How Can I Grow Kiwi In A Pot?

Have you already purchased a kiwi nursery container?

Have you prepared a potting mix?

Have you added organic fertilizer to the potting mix?

Have you placed the nursery container next to a trellis or a stake?

Have you filled the nursery container with the potting mix?

Have you placed a kiwi plant in the nursery container?

Have you covered up the rest of the container with the potting mix?

Have you put the plant stake next to the kiwi vine?

Purchase a kiwi nursery container from a reputable nursery. It is much easier and much more guaranteed you'll have kiwis than if you were to plant them from seed.

Purchase soil-less potting mix. Make sure it is well-draining and has at least one-third organic material.

Add organic fertilizer such as bone meal and blood meal or well-composted manure in the quantities recommended by the manufacturer and mix it well with a shovel.

Place your nursery container or pot next to a trellis so that your kiwi can climb up or simply use a stake as you would with tomato plants.

Fill the nursery container about two thirds full with the potting and fertilizer mix.

Remove the self-fertile hardy kiwi plant from its container and place it in the center of the nursery container, anchoring the bottom portion of the root ball into the potting mix. If you are using kiwi varieties that need both male and female plant to produce fruit, place both plants side by side in the center of the container.

Add more potting mix to bring the soil line up to the level the plant(s) had in the original container. Tamp the soil firmly to get rid of air gaps. Add more potting mix if necessary, but leave 2 to 3 inches of headspace for watering.

You are ready to grow kiwi in the container. Make sure to take good care of it. Prune vines about 4 times during growing season. Fertilize the plants just before growth begins in spring and two or three times during the first half of the growing season. Pick fruits when they are mature but not fully ripe. Refresh the soil in the container yearly as needed with additional potting mix and organic material.

Put a plant stake next to the newly planted vine if necessary to lead it to the support trellis as it grows. Use plant ties to fasten the vine to the stake at intervals.