Pick fresh fruits from your balcony

There is one or another fruit which is dearest to us, and your heart always pounce for it. If you enjoy sweet and delicious fresh fruits why should we wait for it, lets grow it at our home. 
There are variety of fruits available that can be grown in containers wit the height of 3-4 feet, with less care. these plants are perfect for indoor environment, small apartments. They only require bright sunny window, some mist to add humidity and weekly watering. 
Lets check them out..........

 Meyer Lemon Tree:

The most common, and most popular indoor fruit tree is the Meyer lemon tree. This hardy little specimen is a gardener’s delight! The beautiful white blossoms act as a natural air freshener and air cleaner for your home, and the tree yields several pounds of full size lemons every year …
The fruit from the dwarf Meyer lemon tree and other indoor citrus trees is sweeter than any fruit you’d buy in the grocery store because of its small size. Instead of expending energy to grow taller, these trees are designed to devote more energy to fruit production.
Once you taste the fruit from your very own tree, you’ll never want to buy store bought fruit again! Many of these great little trees offer seedless fruit too.
Other than the dwarf Meyer lemon, there are a surprising varieties of indoor citrus trees you can add to your home. 
List of commonly available:

  • Dwarf Indoor Orange Trees
  • Indoor Lime Trees, including Key Lime
  • Indoor Tangelo and Tangerine Trees
  • Dwarf Indoor Pomegranate Trees
  • Indoor Papaya Plants
  • Indoor Pineapple Plants
  • Indoor Tropical Fruit Trees
  • Indoor Olive Trees
  • Indoor Fruit Cocktail Trees, also known as Three-In-One Citrus

  • We will be sharing details about each in other posts. 

    Indoor Fruit Tree Care …

    With standard citrus trees grown outdoors, sunshine is the most important ingredient to their long term health and success. The same is true with indoor fruit trees, they need a sunny window or bright room with ample sun exposure. The more the better in fact  six to eight hours a day is usually sufficient. Don’t worry if your climate tends to be on the cloudy and rainy side though outdoor citrus trees endure cloudy and rainy spells just fine.
    Generally, it’s safe to assume the more exposure to sunlight for an indoor fruit tree, the better. They also crave humidity, which you can create by misting the tree with lukewarm water every other day or so.
    You should only have to water your tree once a week or so, just enough so the soil is on the dry side of moist. These indoor trees don’t like to sit in a puddle of water! Of course, indoor environments differ, as some are drier than others but in general, watering once a week is plenty.

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