Growing Loquat in a Container / Repotting My Loquat! Story about what I've learn about my Loquat

[@bullzarro]

You did such great job transferring that tree. I am proud of you.

[@GardenloveHomestead]

Ivan Ranks Thanks, lol it was a mission. That tree weights a ton. Thanks for watching. 🙂

[@NYCOrchidQueen]

OMG GURL!!! My back hurts watching you do all that work! Great job. It came out great. Can't wait to see the others ♥

[@GardenloveHomestead]

NYC Orchid Queen lol..Yes this tree was Heavy! I tried but fail to get it into the wine barrel hahaha. I had to get back up. Thank you for watching. The weather has been weird here in CA. Its been pretty cold. Waiting for warmer weather before I repot the other trees. Cant wait.

[@NYCOrchidQueen]

It's been warm here these past few days. 60s in Feb! World is crazy. So looking forward to spring and hopefully the weather stabilizing. I lived in the bay area briefly when I was younger back in 2002 and then 4 years ago i was in Rotner park Sonoma valley for a few months. I love cali for visits. I'm to much of an east coaster. I'm always glad when I move back home :P ♥

[@GardenloveHomestead]

NYC Orchid Queen 60s are always nice. Its been in the 40s this whole week. 😢I also can't wait till spring. Sometimes I wish we can move from Cali, maybe one day.

[@kaysoncanaan5542]

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[@alfredoadam1703]

@Kayson Canaan Yea, I have been using flixzone} for months myself :)

[@mcleodmia2051]

Nice video. Thank you for all the inspiration.

[@GardenloveHomestead]

Thank you for your support 🙂🤗

[@carmenwhitehead]

I love using barrels for planters! I also stopped using any potting soil that said moisture control. Al the plants I used it with had root rot problems. Thanks so much for sharing!

[@GardenloveHomestead]

Carmen Whitehead Hi Carmen, thanks for stopping by. Yes I agree with you. I do not like that soil and the wine barrel is awesome. I think im going to buy another one and put all 4 of my blue berries in there. 🤔 not sure when.

[@HealthyLifeFarm]

Your Loquat tree looks great. I will have to do the same to just about all my fruit trees this year. You made that look super easy. Take Care, :) Peaches

[@GardenloveHomestead]

lovers4healthylife Hi, thanks for stopping by and for your sub. It wanst that hard, just heavy. I had to get help, lol. It only took about 30min. Not bad. I love this tree. Cant wait for it to flower. What fruit trees do you have in container?

[@LuisHernandez-rk2tp]

Great video!

[@GardenloveHomestead]

Glad you enjoyed it, thank you :)

[@SoCalRobots]

Nice job! I am doing to same for my loquat

[@GardenloveHomestead]

That's awesome thank you 😊

[@bshef3424]

Thanks for Video - we just had some of our neighbors Loquats and we're HOOKED.. 🌱😂👍....So we're starting some Seed's now but will probably try an get a young sapling also!

[@heatherway25]

Das presentaciones maravillosamente claras y encantadoras, Diana, felicidades y gracias 😊 ❤️. Soy suscriptora. Estoy emocionada de conseguirme un pequeño árbol de níspero mañana. La fruta es una delicia especial.

[@GardenloveHomestead]

Muchas gracias y bienvenida a mi canal. Estoy mucho emocionado porti. Espi que encontraste el rabo de níspero, es my favorito. Me tienes al tanto con tu progreso 🙂💚. Que pases un buen día.

[@mariamorris1807]

Great job!!! I just bought a big jim loquat. Is in a 5 gallon container.

[@GardenloveHomestead]

Omg I just bought one too! Posting videos tomorrow. This one die 😭🥺 I decided to put it in the ground in our new property and our weather didn't treat it right 💔

[@FknNefFy]

Oooh!!! I wanna get a WHITE LOQUAT NOW!

[@GardenloveHomestead]

You should 🤗

[@raidenuchiha6127]

Amazing plant and advice. I'm starting one tree up myself. Would love to see an update video on this plant to see if it's starting to fruit.

[@GardenloveHomestead]

How is your tree doing?

[@raidenuchiha6127]

@@GardenloveHomestead it's doing well. It's settled well and has survived a very cold winter ☺️

[@homesteadingwithesikrumpua3046]

Beautiful garden!

