kiwi fruit has a history of more than 3,000 years, and artificial cultivation has a history of more than 30 years. In 1980, the Jinzhai County Agriculture Bureau invited experts from the provincial Academy of Agricultural Sciences to use Jinzhai wild kiwi fruit as rootstock and collect scions from suitable kiwi fruit mother branches free of quarantine pests and diseases, and cultivated Jinzhai kiwi fruit seedlings.

The production area of Jinzhai kiwi fruit covers the current administrative areas under the jurisdiction of 23 townships and towns in Jinzhai County: Shuanghe Town, Nanxi Town, Tiantangzhai Town, Banzhuyuan Town, Yanzhihe Town, Qingshan Town, Meishan Town, Baitafan Town, Mabu Town, Zhangchong Township, Youfandian Township, Changling Township, Gubei Town, Huaishuwan Township, Huashi Township, Guozhiyuan Township, Wujiadian Town, Shahe Township, Guanmiao Township, Tangjiahui Town, Taoling Township, Tiechong Township, and Quanjun Township.