Kiwifruit Care

Kiwifruit Pruning

Kiwifruit pruning and providing its soil with proper fertilizers is an important part of caring it. Pruning or trimming helps the plant grow faster and stays upright. For better pruning know about minimum height and width in Kiwifruit Information. The important thing is to know when to prune and where to prune. Generally pruning can be done all over the year. But pruning of flowering plants is different than fruiting plants. Almost all fruiting plants should be pruned while they are dormant. To ensure good growth of your plant we recommend you the best fertilizers which are needed. It is very necessary to mix fertilizers in plant soil, especially when the type of soil is poor. But beware! It is very important to understand the kind of fertilizers needed for every plant you are going to plant. Wrongly fertilizing the plant may dry and burn it. Pruning and fertilizers for Kiwifruit are as follows:

• Kiwifruit Pruning: Prune for shortening long shoots, Prune in early summer and Prune in late winter

• Kiwifruit Fertilizers: Self-fertile

Kiwifruit Diseases

While taking Kiwifruit care, its diseases should be taken into consideration as it affects the health of the plant. Pests and diseases cause harm to the plant. It might be decaying of its roots, infecting leaves, causing yellowish color, mushy spots and holes or infecting its stem. Diseases like fungi grow rapidly by consuming nutrition from plants. All these factors reduce the plant's life span. If you know what kind of diseases can occur to the plant, it will help you to find right cure and reduce the harm. So, identifying the disease and curing the plant with the right kind of pesticide is basic thing every gardener should know to ensure success in gardening. Kiwifruit diseases are Armillaria root rot, Armored scales, Bleeding canker, Botrytis Blight, Crown gall, Nematodes, Phytophthora Root Rot and Red blotch.

Along with it, know how to take care of other plants included in Fruits.