{"id":1321,"date":"2011-05-06T22:02:26","date_gmt":"2011-05-06T22:02:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/containergardeningexpert.com\/articles\/container-growing-fruit-trees\/"},"modified":"2011-05-02T22:11:28","modified_gmt":"2011-05-02T22:11:28","slug":"how-to-grow-container-growing-fruit-trees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/containergardeningexpert.com\/articles\/how-to-grow-container-growing-fruit-trees\/","title":{"rendered":"how to grow Container Growing Fruit Trees"},"content":{"rendered":"

Container Growing Fruit Trees<\/strong><\/p>\n

Container growing fruit trees is a great for gardens containing poor soil and the nice part about it is you can move them around for protection from the wind or freezing conditions. Container growing fruit trees can be done with full sized fruit trees but generally for only a year or two and then you will need to plant in the ground. <\/p>\n

Fruit trees that are grown in containers are best suited for dwarf varieties and it makes it easy to care for them. The dwarf varieties can usually be found for just about all the common fruit trees. The citrus is the most commonly grown fruit tree. Some of the popular dwarf citrus trees for container growing are the Dwarf Kaffa lime and the Meyer lemon. \u00a0<\/p>\n

A Meyer lemon sometimes is believed to be the cross between a lemon and a mandarin. The Meyer lemon has a sweet flavor and is not as sour as a true lemon. The rind and leaves of the Dwarf Kaffa lime are very often used in cooking. <\/p>\n

While wandering through the garden center I discovered quite a few dwarf fruit trees besides the citrus. Some were peach, plum, Bing cherry, pear, and a number of varieties of apple. The fruit on a dwarf fruit tree produces regular sized fruit but the tree will only grow to about 5 to 8 feet tall. If ordering bare-root fruit trees be sure to inspect it upon arrival to be sure the packaging is still moist and the roots are still in good shape. Make sure the roots do not dry out before you plant a bare-root tree. <\/p>\n

The container you use for your fruit trees should have drainage holes and should be the proper size for the age of the tree. For a young tree up to 2 years old the container should be about 6 – 9 inches in diameter. For a full grown dwarf the diameter should be 10 to 16 inches. Place some gravel or small pebbles in the container bottom for drainage. Mix your potting soil with a few handfuls of compost and fill the container half full or you can use a light potting mixture that is drains well. \u00a0<\/p>\n

Next you want to create a mound of soil in the center of the container and place the root ball on top of the mound, spread the roots, then cover with more of your potting mixture. You can also place a stake into the soil to help the tree remain straight and sturdy during the root establishment. Water the tree and keep it moist; your fruit tree fertilizer should be high in nitrogen. You want to place the container so it has a southern exposure for full sun. \u00a0<\/p>\n

The fruit from container fruit trees usually will appear one or two seasons ahead of the fruit trees that are planted into the garden. Unfortunately, you will not produce as much fruit on container fruit trees as you do on the garden planted trees. For the gardener that has a limited amount of garden space, growing fruit trees in a container is ideal for a deck or small patio and is movable when necessary.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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Barbara E. Volkov and her husband are retired and enjoy some at home time and working in and around the garden. They have decided to try some container growing<\/a> in their garden and want to share some of the information they have found. They want you to come visit their website Gardeners Garden Supplies<\/a> for more interesting ideas regarding gardening.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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Container Growing Fruit Trees Container growing fruit trees is a great for gardens containing poor soil and the nice part about it is you can move them around for protection from the wind or freezing conditions. Container growing fruit trees can be done with full sized fruit trees but generally for only a year or […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[32,173,60,1629,133],"class_list":["post-1321","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fruit-container-gardening","tag-container","tag-fruit","tag-growing","tag-how-to-grow-container-growing-fruit-trees","tag-trees"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/containergardeningexpert.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1321","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/containergardeningexpert.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/containergardeningexpert.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/containergardeningexpert.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/containergardeningexpert.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1321"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/containergardeningexpert.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1321\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1329,"href":"https:\/\/containergardeningexpert.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1321\/revisions\/1329"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/containergardeningexpert.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1321"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/containergardeningexpert.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1321"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/containergardeningexpert.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1321"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}