To produce kiwi fruit you need a male and a female plant. Only the female plants produce fruit. It is possible to buy plants that have a male and female grafted to the same plant, otherwise you need to grow both the male and the female plant. One male plant will pollinate up to nine female plants. The two can be distinguished when in flower as the female plant, which produces the fruit, has a prominent thick white style in the centre of its flower. This is absent in the male flower. When the plants are not in flower or fruit it is very difficult to tell them apart.
2006-06-26 18:27:10
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answered by Anonymous
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Male Kiwi Plant
2016-10-18 11:59:51
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answered by ? 4
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Ben said it right...Only the female plants produce fruit.
"Kiwifruit plants are normally dioecious, meaning that individual plants are male or female. Only female plants bear fruit, and only when pollenized by a male plant. One male pollenizer is required for each three to eight female vines. An exception is the cultivar 'Issai', a hybrid (Actinidia arguta x rufa) from Japan, which produces perfect flowers and can self-pollinate; unfortunately it lacks vigour, is less hardy than most A. arguta forms and is not a large producer."
2006-06-26 21:53:59
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answered by kevinkhb 2
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The female has fruit.
2006-06-26 18:21:30
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answered by Texas Cowboy 7
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look for the little kiwi boners
2006-06-26 18:24:15
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answered by Anonymous
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hahah lol
2006-06-26 18:22:14
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answered by Ñina 5
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