Potted Fruit Anyone?

A quick question to coincide with alexrussell's avacado post: Has anyone ever tried to grow a fruit tree by seed indoors? If so, were you successful? Will you share your how-to experience with your fellow Curblians? We who suffer a white winter could use a breath of warmer climes!

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January 07, 2007

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quackerzdb

July 16, 2008

I've tried growing limes, lemons, oranges, apples, bananas, and none of them have taken off. I have trouble getting the seedling to become sapling. Anyways, I think the reason for this is due to the fact that fruit growers often use grafting techniques. They graft branches of top fruit producers to lower trunks of more hardy species or subspecies. I guess those that grow from fruit seeds don't make for very hardy trees.

All I want is some fruit on demand!

sillygirl

May 22, 2007

We had a small potted orange plant indoors in the Mid-Atlantic, but I never got it to bear fruit :(

Cracker

January 11, 2007

I was able to get a blood orange tree to grow in a pot, but it had to be outside. Unless you have bright sun for long periods, they don't like to be inside.

jasimar

January 08, 2007

No luck here. But please keep me posted. Would love to have indoor harvest.

ceststeph

January 07, 2007

working on a meyer lemon tree... but I was told to take off the flowers (and fruit) for the first two years so that the tree will be large. right now i'm not having any luck!

sparkie

January 07, 2007

I would be interested in this too. Dear Ms DIY Maven, we in the north may not get enough natural sunshine. Might have to give it daily dose of special artificial light. I heard my area gets as many days of sun as rainy Seattle. Yuck! :-(