EarthTainer Question

[brismith70]

Has anyone planted a fruit tree of any kind in an EarthTainer. I recently saw a video on the EarthBox website that mentioned that the EarthBox folks were experimenting with peach and orange trees in EarthBoxes, but I haven't been able to locate any kind of follow up information.

I would be extremely interested in attempting to grow peach and mandarin trees in the EarthTainer. I would also like to experiment with apples. I have a couple peach trees planted in the ground. Watering them and keeping the grass away from the trunks can be a chore...especially during the summer months here in the desert.

I would expect that you would have to be very cognizant of the rootstock that the tree was on in order to account for the watering characteristics of the EarthTainer. I would also imagine that the soil mix would have to be tweaked. I am growing algerian mandarins in 15 gallon containers with roughly a 3:2:1 mix right now and they are doing respectably well. Well...at least they're flowering. I never thought to try one in an EarthTainer, though. Just looking for others' experience.

Brian