Whole Plant Traits: Plant Type: Edible Vine Woody Plant Leaf Characteristics: Deciduous Habit/Form: Climbing Growth Rate: Rapid Texture: Coarse.Climbing Method: Twining Edibility: Fruit is a fuzzy brown large edible berry. Play Value: Attracts Pollinators Edible fruit Fragrance Textural Wildlife Food Source Particularly Resistant To (Insects/Diseases/Other Problems): No serious insect or disease problems. Attributes: Genus: Actinidia Species: chinensis Family: Actinidiaceae Life Cycle: Woody Recommended Propagation Strategy: Seed Country Or Region Of Origin: East Asia, China Wildlife Value: Flowers are pollinated by bees.Tags: #fragrant #deciduous #full sun tolerant #fragrant flowers #wildlife plant #nectar plant #climbing #fall interest #showy fruits #fast growing #fences #trellises #children's garden #playground plant #edible fruits #pollinator plant #arbor #partial shade tolerant #bee friendly Its rapid growth can quickly get out of hand if not closely monitored.Ĭompare this Plant to: Actinidia kolomikta, Actinidia melanandra See this plant in the following landscape: Cultivars / Varieties: Occasional root-knot nematodes, thrips, passion vine hopper, crown gall, root rot may affect the plant. Insects, Diseases, and Other Plant Problems: No serious insect or disease problems. Very soft fruit is considered too ripe and not edible.įlower buds emerge from last year's stems, so pruning in the fall or winter is discouraged. When slightly soft under pressure, they are ready to eat. The flavorful fruits which are rich with vitamin C contain small seeds that are typically eaten with the fruit. For propagation, both need to be grown to be pollinated by bees and insects. This dioecious climber has either male or female flowers. It can be found growing in thickets and oak forests on slopes or in ravines. Slightly more cold hardy than Actinidia kolomiktaand Actinidia melanandra. Its rapid growth rate makes it a great choice for sturdy trellises, arbors, fences, or walls.
It will produce its fruits in both full sun and semi-shade, however, the best fruit production will occur in full sun. It can be grown in a variety of soil and pH conditions but prefers moist, loamy, neutral, well-drained soil.
Any insight to what this looks like to people would be great, as well as any advice on how to handle the situation.Phonetic Spelling ak-tih-NID-ee-uh chi-NEN-sis This plant is an invasive species in North Carolina DescriptionĬhinese gooseberry is a rapidly growing woody deciduous climbing vine in the Actinidiaceae family. I'm pretty concerned that if this does look like the start of bud rot, that there could be more hiding in other buds that might spread to the other 2 plants during the drying process. Like i said, i'll be harvesting them in a couple days and hanging them in the tent to dry and then i'm off to the lake for 5 days, so i can't keep an eye on them to watch out for mold during the drying process.
I thought maybe its overripe since this one matured a little faster than the other 2, although the trichomes are not overly amber (maybe i'm just trying to convince myself its not bud rot). I chopped them off and dissected them, there was a maybe a little bit of brown on the inside but they we not mushy or brittle like i've read bud rot can be, and no visible signs of white mold.
The affected leaves were also starting to curl up, and were fairly stiff. Today i noticed a couple buds with some browning, not so healthy looking sugar leaves right at the top of the buds on one of my 3 plants. I'm near the end of flower, planning on doing the chop in a couple days.