Has anyone had any success growing pepino in a pot? I've got a big 40L one that I thought might do the trick. I've heard they're frost susceptible, and we had a fair bit here (Onekawa, in Napier) last year, so if it's in a pot I can move it somewhere warmer when there's danger of a frost. Or it could just live in the laundry over winter!
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Thanks for your input everyone. :) I have two cuttings that are starting to do quite well, so I think I'll keep them potted up and inside over winter, then put one in the garden and one in the big pot once the warmer weather comes along. Might as well experiment since I can take some cuttings off the best one and start more plants if the other doesn't do too well.
Sealander said:
I found pepinos grow readily from cuttings, so what I used to do was pot up a cutting from one of my plants at the end of summer, and keep it inside all winter ready to plant out in spring. The actual plants I had outside got quite big and wouldn't have fitted comfortably anywhere in my house over winter.
I found pepinos grow readily from cuttings, so what I used to do was pot up a cutting from one of my plants at the end of summer, and keep it inside all winter ready to plant out in spring. The actual plants I had outside got quite big and wouldn't have fitted comfortably anywhere in my house over winter.
Hi Sonya
We gave my mother-in-law a pepino last year and she grows it in a pot.She lives in Hastings and put it in the conservatory in the winter.
She had much nicer fruit on it than we got from ours grown in our garden.
So I'd say definitely try growing a pepino in your large pot.Good luck.
Thanks Alan. It seems when you're looking for gardening answers (as to anything, I suppose), you'll get a hundred different people with different ideas! I've found a few people saying they don't like pots, but think I will choose to believe the option that best fits what I want to do and see how it goes. ;)
Alan Vallis said:
From this link in Victoria across the ditch: http://www.daleysfruit.com.au/fruit%20pages/pepino.htm "I plant my Pepino in pots (500mm) so I can put them in the sun during summer and under cover to stop frost damage in winter. My first crop was over 50 fruit. A very prolific tasty fruit. | Bruce Roberts - Sale, VIC"
and here from Belgium where it's always raining:
"Pepinos thrive well over here, the plants (and fruits) want a long growing season. I grow them in pots and place these in the greenhouse when cold frosty nights arrive in autumn(they are frost-tender). Pepinos (Solanum muricatum) prefer mild temperatures, and will not set fruit if it’s too hot, so best place them outside, even in a semi-shaded position during summertime...."
From this link in Victoria across the ditch: http://www.daleysfruit.com.au/fruit%20pages/pepino.htm
"I plant my Pepino in pots (500mm) so I can put them in the sun during summer and under cover to stop frost damage in winter. My first crop was over 50 fruit. A very prolific tasty fruit. | Bruce Roberts - Sale, VIC"
and here from Belgium where it's always raining:
"Pepinos thrive well over here, the plants (and fruits) want a long growing season. I grow them in pots and place these in the greenhouse when cold frosty nights arrive in autumn(they are frost-tender). Pepinos (Solanum muricatum) prefer mild temperatures, and will not set fruit if it’s too hot, so best place them outside, even in a semi-shaded position during summertime...."
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Sealander said:
We gave my mother-in-law a pepino last year and she grows it in a pot.She lives in Hastings and put it in the conservatory in the winter.
She had much nicer fruit on it than we got from ours grown in our garden.
So I'd say definitely try growing a pepino in your large pot.Good luck.
Alan Vallis said:
http://www.daleysfruit.com.au/fruit%20pages/pepino.htm
"I plant my Pepino in pots (500mm) so I can put them in the sun during summer and under cover to stop frost damage in winter. My first crop was over 50 fruit. A very prolific tasty fruit. | Bruce Roberts - Sale, VIC"
and here from Belgium where it's always raining:
"Pepinos thrive well over here, the plants (and fruits) want a long growing season. I grow them in pots and place these in the greenhouse when cold frosty nights arrive in autumn(they are frost-tender). Pepinos (Solanum muricatum) prefer mild temperatures, and will not set fruit if it’s too hot, so best place them outside, even in a semi-shaded position during summertime...."