My daughter has been given one of these as a present. The instructions
say that it should be planted (as soon as possible), but she is likely
to move within a couple of years and would like to keep it in a pot. The
tree is now about 1m tall. How big a pot should it go into - i.e. is it
potted on as it needs it, or would it be best to go for a very large pot
straight away?
Also, any particular kind of soil?


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Klara, Gatwick basin

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Klara wrote:

My daughter has been given one of these as a present. The instructions
say that it should be planted (as soon as possible), but she is likely
to move within a couple of years and would like to keep it in a pot. The
tree is now about 1m tall. How big a pot should it go into - i.e. is it
potted on as it needs it, or would it be best to go for a very large pot
straight away?
Also, any particular kind of soil?

I grew mine from seed, and it flowered this year. It is about that
size in a 7.5" pot filled with rich, sandy loam. Other than blowing
over, it seems happy, and is not as tender as I thought.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

Nick Maclaren writes
I grew mine from seed, and it flowered this year. It is about that
size in a 7.5" pot filled with rich, sandy loam. Other than blowing
over, it seems happy, and is not as tender as I thought.

Any fruit, Nick? Or is it not self-fertile? I couldn't make sense of
what I found googling, as both seem implied on different sites.

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Klara, Gatwick basin

In article ,
Klara wrote:
Nick Maclaren writes
I grew mine from seed, and it flowered this year. It is about that
size in a 7.5" pot filled with rich, sandy loam. Other than blowing
over, it seems happy, and is not as tender as I thought.

Any fruit, Nick? Or is it not self-fertile? I couldn't make sense of
what I found googling, as both seem implied on different sites.

Dunno. I have heard that it is a bit cold for it to set fruit here.
Anyway, the flowers are edible - I hope to have enough to add to a
fruit salad next year (they are sweetish).

Nick.

On 7/11/04 18:33, in article , "Nick
Maclaren" wrote:

In article ,
Klara wrote:
Nick Maclaren writes
I grew mine from seed, and it flowered this year. It is about that
size in a 7.5" pot filled with rich, sandy loam. Other than blowing
over, it seems happy, and is not as tender as I thought.

Any fruit, Nick? Or is it not self-fertile? I couldn't make sense of
what I found googling, as both seem implied on different sites.

Dunno. I have heard that it is a bit cold for it to set fruit here.
Anyway, the flowers are edible - I hope to have enough to add to a
fruit salad next year (they are sweetish).

Nick.

My ex-mil grew it in Jersey, in the garden. I don't think it ever set
fruit.
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Dunno. I have heard that it is a bit cold for it to set fruit here.
Anyway, the flowers are edible - I hope to have enough to add to a
fruit salad next year (they are sweetish).

Nick.

My ex-mil grew it in Jersey, in the garden. I don't think it ever set
fruit.

Not even in Jersey? Not much hope for my daughter's in Norfolk, then...

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Klara, Gatwick basin