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Fruit to grow in a small pot

Posted: Mon May 19, 2008 12:39 am
by spencerl
I was looking for a fruit or vegetable to grow in a small pot. It would have to be in full sun as well.

Posted: Mon May 19, 2008 1:04 am
by cynthia_h
Maybe strawberries? They can drape down/over the sides of your container.

Many vegs/herbs will also work in pots.

I would go to a local nursery/garden store (independent) with the dimensions of your container and ask for their advice. Locally adapted varieties would have a higher probability of success.

Cynthia H.
USDA Zone 9, Sunset Zone 17

Posted: Mon May 19, 2008 1:22 am
by opabinia51
You can buy these tiny little peach trees they would work in a large pot. And they are really prolific. Just feed the tree each year by replacing the soil with good compost and manure.

You might try doing a solitary blueberry plant though you'll do better with several of them in bed somewhere.

Let me see, fruit, fruit, fruit?..... You could buy a goumi bush (they start out just little) and plant that there. The fruit is sweet and very edible. Again, large pot would be best.