[@GardenloveHomestead]

Thank you, :)

[@alanmercieca3086]

I tried using insect screen in small pots, I got the idea since I was making air pots using two laundry baskets, and the soil was easily pouring out. It worked very well not only in the homemade air pots, in the small pots the plants were way more healthy than they were without the insect netting. I think that it not only helped prevent the roots from sitting in water, that the roots got way more air as well.

[@GardenloveHomestead]

That is awesome! I love your idea! Thank you for sharing. Are you on social media? I would live to see pictures. I love to see what others are growing and gow their doing it. We can all learn from each other. 🤗

[@alanmercieca3086]

@@GardenloveHomestead You are welcome. I am on social media yet I don't use social media much at all for plant related anything. I grew up at a time that forums were used for everything. I have my own forum, search google for 'Bountiful Figs Forum' I also post on someone else's forum, search google for 'Growing Fruit Forum'

[@alanmercieca3086]

​@@GardenloveHomestead I am not as much in real time as you are, like I am having pomegranates fruiting for the first time this year, so far two varieties have fruiting flowers, even though I showed some flowers on my facebook. I will not show all the flower photos until I have enough flower photos to explain the pomegranate flowering process very well. All 3 types of flowers, where each flower type can bloom on the plant and when each flower type can produce or abort. The shape of each flower type and so on. I am very excited at the thought of growing loquats because the fruit not only sounds great, and very unique, the country where most of my known family lives (Malta), it's a very well known fruit there, that a lot of people there eat. I am currently trying to help rescue two varieties from Malta, over 94 year old trees, one of which if it's still alive would be over 147 years old, the trees are being looked for. Recently I found out about a loquat that can fruit after a freeze of zero degrees Fahrenheit. That is one variety that we could actually graft it on to a root stock in the ground here, rather than in a pot.

[@FknNefFy]

Do you need a tarp or an old blanket to dump the plant out onto you so you don’t have to clean up that mess

[@GardenloveHomestead]

It makes it easier to collect the soil thst spill.

[@ld1524]

Can loquat stay on the pot and bare fruit or you need to transfer to the ground/ I would like to plant it in a big pot and leave it there, or does it need to have more space for roots and better outcome. Thank you for showing how to repot, awesome video

[@GardenloveHomestead]

This tree is still in a container and this year is the 2nd year it has bare fruit growing in this container. It can totally bare fruit in a container. It might not be as full ornas much as uf itnwas growing in the ground but yoy can still get fruit. I hope this was helpful 🙂🤗

[@byrdayallday3177]

I just got a loquat tree which it's hard to find tropicals In Phoenix I'm looking forward to trying them!

[@GardenloveHomestead]

Yay! So excited for you! Loquats are amazing. Are you going to put it in the ground or in containers? The 1st few years they dont like alot of aun infact they like afternoon shade specially over there in Phoenix.

[@jujubee7351]

I love this tree so much ! Good job . Where did you purchase your seeds ? I want to grow one in a pot also.

[@GardenloveHomestead]

Thank you, loquats are my favorite. I gor this one from greenthumb nursery. However the prices are crazy high lately. I'm looking for other nurseries.

[@enufots4621]

Very nice! Thanks for your video. I was just given a 2' 3" tall loquat plant in a small container (8" wide, 7.5" deep). I know these can grow big as a tree...so I went and got what looks like the same wine barrel in your video. I intend to put casters on the bottom of the barrel to make it mobile as well. I was wondering how many holes and how big did you make the holes for drainage? I've also heard that I should transplant to larger and larger pots gradually. This is so the water gets to the root ball instead of the water running off to the sides of a large container. Have you heard this before? If so, given the current size of my loquat...am I jumping the gun by putting it into such a large pot (wine barrel)? I've also heard that there are organic soils for flowers & vegetables and yet a different soil for trees & shrubs, but I can't find what the difference is. I have seen the soil for Cactus, Palms, and Citrus trees & shrubs, but I had thought there was another for trees and shrub and not specific to Cactus, Palms, and Citruses. In northern CA, is this the right time to transplant? Looking forward to see how your re-potting comes out.

