Hi my name newbee on here!
I am in zone 5 wondering who out there is from maine to! Very new to everything i am a big exotic fruit lover❤ wondering what for exotic fruit i can plant here in zone 5 even if just in containers? Cant wait to get to know everyone an learn alot new stuff !
I come from a long line farmers an bakers! So fresh an home grown mean alot to me ! :sushing_face:
12 Likes
Welcome Jesse! there are a bunch of us fellow Mainieiacs here. I’m up in the great white north of aroostok county on the Canadian border z 3b. moose sleep on my back properly regularly. i grow very cold hardy berries and fruits as well as culture mushrooms under my plants. raspberries are my fav and i have a lot of wild types from all over north america as well as 5 cultivated types. still looking to find cloudberry starts to complete my collection. warning! this site is addictive! my once grass covered yard is now a food forest! some of the nicest helpful people on the internet are here. hope you enjoy yourself.
6 Likes
Howdy Newbee, and a big welcome. I hope it’s a hoot for you!
.
2 Likes
“just saying hi…”
yeah, we don’t do that here…keep it movin along.
Welcome to the board. As mentioned Jesse is in Maine and Z5-ish, Moose I believe is colder. I am Z5 also, but Midwest, by Madison, Wisconsin.
3 Likes
Hi, glad you’re here.
There’s a new thornless blackberry @moose71 may tell you about. It’s a dwarf and zone 5. I believe it was he that created a thread about it in past months.
As for gardening in containers; the sky is the limit.
You might be interested in the hardy kiwi’s. Especially the Actinidia kolomikta cultivars & A. argutata cultivar ‘Issai’. @Jesse has a lot of these going.
Dax
1 Like
its actually z4 hardy, called baby cakes dwarf blackberry. i planted 5 last spring. theyput on some new growth, but not a lot. from the reviews i read , because they only grow to 4ft. they are slow growers compared to regular blackberries. should take off this season and hopefully have a few to taste this summer. i also found a wild semi thornless blackberry growing nearby. started a bunch of rooted cuttings that i plan to plant in my yard. they’re small but precocious fruiters and the taste is excellent. also traded w/ a lady from vermont for a wild thorned variety that she said is very vigorous and has good sized tasty berries. going to start these on a friends property.
1 Like
Mainieacs - that’s a great one!
Welcome to the Growing Fruit Forum, Newbee! Being a baker, once you get settled here . . . maybe you can share some recipes ?! I bake too. I’m in VA, but have been to Maine several times. Beautiful state.
4 Likes
If you’ve got a basement to put them in, figs are great container plants.
2 Likes
@moose71 anks so much. I live in woods! I have 50+ acres i guess i am doomed lol. I about hpur from bangor.
Wondering about if you think i could try growing dragon fruit ? Inside
1 Like
If you can . . . would that make you ‘The Mother of Dragons’? (Hope you have watched ‘Game of Thrones’ or you might not get this!) 
2 Likes
I have not seen it but i will take that as i am on fire hehehehe. I have goood sense humor!!!
1 Like
Welcome.
If you get a fig tree try and look for the variety “Black Jack” it’s a dwarf variety that is very pot friendly and the figs are great.
You can of course get citrus yet you’d need to protect it from the dryness of the heating system some how. Spray it with water and wet the soil every other day at the least. Another option is a heated basement that is kept just cool enough to not be too cool for it to fruit, you’d need a grow light for that.
I’m jealous! i want to buy land but finding the down payment has been difficult. i have so many plans but don’t have the land to do it on. my 1 acre lawn is already converted to a food forest!
2 Likes
Some varieties of blueberry can be grown where you live. Here are ones I know should be able to handle your winters fine:
Polaris USDA Zone 3a- 8b.
Northsky USDA Zone 3a- 8b.
Northblue USDA zone 3a – 8b
Chippewa USDA zone 3a – 8b
Northland USDA zone 3a – 8b
Patriot USDA zone 3a – 8b
Northcountry USDA zone 3a – 8b
Spartan USDA Hardiness zone 4b - 8a
Also there is something very hard to get called “Black wild mountain huckleberries”. I am going to try and get some. They are highly related to bilberries, more so than too even blueberries, and they are way better than blueberries for taste. They are in Canada and in a tiny part of the Continental USA.
did you find a source for them in the US? I’ve been trying to find bilberry seedlings for a long time. i have wild native maine blueberries and many ligonberry cultivars. got a few bog blueberries coming this spring also. i also have northsky and northland blueberries.
I’ve never actually looked for bilberries before. A friend of mine has eaten them before I think in Europe.