Potted fruit trees.
 

I am interested in getting a cherry tree. My parents said where would we put it because of the in ground pool. so I was looking into dwarf trees and grow in a large container??

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Sure you can

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I don't know much about them but you might look at a compact Stella cherry.

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Thanks Harvey& Tony! I actually went searching online and had written down Stella, didn't know tho if they came if dwarfs, Tony I was thinking of your trees that gave me the idea, I have seen your citrus and others in big they look like crates! even tho we have much different climates still thought i'd give this growing method a shot!

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Just went out and picked up a Vandalay cherry tree. I would have got stella compact but they didn't have any. Grows 8-10 feet. I'll be sure to keep it neat and tidy.

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I have all my trees in 30gal. plastic pots now. They all fruit no problem. Sure they would do better in the ground or a 60 gal. container.

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Northstar is naturally dwarfed. I have one in the second year that has a few cherries. I also have a dwarfed English Morello Cherry that is in its fifth year that should make enough for a pie this year

I just ordered a Carmine Jewel dwarf cherry that per the hipe, is suppose to be a big producer in a couple of years.

Randy

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turns out I can plant it in the ground.the far end of the backyard in the corner so it's far enough away from the pool. I might plant it tomorrow, gonna be 54 and sunny! Oh my goodness, I now have a list of fruit trees I would like from the nursery lol. first, banana addiction and now a fruit tree addiction!!

Tony why don't you put your trees in the ground? i'm guessing no more room??

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Most stone fruit trees aren't that invasive to cause problems with pools, etc. especially if you make a practice of deep watering. Something like the super vigorous Mariana (sp?) rootstock might be another matter. I have suckers coming up 30' from the original pluot tree. I don't know of any cherry rootstocks that would be a problem in most cases, though.

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That's right

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Planted this evening.

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May 28 lots of growth! and 2 cherries this first year.

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That's a nice healthy looking cherry tree!

Tony, where do you get the 30 gal plastic pots (are they black?). Are there vendors/wholesalers in your area, or do you order them online. I'm in the Los Angeles area.

John

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John contact Ray . Bananas.org - View Profile: Checker55

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here's a pic from June last year with the cherry it produced. birds took the other one.


Also got a Puget Gold Apricot tree today! will post a pic later

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Puget Gold? Is your climate that bad? Puget Gold was developed for people like us northwesterners with terribly cool, short, wet seasons. Interesting.

Nice cherry! We've got a Stella and some nice small Montmorency's here. We like dwarf cherries too. Not that we don't have the room, we just like saving room for other plants and not needing a cherry ladder.

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it says hardy to Zone 6. I'm in 5b but the winters haven't been too terrible.

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I'm in more than one zone higher than you, - I mean it was developed for cool summers, a short growing season, and more wet soil and high humidity tolerance. I'd imagined your season outside winter to be better than ours, so that's why I was curious.

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Cherry tree May 7 2013
this year the flowers are in clusters and hang much lower.

And that is my apricot tree to the right I am still digging the hole