[@GardenloveHomestead]

Hi, thank you for stopping by. You have alot of great questions. I will try to answers them as best as possible by typing. I do have a video name how to grow citrus in containers with my eurika lemon. Alo of the rules apply to the loquat. 1. Yes yhe wine berral is was to big for the size of your loquat. I would put it into a 15 gallon pot anf in a year into the wine berrar. It is true about the water running off to the sides. Think about it as shoe sizes. You always go just a little bigger not 2 to 3 size bigger. 2. Regarding the soil, loquats aren't that picky. I used citrus and palm from EB stone. I love their soil, their quality is great and the drainage is perfect for loquats. They are other soils for fruit trees, I just can't remember which vidoe I used it in. 3. Where do you live? I am in souther California. If I wanted to, I would repot my loquat right now or in the biggining of spring. Dont wait to long, avoid doing it to close to winter. 4. Regarding the draining holes I would do them dime size for 15 gallon pot and quarter size for wine berral. As many as you can fit approximate 2 to 3 inches apart. For the wine berral about 4 to 5 inches apart. I hope I answer your questions. I have several vidoes on repotting trees, they will add more tips to this informations. I also just trimmed this Loquat anf made a vidoe about it, just incase you want to see how this tree is doing. By the way, congrats on your loquats. I love loquats 🤗. Do you know what kind of loquat it is? Is it a seedling or grafted loquat?

[@enufots4621]

Garden love Thanks for the quick response. I've also watch some of your other videos. Lots of good tips. Unfortunately, I did not have the knowledge to ask any questions about the loquat when i got it. But, i sure will find out. I've got a strong feeling its from a cutting though. Thanks for the tips on soil, pot size, & drainage holes as well. I'm in the Bay area - Silicon Valley. Weather forecast indicates that it is gonna dip into the 70's in the next 5 days. Ok, i think I'll re-pot them right away into a container that's bigger. Btw, your loquat tree is looking great!

[@enufots4621]

Wow, time flies and a year has gone by already. Well, I re-potted the loquat into a much larger planter but not the half wine barrel. The container is tapered: 27" diameter on the top and 20" tall. I think that's approximately a 25 gallon container. Unfortunately, my friend doesn't know what kind of loquat it came from and it was grown from seed. It is on a dolly so i can move it around in my back yard. The questions I have are about watering and fertilization. How much & often do you water? What do you use to fertilize and how often the loquat? The plant is now 3' 4" high and 3' 6" wide. It had it's 1st pruning last week. Lol Now, you can see the main stem at the base.

[@FknNefFy]

It’s not till the water gets to the root ball cause if you water above the root ball it will get to it it’s because of nutrients in the soil being all rinsed out before they are able to be used by the plant and some plants like to be a little bit root bound. A lot of people ask questions like how many holes or how many times a week do you water your plants but all these things depend on too many variables to answer to be correct for everybody. Just see how your water drains after you water it if it’s not draining we need more holes. If you have to water it every single day because it’s draining too fast and you need less holes. It depends what kind of container you have and how quickly things evaporate if you have a cloth container you’re going to have to water it more than if you have a solid plastic container it depends on if you, have mulch etc.

[@MrGonzales1982]

Great video and great work. How old is the loquat tree.?

[@GardenloveHomestead]

Approximately 5 years old here now i think its like 7 or 8.

[@byrdayallday3177]

I'll keep them in 15 gallon pots until I find some land! It stated showing signs of heat stress a few weeks ago so out in the shade with my avocado tree they get shade around 11/11:30!

[@GardenloveHomestead]

Yes these tree do get heat stress specially when their young or if you transplant them.

[@adecuire6601]

This is an older video but putting pebbles or rocks at the bottom can help with drainage.

[@BrokenImperfect]

Would landscaping fabric work for the same purpose as the netting? I feel like the netting would be too porous. Would the landscaper's fabric retain too much water, you think? And thank you for this video. As a kid my family grew loquats, among many many other fruit trees when we lived in SoCal. In a fit of nostalgia, I ended up buying a tree for me and one for my mom for her birthday. The problem is though, we now live in Minnesota so the loquats will have to remain potted and need to be taken inside for the winter months. Also; this is my very first foray into gardening so this video is incredibly helpful.

