Is it possible to grow peach in containers, and get any fruit?
I am not talking bumper crop, but enough to make it worthwhile.
Winters have been odd of late in southwest Ontario with a couple of weeks
of -25C in January that is really hard on the in-ground peaches.
I was thinking of growing one in a 30 gallon container, and moving it in
and out of an unheated garage seasonally.
I do this with young, newly grafted pome fruit but eventally it goes into
the ground.
Would peach be productive at all living in a container?
The only problem I have encountered with the unheated garage is that it
warms up earlier, and plants break dormancy too soon. Possibly I should
be moving them outside earlier, but I worry about the freeze thaw cycle in
small pots. With a 30 gallon container, that may not be an issue.
Thanks,
Tom
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[NAFEX] Container peach?,
Thomas Olenio, 01/16/2005