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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: I'm growing Durian in Pots- Tell me I'm Crazy
« on: October 21, 2021, 12:03:28 AM »There are a lot of such crazy people in Russia, so you are not the only one!
If people can acheive it in Russia Houston should be childs play!You're crazy.
Well, you said to tell you that you're crazy.
Durian are finicky and get very large, so growing them in pots is probably not going to work. But, you never can tell. A big enough pot and a large enough (and hot enough) greenhouse, and you might get some fruit. A woman in South Florida managed to get a purple mangosteen to fruit in a large pot, so anything is possible. Plus, I am growing cherimoyas, jackfruits, and mamey sapotes in pots, in Alabama, so I am obviously just as crazy since none of those plants are small container fruit trees.
I appreciate you following the title! I am fully aware this may be doomed in the long run, who knows maybe once they get to a certain size I will send them to someone in the Keys or HI, I might start reading books on how to do a proper bonsai as wellI have a couple of them about the same size, just for entertainment to see if it will grow. They've been pretty healthy, though slow growing. They did fine in the low light of winter (in greenhouse).
what species? how many years? how tall?
I'll be on standby to receive these babies...