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Actinidia deliciosa
Growing calendar
Typical timing for central Japan (Kanto region). Shift it for your own climate, and record your actual dates.
Guides
- Planting a Kiwi Vine: Why You Need Two Plants and a Serious Structure
- How to Prune a Kiwi Vine: Winter Framework and Summer Control
- Kiwi Pollination: Male and Female Vines, Bloom Overlap and Hand Pollinating
- Kiwi Vine Year: What to Do Each Season From Dormancy to Harvest
- Kiwi Vine Problems: Cats, Frost Damage, Root Rot and Canker
- When to Pick Kiwi Fruit: Testing for Maturity and Ripening Indoors
Common problems
Start from what you can see on the plant.
Pests and diseases (14)
Problems recorded for this plant, most serious first.
Late Blight
Disease
Dark green water-soaked lesions appear on the leaves and expand quickly into brown dead tissue. White mold forms on the underside and at the lesion edge, and dark brown lesions spread to stems and fruit.
Bacterial Canker
Disease
Leaf margins scorch and die back, and splitting the stem reveals browned vascular tissue. Scabby, bird's-eye lesions form on fruit and shoots.
Crown Gall
Disease
Irregular galls form at the crown and on the roots, gradually enlarging and turning woody. They block the flow of water and nutrients, so the plant loses vigor and may die.
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.
Root Rot
Disease
Fine roots rot brown to blackish brown, growth stops and the lower leaves yellow. The plant wilts easily in the daytime and eventually dies outright.
Root-knot Nematode
Pest
The plant wilts in the daytime and does not recover with feeding or watering. Pull it up and the roots carry beaded chains of galls of varying size with few fine roots.
Gray Mold
Disease
Water-soaked brown lesions form on flowers, fruit and leaves, densely covered by a fuzzy gray mold. Fruit rots and drops, and decay continues in storage after harvest.
Bacterial Speck
Disease
Small dark brown spots ringed by a yellow halo form on the leaves, and heavy infection burns off the whole leaf. Fruit carries scattered black pinpoint specks.
