Big pots, small trees

DD265

Made a rookie error and bought two very large pots for the two mini fruit trees I've ordered. Said trees are '7cm potted' so I don't know how big they are in practise but I am confident they will be tiny compared to the pots. The recommendation on the site I bought them from was 30L and I suspect we're a way off actually needing that much space. Gorgeous pots though.

Having since researched potting trees, I understand that excessively sized pots can basically lead to overwatering and root rot. The trees in question are peach and nectarine and I am looking forward to 2021 when they'll hopefully bear fruit.

I'm thinking I can keep the trees in small plastic pots (with holes) within the bigger ones, then gradually increase the size of the plastic pots until they're big enough to go without. We've a load of topsoil and bricks I can use to fill the big pots for now so I wouldn't be wasting compost. Is that a bad idea?

[Deleted User]

A 7cm pot is minute, it sounds, from that, like its virtually a plug plant, have a look on your ruler or tape measure and see just how small that is.


If you'd like fruit in a couple of years do some research on buying an established tree, garden centres and online nurseries stock them, you'll be buying a tree that's 1.5 metres (5') at least and that's the size that will be bearing fruit quickly.

Davesnave

Your tiny rooted cuttings will look silly in those pots, even if contained inside a small pot to avoid the compost turning sour.


While you wait for these mail order plants to grow into to a useful size, which could well be somewhat longer than in 2021, you'd get best value from using the pots to display something else.