Just wondering if the need to repot regularly etc, makes growing trees in pots a non-starter?
I'm thinking about fairly large specimums - eg 5ft to 6ft tall - (maybe 'lollipop'style privets etc) and the idea of pots is really to increase the height of the tree to use as screening along a boundary but also to prevent roots growing into the lining of our pond, by which we want to grow them.
Then I also thought about using them on the patio too, for greenery/foliage, without damage to the house structure.
Anyone with experience of this and the pros and cons? Do you have to be out there twice a day in hot summers, watering - and do theu definitely need repotting every one to two years? How do you repot a sizeable tree, in any case?
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Can you successfully grow trees in containers?
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BlogOnTheTyne · 06/03/2013 19:11
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