Pomegranate is a genus of plants belonging to the Pomegranate family. Under natural conditions, these are 10-meter trees or shrubs with a yield of about 50 kg. There are dwarf forms of garden plants suitable for growing in pots. They are formed in the form of a bush with 5 trunks or a standard tree. They are flexible young shoots, which allows them to grow in the form of bonsai.
Home grown pomegranate has small oblong leathery leaves. Its flowers are purple, large, funnel-shaped, formed in the axils of the leaves or on the tops of the shoots, differ in the length of the pistils. They can be located singly or be assembled in several pieces. It begins to bloom and bear fruit at a young age. Fruits are formed only from the ovaries of flowers with long pistils. On a plant formed in the form of a standard tree, the fruits are larger, and there are more of them than on bush forms.
Pomegranate at home must be placed on the sunniest windowsill, there is no need to shade it. He needs abundant watering, but without stagnation of water in the pan. Spraying is desirable. It is necessary to feed regularly from the beginning of spring to the end.summer. In September, feeding should be stopped and watering should be reduced so that the plant is prepared for wintering and shoots have ripened.
The plant is deciduous, so the loss of leaves before wintering is the norm for it. The dormant period during the cold season, pomegranate at home
conditions should hold at a temperature of about 10 0C and minimal watering. At this time, it must be placed in a frost-free basement.
In the spring, dried branches should be removed. If it is necessary to form a crown, then young shoots should be cut off, leaving 3 pairs of leaves to stimulate branching. For flowering, it is better not to touch the young shoots, but to prune after flowering. Coppice shoots that form at the base must be removed if they are not needed for propagation.
Repot adult plants every 5 years, young plants every 2 years. The soil prefers nutritious pomegranate. Home care should include regular inspection of leaves and shoots for possible pests (whiteflies, aphids) and the development of powdery mildew. The problems that have arisen are solved by spraying with appropriate preparations.
You can grow pomegranates at home from seeds, cuttings and roots
offspring. Cuttings in spring should be taken from mature shoots, and in summer - from semi-lignified ones. They need to be put in water with the addition of heteroauxin, and when roots form, plant them in a disinfectedgarden soil mixed with commercial citrus substrate in a ratio of 1:1. Their flowering can come in the second year. Plants grown from root offspring also bloom early, but form many shoots.
When propagated by seeds, they can be sown both in spring and autumn. If they are removed from the fetus, then for several days you need to place them in a container with water, then clean them from the pulp and immediately sow. Seedlings from seeds grow strong, but do not retain maternal properties. They will bear fruit no earlier than 4 years. With qualities that do not suit you, they can be grafted with cuttings of the desired variety.
Growing a pomegranate at home is easy, and how much fun it gives the whole family, causing admiration from guests!
