Fruit tree height

[starloc]

For the pyramids I bought good trees from places like Blackmoor but also some from ebay, I chopped them back and grew a new top , the heavy pruning gave me new low down branches as well , for rapid results I have experimented with spraying things like cytokinin on some trees, organic one for that would be spraying coconut milk , it makes plants grow branches and fruiting spurs at nodes giving many more branches quickly
Th giant victoria plum , I bought it as a 5 year old tree from `ornamental trees` and its very happy in a giant pot, It was already formed into a standard style tree, trunk finishes about 5 to 6 foot up,I also got a charles ross apple, 5 year old tree at the same time and it gives a wheel barrow of apples every year in the same size pot

In the UK every year I get some more Aldi trees for in pots , but now im trying to live most of the time in Bulgaria i go to the local tree market in autumn and wave a picture of what fruit i want and they match my fruit with a tree..., trees in BG are very cheap and seem very good but I havent tried them in a pot they do seem to grow well even with the very dry conditions in th ground, so maybe better for pots, Ive no idea on the rootstocks they use

[seneca196]

I'm assuming the good trees you bought from nurseries were bare root? I was wondering whether it was possible to plant bare root trees in large pots, or whether pot grown trees should be planted? Most "patio" varieties seem to come in pots, but that may be for convenience. With bare root trees that cannot be planted immediately, they suggest digging them into a trench and you can then plant later. In effect by putting a bare rooted tree into a large pot, but then not replanted later, instead just left to grow in the pot.
I'd be interested to know if it was possible to successfully plant bare rooted trees into large pots? Conversely, how do trees that have spent years in pots fare if planted out in soil?
Could you 1) plant bare root into a pot 2) leave it in pot for 5+ years 3) plant back into soil ?
It would be useful to someone who planned to move house and take a favourite tree with them. You don't take you giant plum tree to Bulgaria to give it a change of scene do you!!

[starloc]

I have found it better to plant bare root trees in pots , pots big enough to leave them in, I hate changing up a pot size, but just repotting from small to large isnt a problem I just think they grow better ina bigger pot left alone than keeping messing with them
I have a queen cox apple that is about 8 foot high and 8 foot wide , it came in a 10L pot from the garden center and is now in a 45L pot , been there for 4 years, every year I put a decent amount of fertilisers on them, it now has a large amount of fruit every year

I have been taking plants to Bulgaria, ones that have been in pots some time, on this picture the pomengranate was only bought in june , I potted it up right away to a 15L pot and then by mid July it was in the garden as I wanted to try one that was never root bound in a pot, But the red currant was a £1 stick from the pound shop about 3 years ago put in a small morrisons flower bucket, again I left it to grow never pruned, i planted them both in the ground this year in July and this month they are still fine so they should be fine for good
I kept the pomegranate close to the fig tree , just behind these plants theres a high wall to keep the frost off in the winter



I am planning on taking the giant plum tree over, but its not so necessary as I have so many plum trees in the garden most about the size of this one, some much bigger, this is a wild one that seems to be quite small and seeded all over the garden at various ages and sizes