This plant is simple and not demanding to care for, and feels good in our apartments. Every florist who loves indoor plants (dwarf pomegranate) with pleasure will take care of the pomegranate. I offer my tips for caring for this plant.
Secrets of indoor pomegranate care
Since this plant is not capricious, in the summer it can be transplanted temporarily into a garden, a flower garden, as a decoration. The plant loves shaded areas, direct sunlight can harm the plants. Burns may appear on the leaves. A good place for indoor pomegranate is the west side of the garden under the trees.
The plant loves abundant watering and spraying, and of course light fertilization (nitrogen fertilization), in the spring. This is due to the fact that the plant, after winter, begins to grow, so that the foliage is thicker and brighter, abundant flowering, fertilizer can be picked up in flower shops for indoor plants. In the summer, the plant needs phosphorus fertilizers in order for the bud ovary to form and the plant to start blooming.
If the indoor pomegranate rarely and weakly blooms, this may be due to unfavorable conditions and improper care. It is necessary to immediately change the care regimen and provide the plant with an optimal location, reduce watering or increase air humidity. In the autumn period, it is necessary to feed the plant with potassium to prepare the plant for winter. Also, in between, I feed with a complex mineral fertilizer.
If you cannot plant a plant in a garden or front garden, then you need to create conditions close to garden ones for a indoor pomegranate: fresh air, heat from the sun, abundant watering and spraying - this can be a balcony or loggia. Indoor pomegranate, preparing for winter, changes its appearance and sheds foliage. This is normal and should not be scared.
For the wintering of the plant, it is necessary to choose a cool place, since the pomegranate is very fond of fresh air, a loggia or balcony is suitable for this, but drafts and low subzero temperatures must be avoided. In winter, reduce the number of waterings to a minimum of once every 10 days after. Many gardeners advise watering the pomegranate at least once a month. This tip is only suitable for mature plants, and young pomegranates should be watered more frequently.
Bush formation
To form a beautiful bush, you need to properly prune it. Florists cut off the branches that grow inside the bush, dry and fattening shoots. The best times to prune bushes are during spring and autumn.
Do you need a transplant?
To get a beautiful full-fledged indoor pomegranate bush, you do not need to touch it for 3 years. Young shoots can be replanted every year in spring. During the year, the soil in pots becomes poorer in minerals, for this it is necessary to replace the soil. The soil is chernozemic, soddy. Do not forget about drainage, its presence saves plants from root rot.
Breeding secrets of indoor pomegranate
You can grow pomegranates by cuttings and seeds, but it is best to grow from seeds, for this you must follow a number of rules. First, fresh seeds, best taken from the pomegranate fruit. These are small grains, not seeds. Soak the seeds in a solution of stimulants, then sow the seeds in pots, cover with foil. As soon as you notice the first shoots, remove the plastic and place the pot in a warm, sunny place. We plant young sprouts in separate pots.
If you decide to propagate the pomegranate by cuttings, then the cuttings should be taken only from the fruiting branch. Otherwise, the plant will actively bloom, but do not set the fruit.
But there is another secret of this plant that few people know about. The pomegranate has two types of flowers: male and female. They can be easily guessed. Male flowers are "thin" at the base and quickly fall off after flowering. Females at the base are more thickened and after flowering begin to round. Please note that usually the fruits are tied on the longest branches.
Indoor pomegranate is a very common plant used for bonsai. Pomegranate is easy to form a bush and legends in any shape. If you do not want to use it for bonsai, to grow the perfect shrub, pruning and pinching at an early stage of development is a must. Florists believe that the plant blooms only after a year, but this is not so - with good care, the pomegranate blooms in the first year.
I have a question on this topic ... I have an indoor pomegranate growing at home. He is already 3 years old. But unfortunately, for some reason, his fruits are white (inside) and not red, as it should be ... If anyone knows, please tell me the reason.? Thank you in advance.
Artem, most likely the problem is in the soil (lack of elements). How often (and for how long) do you use fertilizers?
The question is, does it grow when it is not a year old and when it bears fruit
Tell me, please, indicated me at home 2 pomegranates grown from the bone. In the first year they both bloomed, but all the flowers were male and there was not a single ovary. What to do in a similar situation? Or is it normal that in the first year there are only male flowers?
