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Shelter belts

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Shelter belts

Kiwifruit need shelter in spring, when the young stems are actively growing, and in autumn, when the berries are swelling. Belts of fast-growing poplar and willow line the boundaries of older kiwifruit orchards (top). Modern growers are more likely to use plastic or polythene netting (bottom).

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Reference: Ho4746Rbt (top); Ho4723Rbt (bottom)

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Hugh Campbell and Julia Haggerty, Kiwifruit – Growing kiwifruit, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/17726/shelter-belts (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Hugh Campbell and Julia Haggerty, published 1 March 2009.

Comments

Desiree
13 June 2024
How often should shelter belt trees be trimmed on a kiwifruit orchard,and is there perhaps alternate degrees of trimming when doing this