Peach in a pot

[Kaiya]

I have a peach tree, unknown variety (gift). It's been in the border for about a year and a half, and bar a bit of peach leaf curl last year is doing well foilage-wise this year, however no flowers yet, which I'm not surprised by. However, the border is full of bindweed, and the peach tree in particular is suffering - dragged down by the bindweed and then damaged when I attempt to remove the weed. It's only about four foot tall max, gangly and soft rather than tree-like.

Given that I probably have to lift the tree to deal with the rampant bindweed, and that I probably won't be able to remove every shred of the weed (one foot from boundary fence, so potential for weeds to return easily even if I get all my bindweed out) would it be better to put the tree into a pot? Do peaches do ok in pots?

The soil is clay, with nettles, bindweed and creeping buttercup as issues.

[rustylady]

Cut through the bindweed stems around your peach tree, likewise the other weeds. At least stop them scrambling up and choking the poor thing. If you can manage to pull up every bit of bindweed every time it pokes it's evil head above ground you will weaken and eventually kill it.

[Snadger]

Had a 'feel' of my largest peach on my indoor pot grown plant today (oooh err missus!) and it looks like a peach and feels like a ripe peach, but I haven't got the nerve to pick it!

[Kaiya]

Unfortunately I can't keep on top of it. I only have literally a couple of hours a week for all gardening, and the border is always the last to get attention. That's why I'm wondering whether it would be ok in a pot. Something more robust can go in its place.

Good to hear yours does ok in a pot Snadger! How big is the pot?

[Snadger]

Unfortunately I can't keep on top of it. I only have literally a couple of hours a week for all gardening, and the border is always the last to get attention. That's why I'm wondering whether it would be ok in a pot. Something more robust can go in its place.

Good to hear yours does ok in a pot Snadger! How big is the pot?

The pots about 18" diameter (big) and sunk into the greenhouse bed at the end to give it a bit of height to grow to the eves.

The peach that I fondled decided it was ripe and fell off the tree overnight.

It was my first home grown peach and blew the spots off any I've ever bought for taste.

[Kaiya]

Thanks! I shall go on the hunt for a decent pot to rehome this poor beleaguered tree to

[BUFFS]

i bought one of those red haven peaches from aldi (£3.99) two years ago and through lack of space i put it into a half dustbin (old type,cut down,not a wheelie bin) with john innes compost and read up all the experts views on here,well i put it into the corner of the g/house this spring,hand pollinated it and we ended up with 13 lovely fruit,more taste than the cannonballs you get from the supermarket,so lift it ,give it good compost,a good sized pot and a summers sunshine....simples..

[redser]

Mind if I ask how big it got BUFFS? Keeping my eye out for aldi/lidl trees coming up soon and pot grown sounds good. Thanks

[BUFFS]

to redser,now stands about 4 ft+ and has put out more branches,so now its shaped like a lollipop,i suppose its about the same (4ft) across,if you look at previous posts FB gave us the lowdown on the setup,and not to let fruit set in first year,to build up the branch structure and strength so when you do get fruit,even in a year like this,they tasted like they did when i was a child,not the solid hard lumps that taste vaguely like peaches that are offered up in shops,a little space is all thats needed,whats to lose,i never thought we could succeed up here,so good luck with it.i see where your from,my mothers side of the family came from cabra west,we had very happy summer hols there,,,,aaaaahhh..memories..

[redser]

Thanks BUFFS. Would love peaches and just found a couple of nice big pots so will give it a try I think. Cabra, I work around that way. Nice old fashioned Dubliners still around that area, salt of the earth. The canal's been renovated, lovely lunch time walks. Think of a spot you remember and I'll take a photo for you

[BUFFS]

i remember the locks,just up from the bridge over the canal,many happy days spent there,fishing,swimming,watching the perch,pike and eels,just a bit further on from the bridge there used to be a open air swimming pool,fed by the stream and always a lovely pea green colour,you could almost walk on it,i think it was so thick it killed off any germs,no-one ever seemed to suffer any ill effects,would give todays PC jobsworths a mega heart attack to see us enjoying it then,but no asthma or allergies in those days ,we were immunised by exposure to natures many germs..