P. Foetida Pot Question

15 years ago

What pot size do you guys Recomend for Windowsill growing? I'm growing for Fruit, would a 7 inch pot be OK or should I go bigger? It's in an 3 inch at the moment

I REALLY would like to get this Right this time, as my last one Died on me.

Thanks

NC

Comments (11)

jblaschke
15 years ago
I'd be inclined to go a little bigger. If yours is anything like my p. foetida var. gossypiifolia, the thing can get *huge*. I've got one in a 12-inch hanging basket, and it seems to do fine, if unspectacularly. But the one I have in the ground, wow, it's simply insane, sending out runners, suckers, hundreds of flowers... An unruly plant, yes, but a very pretty one!
ninecrow
Original Author
15 years ago
Thanks jblaschke
Hope all is well your end
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jblaschke
15 years ago
All is well, ninecrow. Has that dwarf incarnata survived your winter thus far?
ninecrow
Original Author
15 years ago
No.... *Sigh* It was OK one Day the Next it was gone, Limp and by the afternoon it was dead...*Sigh*
Dunno what I Did Wrong...... I'm Still Peveved about it!
jblaschke
15 years ago
Well, huh. Sorry to hear about that. I wish I could offer a suggestion, but I've never tried keeping an incarnata indoors.
karyn1
15 years ago
I had some foetidas in 4 & 6" pots and they bloomed and fruited well but they were young plants, under a year old and were outside over the summer. Unfortunately they froze when the power went out in the GH over the winter.
stellar.bpo
15 years ago
I've got one in a 12-inch hanging basket, and it seems to do fine, if unspectacularly. But the one I have in the ground, wow, it's simply insane, sending out runners, suckers, hundreds of flowers.

Lisa11
ninecrow
Original Author
15 years ago
I've just Repotted mine as He's Growing like a Gang Buster!
He's Not Quite 5 foot ALL Ready....
I REALLY Hope he Continues to grow like he is...
PLEASE send some ***Grow Well Vibes*** This way
Thanks All
pollywoggin
15 years ago
Awesome Ninecrow!!!

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karyn1
15 years ago
Lisa is yours in the ground now or do you dig it up for the winter? I've never heard of a cold hardy foetida. My passies do much better inground but it's always such a pain to dig the non cold hardy ones up in the fall. Ninecrow good luck. I'm glad the foetida blooms so fast from seed because I lost all of mine during the greenhouse freeze over New Years. BTW the fruit isn't bad, it's just so little. I did manage to save my Palmeri Sublancelata x foetida plants that I started last year. They're about 8' and would be longer but I have them inside and have to keep cutting them back. I can't wait until it's warm enough to take everything outside.
jblaschke
15 years ago
My foetida var. gossypiifolia barely died back this winter in zone 8, although it's only native through zone 9. I suspect it'd do okay throughout zone 8. Unsure about anything cooler, however.