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Akebia quinata
Growing calendar
Typical timing for central Japan (Kanto region). Shift it for your own climate, and record your actual dates.
Guides
- Planting Akebia: Why One Vine Will Never Fruit and Two Will
- Akebia Pollination: Hand Pollinating Between Two Vines for a Real Crop
- Pruning Akebia: Winter Structure, Summer Control, and the Wood That Fruits
- Akebia Year: What to Do Season by Season for Flowers, Pods and Control
- Akebia Problems: Few Pests, One Serious Hazard, and the Vine Itself
- Harvesting Akebia Pods: The Split, the White Pulp, and What to Do With the Rind
Common problems
Start from what you can see on the plant.
Pests and diseases (11)
Problems recorded for this plant, most serious first.
Powdery Mildew
Disease
White patches appear scattered on the upper leaf surface at first, then the whole leaf is coated in a white powder. Leaves later yellow, brown and die back, and reduced photosynthesis cuts growth and yield.
Brown Leaf Spot
Disease
Small light brown to gray-brown spots form on the leaves and enlarge into irregular lesions. When they merge the whole leaf dies and plant vigor drops sharply.
Rust
Disease
Small raised orange-yellow to red-brown pustules form on both leaf surfaces, then rupture and release powdery spores. Heavy infection yellows the leaves and kills them early.
Anthracnose
Disease
Light brown to dark brown round lesions with sharp margins form on leaves and fruit, slightly sunken in the center. In wet weather salmon-pink slimy spore masses ooze out on the lesions.
Bacterial Spot
Disease
Small water-soaked spots appear on the leaves, later turning brown with yellowing around them. Fruit develops water-soaked or scabby spots from which rot spreads.
Leaf Spot
Disease
Small round brown to gray-white lesions appear on the lower leaves, the centers turning gray with tiny black specks. As they multiply the leaf yellows and drops early.