Indoor pomegranate needs to be pollinated by yourself, because in nature it is pollinated by insects, and at home you have no insects, bees and others.
Pollinate Gently with a small, soft brush from one flower to another.
Good day. My indoor pomegranate has not bloomed for 2 years. And now it has bloomed and there are already fruits. The leaves turn yellow and fall off. Tell me what to do so that the leaves do not fall off.
When any plant blooms, it involuntarily weakens. Try fertilizing it, especially during the flowering / fruiting season.
I planted seeds from an ordinary market pomegranate, they sprouted, tell me a pomegranate tree will grow from these sprouts?
The pomegranate tree itself will grow, but you most likely will not see the fruits on it.
Quite right! I have two trees: one presented in blooming form (then there were fruits on it), and the other, grown by me from the seeds of a shop pomegranate (it never bloomed, it grows upward).
I came to this page looking for advice on pruning a pomegranate. My trees are 10 and 9 years old, but I have never pruned them, because a flowering tree has flowers at the ends of the longest branches, and a non-flowering tree itself is elongated. ... The stump will remain 🙁
And where can you buy indoor pomegranate seedlings?
I am engaged in the cultivation of indoor pomegranate. Rooted cuttings are available.
Tamara, will you send it by mail?
Hope, I send only to Belarus.
Hello! Are you a Minsker or where do you live? Are there any seedlings? Is it indoor pomegranate or from ordinary seeds?
Indoor pomegranate from seeds grown in my apartment.
A vicious circle turns out.If pomegranate grown from seeds does not bloom, and, as described in the literature, only vegetative propagation is needed for flowering, then your answer is contradictory.
Thank.
Please tell me:
I have an indoor pomegranate growing, old enough. Additional lighting is used. But this winter, he began to blush, and then young shoots - the part that grows - began to dry out. What could it be?
I have the same topic and is always connected with the fact that I either gave extra. light with a 250W DRI lamp, or exposed it to the direct Sun ... apparently, they don't like a lot of light
In October, the leaves should fall off. Reduce watering for the winter. In the spring they will grow again.
My pomegranate has been growing for two years and has not bloomed at once, tell me what to do.
Sergey! Feed with fertilizer with a predominance of phosphorus - this is if you have a room pomegranate. He also needs to provide a cool winter. He must shed the leaves and rest. Good luck!
Please tell me how and when you need to plant a pomegranate bought on the market and grown from a stone so that the tree still bears fruit?
I have not heard that a room pomegranate would be planted. Isn't it easier to grow from a seed and it will bloom in your first year of life with proper care?
Marat, I read that a pomegranate grown from an ordinary stone can bear fruit with good proper care in 5-7 years. So go for it. I have such a pomegranate growing in the country, it is true for 8 years and has not bloomed yet. But the reason is that it freezes in winter, I think. And if at home, then it seems to me that you can achieve fruiting, only you need to arrange a rest period for him in winter - a cool place and a minimum of watering.
Is there any hope that my 9-year-old adult pomegranate, grown from a pomegranate seed and never blooming, will bloom after pruning? I ask and I answer myself - I will risk it and cut it off
No, do not cut it, I cut it every year, 5-7 years in a row - it does not bloom !!!
I realized that pruning is not pruning. I formed a ball by cutting off the tops, but it was necessary to cut out the crowns growing inward, and IN NO EVENT, not the tops.
Good luck to everyone and me)).
I have a pomegranate from the seed of an ordinary purchased pomegranate has been growing for about 7 years. It sheds its leaves for the winter and I leave it in a cool place. In the spring it grows, but still did not bloom. So it's hard to wait for the fruits. But I bought a room one and is already blooming, although so far only male flowers (it seems to me).
Hello dear owners of indoor grenades!
I have a slightly unusual request. Could you give me or sell some small size home pomegranate (2-3 cm in diameter)?
Anna - I have sown everything - I am already selling small trees and send them only across Belarus. I can send a few seeds from the new harvest in an envelope. It will not be until December.
Thanks for the answer!
Seeds in the sense of seeds? I need small grenades. Literally 3 things. I want to use them for decorative purposes to embody the idea that I dreamed about.
I think I'm ready to wait, because I don't know where else I can find such a rarity.
There is a problem with the shipment.
Email me please?
