Do you want to grow your own fruit but have limited space? Growing fruit in a container may be the solution for you! On this week’s Good Growing Podcast, we welcome back Bruce Black to talk about how we can grow fruit in containers, what fruit works best in containers, and more. 

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  00:32 – Welcome, Ken! Update on Cicada Watch 2024.

  02:30 – Welcome, Bruce! Sauk Valley Community College partnership and Gardening in the Air

  07:35 – What are some advantages of growing fruit in containers? 

  10:28 – Can we plant ‘normal’ sized fruit plants in pots?

  13:27 – Ballerina (columnar) apple trees

  15:45 – What other fruits can we grow in containers?

  18:14 – Container fruit cultivars

     18:25 – Apples

     20:37 – Blueberries and brambles (raspberries and blackberries)

     24:55 – Strawberries and pineberries

  27:30 – What type of container should we use? What are chilling hours?

  31:15 – Where should we place our container fruit? Winter protection.

  35:36 – What should we fill our pots with? Fertilizing, watering, and lowering pH for blueberries. 

  41:30 – Pest management for container fruits

  43:40 – Final recommendations,  pollination, and resources  

  48:20 – Wrap-up, thank yous, what’s up next week, and goodbye!

Gardening in the Air: https://extension.illinois.edu/plants/gardening-air 

Container Gardening infosheet: https://extension.illinois.edu/sites/default/files/how_to_grow_fruits_vegetables_herbs_in_containers.pdf 

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Chris Enroth: [email protected]

Ken Johnson: [email protected] 

Bruce Black: [email protected] 

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