Ever Grown Dwarf Fruit Trees?

[Cardinal Ximinez]

Has anybody ever tried growing dwarf fruit trees? I was looking at Four Winds Growers. It says they can be grown indoors, which is kind of appealing too.

 

[Mass-diver]

I know some people that have kept them inside with pretty good success. Pests can be issue espically if conditions are not ideal (low light, low humidity).

 

[Cardinal Ximinez]

Pests can be issue espically if conditions are not ideal (low light, low humidity).

Funny. The first words out of my wife's mouth were, "You aren't going to bring a bunch of bugs into the house, are you?" Undaunted though, I'm still tempted to give it a try. It wouldn't be the first disaster I've had around the house.

 

[Plural of Mongoose]

About 35 years ago I planted several dwarf fruit trees in a back section of my parent's property.
Most are still going strong and produce plenty of fruit with minimal maintenance.

 

[cstockwell]

I have a dwarf lemon and a dwarf lime tree that I started from two little tiny 6" trees bought in Florida about 5 years ago. They were doing great until this year. I had been bringing them in ever winter but this year I left them too long in my little greenhouse and they got bit by frost. All the leaves died and I am hoping they survive. I don't know enough about them to be sure if they will or not. Not the easiest plants to grow I will tell you that. This year was the first year I started to get little tiny fruit off of the buds but they fell off after a week or so this summer.

 

[careful34]

We have some dwarf peach trees in the front yard. They produce a few fruits every year, mostly pit though. Not like the ones from the store.

 

[SemiAutoSam]

I haven't but I bet I know of a mod we have here that has some experience with them.

 

[MisterHappy]

Is "Dwarf" the politically correct term? Shouldn't they bereferred to as "little treeple"?



Sorry....couldn't resist!

 

[green_metalflake]

We had a lemon for ~10 years. It produced fruit exactly 2 times.

One golfball sized lemon about midway, and one more right before it died.

We followed the care instructions to the letter.