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Suggestions for container fruits
« on: February 23, 2017, 11:36:24 PM »
What are your personal favorite fruits good for growing in containers?
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Re: Suggestions for container fruits
« Reply #1 on: February 24, 2017, 01:08:14 AM »
Miracle fruit works well for me. Also dragonfruit, mandarin, kumquat, lemon(lime), blueberry, strawberry(berries in general), sapodilla,

How big of a container are we talking about? Some people grow banana in containers. Dr. John Yonemoto grows mangos in 200 gallon "containers" in greenhouses in Japan.

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Re: Suggestions for container fruits
« Reply #2 on: February 24, 2017, 01:24:42 AM »
Miracle fruit works well for me. Also dragonfruit, mandarin, kumquat, lemon(lime), blueberry, strawberry(berries in general), sapodilla,

How big of a container are we talking about? Some people grow banana in containers. Dr. John Yonemoto grows mangos in 200 gallon "containers" in greenhouses in Japan.

Well, I need to fit it in an 8x12 greenhouse that's about 8 feet in height. I can grow mandarin, kumquat, berries, etc. outside as well as dragonfruit. Sapodilla might need to hit the greenhouse. I have one miracle fruit seedling now.
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Re: Suggestions for container fruits
« Reply #3 on: February 24, 2017, 08:00:18 AM »
blueberries, coffee
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Re: Suggestions for container fruits
« Reply #4 on: February 24, 2017, 10:39:51 AM »
Miracle fruit, Ponderosa lemon tree, and piper nigrum vine are jamming in containers, producing nicely over and over. Also have a Sabara jabo that is growing very well and beautiful in a container, but has not yet flowered. Araza tree seems much happier in a container than it was in-ground. Oh, and my noni fruit tree is in a container, with a tap root going down through a hole and into the ground. Tree fruits like crazy.

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Re: Suggestions for container fruits
« Reply #5 on: February 24, 2017, 03:03:08 PM »
Guava,strawberry guava, all type of citrus,surinam cherry grow well in pots and fruiting well in climate zone 6b.

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Re: Suggestions for container fruits
« Reply #6 on: February 25, 2017, 08:13:02 PM »
It's got to be strawberries!
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Re: Suggestions for container fruits
« Reply #7 on: February 27, 2017, 12:09:51 AM »
Oh, so just more sensitive stuff for the greenhouse.

Vanilla orchid maybe.

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Re: Suggestions for container fruits
« Reply #8 on: February 27, 2017, 12:02:06 PM »
It's got to be strawberries!

Yes! Strawberries!! Also, Tomatoes!!

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Re: Suggestions for container fruits
« Reply #9 on: February 27, 2017, 03:11:06 PM »
Feijoa, give a try. You wont regret!

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Re: Suggestions for container fruits
« Reply #10 on: February 27, 2017, 03:20:17 PM »
Feijoa, give a try. You wont regret!
Feijoa will do fine for him outside.