Editing Ugni molinae (section)

== Flowering, fruiting, and harvest ==

[[File:Ugni molinae flowering (53136865208).jpg|300px|Flowers of Ugni molinae (Valdivia Province, Chile)]]

The flowers are hermaphroditic, and the cultivar patent records the pollination requirement as unknown.<sup>[[#cite_note-5|[5]]]</sup> Growers nonetheless report lone plants setting fruit — one 'Kapow' plant fruited in its first year in heavy shade, and a variegated clone fruited on its own — pointing to practical self-fertility, although single-plant reports do not settle the question for all conditions or clones.<sup>[[#cite_note-13|[13]]]</sup> The berries ripen through the late-summer and autumn window of the local season; 'Red Pearl-INIA' fruit stored well for up to 28 days after harvest in the patent trial, an unusually long postharvest life for such a soft berry.<sup>[[#cite_note-3|[3]]]</sup><sup>[[#cite_note-5|[5]]]</sup> A two-year-old potted plant in coastal California produced a first crop of about ten berries in August.<sup>[[#cite_note-12|[12]]]</sup>