Size of container for growing minis

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18 years ago

If you want to grow a mini in a container, what is the minimum size recommended?

Would you ever consider growing 3 minis in a very large pot? How large would that pot need to be?

Thanks.

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diane_nj 6b/7a
18 years ago
Depends on the mini (are you sick of me saying that yet??? ;-))).

3 in a pot: I wouldn't, but some people do. Those Poulsen minis sold by the mass marketers are 4 - 8 rooted cuttings to a pot, and if you didn't know it and planted the whole thing in the ground or in a pot, you would have 4 - 8 plants all growing together.

My Incognito plants are each 1.5' - 2' wide and 3' tall (they are in the ground). I have Sorpotimist International in a 16" diameter (at the top) container, I know it has rooted through the bottom, and could easily go into a 20" pot.
dan_keil_cr Keil
18 years ago
Minature roses have very large root systems. Even bigger the the big plants
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Original Author
18 years ago
Kooky! I have Whit Wells minis. Don't know much about them, tho.
diane_nj 6b/7a
18 years ago
I spelled "Soroptimist" wrong. Boy, I might catch heck for that tomorrow!

Which ones? I think Mr. Wells' minis grow big...
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Original Author
18 years ago
I got Odessa, Ruby Baby and Best Friends. Diane, if I wasn't driving you crazy, I wouldn't know I was alive. Thanks for putting up with me!