Help with trees - Page 2

 

 I have no idea what is available to you in the UK, however my climate is
much like that of London, if that helps you. I bought large plastic 'toy
tubs' $5 each, drilled a few holes in the bottom. I've used these for years
for all my 'big plants' on the balcony. Most likely if your hazel is
thriving the trees will do fine in that same planting medium.

Val

 I live in zone 5, too cold for figs so I have them in cheap, $5 pots and they
produce
fine.  I also have pears, peaches in big pots, rubbermaids.  
http://weloveteaching.com/landscape/figs/figgrove.htm

 
dr-solo@wi.rr.com;775384]I live in zone 5, too cold for figs so I have
them in cheap, $5 pots and they produce
fine.  I also have pears, peaches in big pots, rubbermaids.  
http://tinyurl.com/27jkf8


On Sun, 17 Feb 2008 22:34:38 -0800, "Val" ya-shur@yabetcha.com wrote:-
Gosh, wonder what I have been doing wrong with my container grown 3 way

apple and peach tree on my NW facing third floor balcony. I have them
in
round plastic tubs, about 20" across and 18" deep. I used potting soil
on
sale at Home Depot when I planted them eight years ago and they are
healthy
and produce beautifully each year. The second year I had them I did use
an
oil spray on them. Too messy and it stinks right outside my living room
door
(my balcony is only 7' x 8') so I stopped that. Since then I just hand
pick
the few nasties I see that the birds have missed. I have some bird
feeders
in these trees and I read and have been told I'm not supposed to do
that
either but it hasn't proven detrimental. I have very minimal loss due
to
bird damage. Other than tossing some alfalfa meal on top of the soil in
the
early spring and a few foliar feeds of kelp early A.M. from April to
August
they don't get any kind of special care. I do water them a few times a
week
or more during the heat of summer if they look dry. A light, quick
pruning
only if a branch is growing in an un-esthetically pleasing direction.
I've
had a gorgeous tree peony in a similar sized pot for twelve years now.
It's
also thriving with very similar care. I must be holding my mouth right
or
something in Zone 8b.



Val
-

i used to work at a garden center down the road from us and they had
trees in large tree pots--they were like heavy black rubber. now i do
know that some of those trees had been carried over for quite a number
of years before they finally sold--some 5 yrs or more;). we are in zone
5b in southwestern ontario, canada.
our winters get pretty cold and those trees did really well in the
pots.
i actually have a number of the shrubs that they also had in pots for a
number of years growing in our flowerbeds.
good luck with your trees and hope that u manage to get a new home and
really enjoy the fruits of your labour soon ;). cyaaaaa, sockiescat.




--
sockiescat

 wrote:

Hi danny
My mother had fruit trees in our house and they lived.  One was a fig
tree the other
was a lemon tree from florida.  After a couple years the lemon tree
actually gave us a lemon.
Give it a try, your trees may flourish!
diane