Expert advice on fruit in pots

Markus Kobelt has written an excellent blog on container fruit growing.

If you want more fruit but don’t have more space, think in terms of planters rather than yearning after acres, says Markus Kobelt of fruit nursery Lubera – more and more modern varieties are suitable, or specifically bred, for growing in pots. Just make sure you are buying fruit from a breeding programme focused on small-space growing, he says, not a normal tree which has been pruned to fit a pot.

Markus has written an excellent blog on container fruit growing at http://www.lubera.co.uk/blog/trips-und-gardens/everything-in-pots-what-one-needs-to-know It includes lists of fruit types – and specific varieties – suitable for container cropping, which extend way beyond what you might have thought of. Plus: the mathematics of calculating pot size, expert techniques for ensuring good drainage and insulation, advice about the hardiness of different varieties in pots (not necessarily the same as their hardiness in the ground), and lots more.

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Steve Ott

Steve Ott is editor of Kitchen Garden magazine and started his career as a professional grower, producing everything from cut flowers to vegetables. He has been growing fruit and veg all his life and spends most of his spare time in his garden in the East Midlands. He loves to experiment with crops and varieties he has never grown before and when he isn’t gardening is to be found out in the countryside bird watching and walking his dog Ted.

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