Can I grow these in pots?

I've just been browsing moneysavingexpert and they have a post about Lidl having fruit trees in just now for £3.99 each. Can anyone tell me if I could grow these in pots on the patio, if so what size of pot would be recommended please? Are any of the following more successful/easier to grow than the others?

Apple (Malus)
Pear (Pyrus)
Plum (Prunus)
Cherry (Prunus)
Peach (Prunus)

(do the words in brackets mean anything? Is it the type?)




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They would probably survive in pots for the first few years but would suffer as they grew, they would need to be planted in the ground at a later point for them to mature and produce fruit.

The names in brackets are their Latin species names.

 

You learn something every day. I always thought Malus included pears. I didn't realise pears were in a seperate genus.

 

Actually fruit trees do well in pots if you keep them fertilised, pruned and watered from experience. You will also need to pot up every 4-6 years.

 

Welcome back Snowbaby

Saw you playing away on another Garden Forum, thought you'd got lost again

 

Thank you, might give one a try. I could plant eventually but the bottom of my garden where there's space, is quite boggy during rainy days.


Hey ziggy! Found a forum app for my mobile so here I am! What forum have I been on? Don't recall any others!



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Can't remember, but it was a simliar sounding forum to GC, thought you might have got lost

 

Hiya JWK and thanks, that's what I was thinking, nothing ventured nothing gained!

Hmmm Ziggy, I don't remember but it is quite possible, hence why SatNavSally comes everywhere with me in the car . I'm glad I found the forums through tapatalk though as I'm mostly online via mobile these days!

 

Any plant can be grown in a pot, as those Japanese people have shown for many years.
It is called Bonsai, and I have tried to follow what they have done to no avail.
Perhaps it is because I just cannot grow things.

 

I managed to get an apple tree today. Lidl's have loads and loads of packets of seeds (my little girl is sick so I dint have time to see what there was), all very cheaply priced.

Well worth a look!



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Quick question, I bought an apple tree on Sunday, but our weather has been snowy and very frosty so I'm not able to dig to plant it. Am I better to store it outside, or out in the shed (not as warm as the house but warmer than outdoors), or in my kitchen (closest room of the house) until I can get it planted?

Would it survive a frost/snow after it us planted in the garden?



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If its been outside already then keep it somewhere cool, if its indoors it'll think its spring already & start growing.

 

Its just been in-store before I bought it, unsure how it was kept before the shop.

Hopefully our snow will go now!



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It is almost certainly bare root, or rootballed with the tiniest amount of compost around its trimmed roots. That means if it wakes up it will quickly dry up and possibly die.

Keep it cool but out of the frost. Personally I'd give the roots a good soak. If I can't get bare root stuff in the ground the same day as I get them, I usually drop them in a bucket of water overnight, but then empty the water in the morning and then leave the plants in there so that the excess water can drain off into the now emptied bucket. That way if they are waking up at least they have access to water. Shop bought bare root plants are often not looked after at all, so they will be quite dehydrated by the time you get to them.