I have a 2 metre by 3 metre plot which is really a huge container, with a
brick retaining wall and a concrete base under 2 feet of soil. I'd like to
grow a small tree there. Would a small apple tree cope with this (North-East
England, sunny, very near coast but well sheltered from winds), and if so,
what rootstock would you suggest (bigger than step-over or cordon
preferably) ? Or other kinds of fruit-tree ?

Thanks for any suggestions

Duncan

In article , Duncan
writes
I have a 2 metre by 3 metre plot which is really a huge container, with a
brick retaining wall and a concrete base under 2 feet of soil. I'd like to
grow a small tree there. Would a small apple tree cope with this (North-East
England, sunny, very near coast but well sheltered from winds), and if so,
what rootstock would you suggest (bigger than step-over or cordon
preferably) ? Or other kinds of fruit-tree ?

Apple trees do not set fruit well from their own pollen - they need
another apple tree flowering at the same time nearby.
--
Kay
"Do not insult the crocodile until you have crossed the river"

In article , Duncan
writes
I have a 2 metre by 3 metre plot which is really a huge container, with a
brick retaining wall and a concrete base under 2 feet of soil. I'd like to
grow a small tree there. Would a small apple tree cope with this (North-East
England, sunny, very near coast but well sheltered from winds), and if so,
what rootstock would you suggest (bigger than step-over or cordon
preferably) ? Or other kinds of fruit-tree ?

Fig. Perfect for possibly dry soil and restricted root run. But how
well would it fruit that far north?
--
Kay
"Do not insult the crocodile until you have crossed the river"

A dwarfing rootstock - M27 or M9 would - though I would smash up the
concrete base first.


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In article , Duncan
writes
I have a 2 metre by 3 metre plot which is really a huge container, with a
brick retaining wall and a concrete base under 2 feet of soil. I'd like
to
grow a small tree there. Would a small apple tree cope with this
(North-East
England, sunny, very near coast but well sheltered from winds), and if
so,
what rootstock would you suggest (bigger than step-over or cordon
preferably) ? Or other kinds of fruit-tree ?

Apple trees do not set fruit well from their own pollen - they need
another apple tree flowering at the same time nearby.
--
Kay
"Do not insult the crocodile until you have crossed the river"

In article , Aub McGillaway
writes
A dwarfing rootstock - M27 or M9 would - though I would smash up the
concrete base first.

Would what?
The only point I made about an apple tree is that it requires a second
apple tree as a pollinator, and the rootstock has absolutely no effect
on this.

(bottom posting or 'in-line' posting, snipping all but the points to
which you are responding, makes it easier for other people to understand
the points you are making).

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In article , Duncan
writes
I have a 2 metre by 3 metre plot which is really a huge container, with a
brick retaining wall and a concrete base under 2 feet of soil. I'd like
to
grow a small tree there. Would a small apple tree cope with this
(North-East
England, sunny, very near coast but well sheltered from winds), and if
so,
what rootstock would you suggest (bigger than step-over or cordon
preferably) ? Or other kinds of fruit-tree ?

Apple trees do not set fruit well from their own pollen - they need
another apple tree flowering at the same time nearby.
--
Kay
"Do not insult the crocodile until you have crossed the river"




--
Kay
"Do not insult the crocodile until you have crossed the river"