cool idea

[losfreddy]

I'm starting to grow alot of things that produce fruits. Had the idea to plant a dwarf apple and orange tree spaced apart in the yard and get a grape vine to grow up one and a kiwi vine to grow up the other. Would be so awesome to start this off now, so in some years i could have a fruit patch in my yard.

 

[scottychaos]

Sounds cool!
but I would be carefull about the grape vine..
grapes grow quickly and vigorously..I could see the grape vine quickly smothering the apple tree and cutting off all its light..

I have no idea how kiwi plants grow..so cant help you there!

Scot

 

[wmgorum]

As I understand it, kiwi vines are like Nepenthes, male and female. If you want them to fruit, you better make space for two of them.

 

[agentrdy]

The vines could also girdle the trees over time, reducing nutrition, growth and productivity, and maybe even eventually killing them.

 

[lil hokie]

That sounds like a really nice idea..like a real Garden of Eden!

 

[phissionkorps]

Grapes do grow ridiculously fast, and if you cut them back, you better make sure you pick up all the pieces. They root extremely easily.