Depends on the size of the plant and the type of pot. Two things I do, put weight on the pot - not the soil. This works on stiff lip pots. For some other pots, I wedge them down with spare bags of soil or put the plant in a larger container (half barrel) and fill around with gravel. You could also build a "jig". This works if you have open space and pots of the same size (helps). Basically, a wood construct to hold several pots in place, that itself is weighted in place.

Mine are up on plant stands, but I drive 4 stakes into the ground around the pot and tie the stakes together and around the pot. Keeps them pretty stable.

Cory

I've had that problem this year with two that have rather large canopies. I put slate rock over the pot to weigh the pot down...so far so good...

I drive stakes into the ground and tie the trees to the stakes. Sometimes two stakes/plant.

poncirusguy: what do you do in the winter?

You can also leave the trees in their pots, but half bury them in the soil. A pain to dig up every year, but this way they have a more solid foundation and being buried helps prevent the pot from overheating and cooking the roots in the summer.

It takes a week to set up these greenhouses in th fall and 3 weeks to disassemble in the spring. Each glass section goes up on a separate day so the trees get used to less sunlight and more window light. with the sun so much brighter in the summer it comes apart each section every 3 days. It takes an hour to put up each section and about 15 minutes to disassemble in spring.

Even though Tom Dooley the New Zealand lemonade tree has been exonerated He is still afraid to lift his head. He has been hanging low for over a month now.

6b Steve

My plants never fall over as there structures, garages, on two side (north and east), and I don't use gritty mix so my soil is not that light in weight.

Steve: your set-up is absolutely amazing!

I either tie the trees to my deck fence or I put bricks (that I found under my deck) on top of the soil. I have to do that for trees in 5-1-1, but gritty *usually* holds its own. I typically do that on windy/stormy days and then remove them when the wind dies down.

Though I'll admit, even 3-4 bricks on a pot aren't much good against 90 mph gusts... I love Great Plains storms, but my plants most certainly do not!

-Tom