Forgot to mention… if you haven’t already seen it, there are some folks who let their containers root into the ground over a depression with compost, or even just plain dirt, for the season. This reduces the dependency/risk associated with daily watering needs and lets the plant keep some of its feet cooler. Some folks just use plastic containers, others use fabric containers with mesh bottoms or poke holes, some even use boxes with metal fencing across the bottom. I was at a horticulturist’s home the other day, where he had an empty pot embedded in the ground, and when asked, explained it was common for nurseries to do a pot-in-pot approach for trees… in this approach, they don’t actually root, but they do keep the roots cool.
Anyhow, a few options for getting around that whacky restriction. I think it would be hard to call a container with roots in the ground ‘planted’ in ground.
The netting goes on after fruitlets form.