Growing an Apple Tree on the Balcony

By: Bill Schwinn

CC: Custard apple in container, photo by davecito

Shelly went through the doorway to her apartment balcony and sighed because the city air hit her with that too familiar scent of exhaust fumes. She then walked towards the sunny corner of her balcony and a smile appeared on her face as she checked out the progress of her apple tree.

Her buddies had frequently thought Karen was a little crazy for trying to develop her very own apple tree on the balcony of an eleventh floor apartment, but Karen understood what could be achieved, though. Just because she’d gone to live in Dallas for work, being in a big city didn’t mean she had to leave her country roots behind.

No matter where she was living, Shelly understood the significance of getting fresh fruit to eat. Apples were her favorite food, and she loved to grow things. It had been easy to decide to take that step from considering it, to actually growing her very own apple tree, even if it was eleven floors up in “mid-air.”

A Large Pot for a large Tree

Shelly knelt beside her apple tree and thought about the big ceramic pot that she had purchased. Her grandmother had informed her that a tree grown inside a pot would need a ton of room to allow the roots to develop within the soil. The tree would only grow as huge as its roots could spread, so a sizable pot was needed to give the apple tree some growing room. She’d likewise been cautioned that if the tree weren’t given a sizable enough pot, its roots could break the pot itself due to the pressure of the rooks seeking more room to grow.

The pot that Shelly had selected had a variety of red-colored and blue tiles arranged in a candy striped design. It not only provided the apple tree lots of space to spread out on her balcony, it also matched with the cushions on her outside chair, too. Shelly checked round the soil of her tree, ensuring no intruding bugs were disturbing her balcony’s special resident. She hummed to herself as she went through this nightly ritual

An Apple Tree Needs Water

Once she was satisfied that her apple tree was free from unwanted pests, she went back inside her apartment and snapped up her two gallon watering can. She tossed in the weekly dose of organic fertilizer mix into the can’s bottom. She filled the can with water and went back to her balcony again. Karen hefted the heavy watering can and poured water to the top of the pot gradually. She then watched as the water sank into the soil.

Experience had trained her that the plant needed some time to allow the water to soak in before more was added. When she watered her tree too rapidly, the nutrient-laden water simply leaked over the sides and out onto the floor, making a mess! She had to clean up and the tree did not get enough to drink. Once the water soaked in did Shelly add more, pausing again when the water reached the overflow threatening point.

Plant Nutrition

Once the entire watering can had been successfully given to the tree, Shelly put the watering can away, thinking about how important it was to feed her tree. Any plant that’s grown inside a pot has only a minimal quantity of nutrients available to it from the soil. If Shelly wanted her tree to create large, healthy apples, it required a regular way to obtain the plant nutrition needed, along with watering every single day. This weekly feeding gave her apple tree plenty to use while it grew.

Light

Shelly took care to always give her apple tree everything that it needed, including dragging it around her balcony to where the sunlight was strongest during different times of the year. Already, she had tiny fruit starting to grow. Come the autumn, she would possess a nice crop of apples ready be eaten every single day.

Author Resource:-> Ella C Schwartz is a writer for Hunterstruct Construction, a small home builder in White Rock, BC offering design and building services throughout Southwest British Columbia, including the BC interior and Sunshine Coast. Hunterstruct showcases cottages and cabins on the http://Hunterstruct.com website. —- Article From Articles For All

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