Anybody growing these? I've heard they grow like crazy and are a pain to keep trimmed. Worth it? Is it growing that crazy?

Keep them away from your house and don't buy a fuzzy male. 

I was thinking of trellising Thea around the house. They grow that crazy!

Thell rip your house down don't let them near it. 

In Ga, they don't seem to produce many fruit, at least the original varieties available 20 years ago.

I showed you mine, I'm very happy with them, taste is very good and it is producing more than last year which was my first year of productivity. They do need to be kept in bounds. Ideally I should have a trellis like Bass has at his place.

Correction, I should have an arbor.

Barry,

What Barry you don't like my arbor 

You need to have a kiwi growing on it with fruit for it to be memorable to me lol

Tim,

It only takes a few minutes to go down my fence and cut runners, don't want the neighbor complaining about it invading his yard.

I have three different kinds on my arbor.
Artic/Anna
Vincent
Issai

Because of the late freeze I do not have any fruit yet.
I may or may not have had anything but I still blame the late freeze.

Looking foreword to mine producing fruit.

You might want to contact Kiwibob for more info.
He is in Seattle and has many diffirent kinds of kiwi.

You probably know it can take 10 years before you get an fruit.

Issai begain fruiting last year, 3 years after planting

I grow Anna it's very productive this year for me. I prune twice a year, once while dormant, and again in summer to keep it in control.

They look delicious. I'm thinking I better start building a trellis. 

They really are worthwhile to grow. Very productive, pop them right in your mouth, don't worry about the skin like the fuzzy kiwis and wow, great taste!

The ones I have now were planted last year and the year before last.

About ten years ago I planted the Anna in a large pot using a tomato cage and it grew and produced many fruit the following season after planting.

Not knowing anything about hardy kiwi and thinking these little kiwi might be trouble I tossed them out. I kick myself quite often.

I just need to learn how and when to prune them.

The nursery by me sells 2 year old Monrovia for 20 bucks I think. But I get kiwi next year. Oh budget why do you vex me

Slingha,

Once someone tells me how to prune and how much I may be able to offer you some cuttings. I was told they root easy.

Till then, We will just enjoy the ride.

Rafed, there is no trick to pruning, sure it's best to prune in fall and maybe after fruit set, but they grow so easily it doesn't much matter. Just prune away what you don't want

Barry,

Should I remove all the vines and leave just one long one?
Or should I just keep them all inter twined and chop all and leave approx. 5ft.?

I'm just a bit confused.

I would let it grow with multiple stems, some may say limit stems to maybe 3 or 4, but I don't think it makes much of a difference. You mentioned that you have an arbor, as long as it is growing on the arbor and not misbehaving and growing beyond I would just let it go. You also mentioned that you have 3 varieties, I'm quite sure they will intertwine with each other, you may want to limit that some just so you know which one is which. Just prune away at what you don't want, hard to go wrong, they are very vigorous growers.

My arbor is roughly 10x12.
Are you saying there may be no need to prune?

Tomorrow I will take a few pics and show you in detail what I have.

That way you will have a better idea.

Got 20% off of 2 Issai at my local Nursury. As a bonus, one of them has 2 fruit on it. Budget be damned. I'll be trellising tomorrow.