High tree in pot on terrace with tiny peach like fruit

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  1. PaulinGlassgow

    PaulinGlassgow Apprentice Gardener

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    Hi there, i have a tree growing in a pot on my terrace which has now after flowering produced tiny peach like fruit.

    I cant for the life of me remember its name, and Im trying to work out if the fruits are edible!

    Any help appreciated. 1000013535.jpg 1000013538.jpg
     
  2. pete

    pete Growing a bit of this and a bit of that....

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    It looks like a peach, slightly furry skin?
     
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    A small unhappy peach! Those leaves are peach leaves too.
     
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    Hi yeah I think its like a miniature peach, it smells peach like and has a slightly furry skin - but the ripe fruit are very small and I dont recongise the variety.
     
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    Just eat one and see....;)
    As it's in a pot, it may not be very happy for much longer @PaulinGlassgow. As @Adam I has said, it doesn't look too cheery.
    I appreciate it can be difficult if you don't have a lot of room, or can't get it in the ground, but any tree, especially one which produces fruit, will struggle if it doesn't get enough water and nutrition long term, and fruits may be smaller than they should be, or may drop early so that the tree can sustain itself enough. It would probably benefit from a bigger pot, or purpose built container, so that you get a better result in future.
    It won't really matter if you don't know the variety, as long as it gets good care, and you get some decent fruits in future :smile:
     
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    I would suggest it's highly likely to be a cultivar called "red bonfire". It was a popular cultivar sold as for patio pots, growing 4-5ft. I'd guess the fruits aren't spectacular because it's grown for its foliage more than the quality of the fruit. When they are young the fruit isn't anything great either as it takes a few years to get decent fruit.
     
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    Peaches can be kept small fairly easily so putting it in the ground isnt difficult if there is SOME space. They are similar to european plums in that they are happy to form bushes rather than trees, though they dont sucker like european plums do.

    Otherwise a 100L pot is really the minimum.
     
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