Kiwi is one of the favorite fruits for the hot season, its flavor…
Kiwi is one of the favorite fruits for the hot season, its sweet and sour flavor, in addition to its beautiful color, make it the perfect ingredient for desserts, drinks, salads and more, but if you want it you never miss it in your home, today we will tell you about how to grow kiwis in pots and make them bear lots of fruit .
In addition to having a beautiful appearance, this fruit has many benefits for our health thanks to the fact that it is rich in vitamin C and folic acid which strengthen your defenses, it also contains soluble fibers which improve your digestion, contains a large quantity of water with an intermediate caloric level, helps absorb iron better, is diuretic, improves circulation and tissue health, among the other qualities.
Before starting, you need to know that a kiwi seedling takes 3 to 5 years to bear fruit , so it is preferable to grow it from cuttings or with larger trees that are sold in nurseries rather than seeds.
How to grow kiwis in pots and make them bear lots of fruit
You will need:
- Pot or planter with good drainage holes
- Kiwi plants need support, plus they can be heavy, so take this into consideration
- The substrate must not be clayey or sandy, it must be rich in organic substance
- The kiwi plant requires a lot of sunlight to grow healthily.
- It requires moist soil, but without abusing it, because its roots can rot, water it daily
Step by step:
- Purchase the plant from a nursery so it doesn’t take long to grow
- Place the pot or planter near a trellis so the plant can climb
- Fill the pot one-third full with a mixture of soil and fertilizer
- Remove your plant from the container
- Take the female and male plants from the container and place them on either side of the center plant
- Cover the rest of the container with soil, leaving a space for water
- Place a stick inside the container near the trellis to facilitate its growth
- Fertilize the plant just before it begins to grow and then two or three more times during the first half of its growing season.