Incidentally, your seed germination was amazing. Won't get into %'s but very high success rate. Webby and Seanz gave me some seed and germination rate was very poor. I reckon us kiwi guys are doing something wrong!
It is only the nb11 that looked to have a skinny/wonky stem. Not yours my friend![]()
Doug Moats gets the credit for the excellent germination rates. His storage methods were spot on. Some of the seed I grew of his this year were last grown out in 2001 and the germination rate was great! You sure couldn't tell they were 12 year old seed.