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Question
How do you tell if a kiwi vine is male or female?  I planted several kiwi seeds approximately 3 years ago and they came up!  Now I have a couple of vines (fuzzy) that have made it through a couple of winters.  What can I do to produce fruit?

Answer
Hi Terri,
Thanx for your question.  To my knowledge the only way to tell a male plant from a female kiwi plant is by looking at the flowers.

Here's a link from Washington State University which shows the flowers.  The female has the distinctive ovary showing in the middle of its blossom.

http://mtvernon.wsu.edu/FruitHorticulture/AltCrop.html

Scroll down to the paragraph on kiwifruit and you'll see the photographs.  I hope this helps.
Tom

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