[@GardenloveHomestead]

BrokenImperfect Good morming, thank you for watching. I am glad you found it informative. I love that you have your childhood memories and it's bringing you back to them by growing fruit tree. That is the same reason why I started. I've tries the fabric. It does hold way to much Moister. I repotted a citrus that had the fabric and I am so glad I did. It was starting to get root rot. You can just triple layer the net. That will help and make sure to add rocks at the bottom or water bottles like I did, and plenty of drainage holes at the bottom. I hope that was helpful. Keep me posted. Have a blesses day.

[@jeanhuang1415]

Thanks for sharing, what did you put other than citric soil? One small box and the other powder, they went fast , could not hear or see what they were? Thanks, I am about to repot my loquat tree .

[@vnxettitw4879]

How long was it in the blue pot before you repotted? Wondering how long to keep mine

[@GardenloveHomestead]

About 2 to 3 years.

[@vnxettitw4879]

Thank you!!

[@basilelmasri7962]

Thanks for the video. Did the citrus mix turn out well or did you have to do something else?

[@dilloneskridge1679]

Where do you get your barrels from?

[@GardenloveHomestead]

The red and blue big box store. they always have them.

[@moniquegebeline4350]

My loquats are one trunk with leaves all the way up and down, they are about 3-4 ft tall. How did you train it to be one trunk with multiple branching on the top I can’t find any information on how to prune them! Thank you

[@GardenloveHomestead]

Monique Gebeline oh thats how I got mine. I post a pic on instagram when i first got it. If you find me ill tag you so you can see it. I took off all the lefts from the bottom and then i use gardening tape and put weights on the branches, without breaking them. I hope that makes sense. By the way congrats on your loquat, how exciting. I love loquats 🤗

[@aliciaguerra-salazar5854]

Hola, me gustaria saber si has comido fruta de tu nispero y otro punto, que variedad es, otro punto, se fertilizan solos? Por lo demas es fabuloso tu video, acabo de comprar un llamado Big Jim y quiero ponerlo en una maceta mas grande

[@GardenloveHomestead]

Hola amiga, este arbolito precioso llamado me dio fruta los últimos dos años. Este es un Gold Nugget. El que tú compraste es uno de los mejores. Adonde vives? Lloro estoy en California. Oh antes que ceme olvide abri un canal de español. Ce llama Amor De Jardin. Insiste una buena compra con tu loquita. Estoy muy contenta por ti. Mándame photos en Instagram si tienes. Gracias por la visita 🤗🙂😘

[@aliciaguerra-salazar5854]

Vivo en Phoenix area en Arizona, pero estos loquats los mandan desde California, tu tierra, lo compre en Home Depot a 24 dlls, esta injertado.

[@aliciaguerra-salazar5854]

@@GardenloveHomestead Te encontre en facebook, despues te mando fotos. Ya es noche y esta muy bonito tu canal.

[@chichen8379]

Hi i was wondering how to add fertiliser to pot loquat ? Just scattering them on the top or using liquid fertiliser? Do you have any advice for this? Thanks

[@isprivy2050]

Where can I buy the wine barrel and what are the dimensions?

[@GardenloveHomestead]

Usually homedepot and lows carry them. That's were I'm getting it

[@aproverbs31woman59]

New sub! Thank Leadfarmer73! I am growing my trees in pots so this is very good info for me. Thanks!

[@GardenloveHomestead]

Hi Welcome to my channel, I hope you enjoy it. Feel free to comment or ask anyone questions. I love Lead and were almost growing the same things but I have most in containers due to lack of space. So if you think you dont have space, think again and watch Garden Love!

[@Gemelli2906]

I live in NH but Im trying to grow some trees on my deck. I have a 2year old fig tree and im getting lowquat seeds in august. I havent eaten a lowquat since leaving cali in 1975!!!!

[@rts306]

I just got a 3 ft loquat seeding with almost bare roots. How deep should I place the root ball? Is middle of the 3 gallon fabric pot too low?

[@GardenloveHomestead]

That's awesome, dont plant it deep at all. Roots must be just below the soil. And add much. Ill be posting an update on this tree this week, stay poated 🤗

[@pages10001]

Where did you get your Valencia orange from

[@GardenloveHomestead]

rawlings' Gardener Hi, it was gifted to me. Do you have one?

[@RiptideRigo]

Great looking harden. How do you keep it from growing taller?

[@GardenloveHomestead]

Thank you, when this tree was smaller, I trained the branches to go out where and it helps, but now since I am limited in space I wish It will get taller instead of wider lol... do you have a loquat?

[@RiptideRigo]

@@GardenloveHomestead we just got one but it's like 5 feet tall. Yours have the fruit branches going outwards and ours aim straight up. That's why we asked. Thank you for replying. Happy holidays

[@GardenloveHomestead]

@@RiptideRigo yes, they naturally grow upwards. I used to have a bigger backyard so it was okay for me to make it grow wider. Glad I can help.

[@arielcortez7393]

A loquat tree will do much better in ground...awesome video thanks for sharing

[@GardenloveHomestead]

You are right! It sure will 🤔I dont like the growing habit of this tree, not sure if ill put it in the ground. I want to.

[@pretty95138]

Beautiful tree :) love watching your videos. Other than sure start and worm castings at the time of potting, do you use any other fertilizer once a few months or couple times a month?

[@GardenloveHomestead]

Just fertilizer a few months from the date of planting. Since you just planted the soil is rich and it wont need fertilizer for a little bit at list 5 months

[@pretty95138]

@@GardenloveHomestead Opps, i added the fertilizer..hope it doesnt overdose it ...praying for it LOL

[@GreenThumbGardener]

Love loquats...are they heavy feeders? Great channel & videos.

[@GardenloveHomestead]

Hi sorry just saw this. They are not heave feeders. however since it is in a container I feed them once a month. that's for all my trees in containers. Thank you for your support.

[@carmend7328]

3 Weeks ago I potted mine in a container and keeping it inside by a window. The leaves are turning brown and falling off? Any idea what I'm doing wrong?

[@Carbon5.0]

Did I bounce back?

[@ingarrajoey]

You need a dolly to move them. Once those size pots are full of soil the can weigh over 100lb.

[@GardenloveHomestead]

My Tropical Obsession yes, I need to order some. I put the wine barrel on a furniture dolly 😅. Thanks for Watching.

[@sweetsadventure]

do you keep it on s dolly?

[@sweetsadventure]

do you keep it on s dolly?

[@dissertationcgu7129]

Hello Diana, I want to repot my citrus, pomegranate, stone fruit. I was wondering if you recommended the same soil blend? Also, where can I purchase that soil? I went to Home Depot and they don’t carry it. I went to amazon but it costs more to ship than the actual product itself (checked for the sure start and it doesn’t qualify for amazon prime ). I appreciate it.

[@GardenloveHomestead]

I would try to go to local nurseries. Most nurseries carry EBstone. Are you in the west coast or east coast?

[@aniyahdilovelilioness747]

What is the mulch on top for?

[@GardenloveHomestead]

Aniyah di Lioness Hi, the mulch helps keep moisture in the top inch of the soil. Alot of plants have small feeder roots right under the first inch of soil. They prefer moist soil. It also helps you preserve water. I hope that was helpful

[@epigeneticnerd4244]

Even more than soil draining out, the soil is also receding back due to the tree consuming it.

[@GardenloveHomestead]

You are absolutely right! Good point, ill make sure to mention it next time 🙂

[@greywisedude912]

Hello, I just subscribed to your channel. I planted my Loquat tree in a wine barrel. It is grown from seed and want to know how to prune it when it’s growing. So that I can have a manageable harvest and not too tall. Thank you for your help and keep up the good work.

[@GardenloveHomestead]

Hi David, thank you for subscring. Welcome to my edible garden channel. I did a video on prunning a loquat, I think it could have been better but I'll be doing another one soon since this tree really needs a prunning. I would start with any dead branches, then any brenches that are grown towards the ground, 2nd any brances that cross each other, cut the smaller of the two, and lastly any branches that are in the way.

[@greywisedude912]

Garden love Thank you for the quick reply. It’s still a pretty small plant. Maybe only 2 feet tall. The grower told me it was 3 years old. It’s been really windy here in the Bay Area. I’m located in Antioch, CA. Worried about my little tree breaking. 😢

[@GardenloveHomestead]

@@greywisedude912 three year old is a good age. Just stake the tree it will be fine. Make sure you Tie the string around no stake not the tree. It been really windy over here as well. If your really worry move it newr a wall.

[@victorlopez1147]

Guys???

[@donavonmacallister3101]

Loquats are not good for containers

[@GardenloveHomestead]

This one ended Fruiting 🙂🤗