Tamara, hello, can I buy pomegranates from you? I'm from Belarus
Tamara, picked up a branch, it seems this is a room pomegranate, 60 centimeters long, can it be divided, rooted, and what can I get?
You can cut it and plant it best in peat tablets, provided that the cuttings are not lignified.
hello. please advise me, they gave me a pomegranate, he is 5 years old, and now he began to bloom and the fruits are already small, this is the first time when it can be transplanted? otherwise the pot is small, and what kind of land do you need?
Lily! Transplant your pomegranate in the spring after a winter break.
Tell me, does your pomegranate bear fruit and value?
thank
Hello, tell me what kind of light mode is needed for a grenade in winter? Because the temperature of 10-12 degrees can only be provided in dimly lit rooms. Or can you take the pomegranate out to the glazed balcony? Although there, it seems to me, not 10 degrees, but colder ... and also the window is constantly open
The pomegranate needs a cool wintering - it sheds foliage and additional lighting is not required. As soon as he drops the foliage, I take him to the garbage chute on the staircase - we have a pantry there. I put it in a box or a large bag. I water it once a month, not abundantly. There is very little light. In the spring, when the kidneys begin to wake up, I bring it into the apartment.
I bought a room pomegranate already with the fruits, the transplant will dry out. I gave 150 rubles for it. Plants 50 cm. Is it worth it to cut it off after transplanting and form a tree.?
Be sure to do this, and do it on time. I lost time (due to moving and repairs) and now I don't know how to approach - the tree is thin and elongated 🙁
Carry out the entire pruning and transplanting in the spring - now the pomegranate is in a half-sleep. It's a pity I can not show my pomegranate - he is 3 years old. This year, four fruits were the size of a tangerine, 7 were small. I can put in contact or face. Adult and seedlings.
In the spring, so in the spring.
I also had fruits the size of a tangerine on a tree, but what grew from the seeds of a store fruit did not even have flowers.
Is there any hope that my 9-year-old adult pomegranate, grown from a pomegranate seed and never blooming, will bloom after pruning?
When buying, I was told that it needs to be transplanted into a larger container of 5 liters, transplanted everything fell off of it. Well, it's not scary, let him gain strength until the next fruits.
That's why he is a garden pomegranate, not suitable for the room. Sow yourself fresh seeds with pulp, lightly sprinkling and grow new ones. Do not be alarmed that the ground will first become moldy - ventilate. In spring and summer, it can be rooted with twigs that are not lignified - roots are put right in the water.
The branches of any plant should only be from a fruiting branch, even though you can color or root, otherwise it will only bloom and not bear fruit.
This is my pomegranate.
Andrei! I root any twig that is not woody, and even the cuttings of the first year bear fruit. Another thing is I don't let them grow until they get stronger. At the top of the photo, I am amazed how you can plant such a seedling in a huge flowerpot. Any plant is transplanted as an earthen coma forms. He needs a flowerpot with a diameter of no more than 10 cm!
The twigs do take root in a glass of water 🙂
And in general, the pomegranate is unpretentious. But elementary conditions should be created!
Thanks everyone for the advice
We will gain experience and share it.
Hello, we bought a pomegranate seedling (15cm) in the fall. His leaves began to fall off, they began to water a little more often and he began to put new leaves, began to grow actively.Now these new leaves are starting to turn black at the tips. Tell me, what could be the reason for the blackening of the leaves and what to do with the new ones, let them grow or need to be cut off?
Take a closer look - are the leaves even or slightly corrugated or deformed?
There are both flat and corrugated (mostly young sheets).
Ksenia! The pomegranate is infected with a new generation mite pest, but you can save it by treating it with an insecticide against the mite, three times with phytoverm. In my farm (I have a big one - violets and streptocarpus) I have recently been using Pandora from the Kalarada beetle - it destroys ticks at different stages - eggs, larvae and adults + growth stimulant + fungicide and odorless. So far it is only in Ukraine .Do not confuse Pandora from Russian-made bedbugs. Good luck!
Thank! And about new shoots, do you need to cut them or can you leave it like that?
Leave the pruning until spring, especially since the pest sucks the juice out of it and it may die. Do not delay processing.
My pomegranate shoots have reached from 25 to 70 cm in height in a year, is it worth cutting them in the winter?
Please tell me. I planted a pomegranate from a bone (purchased pomegranate). The sprouts have already sprouted in the pot, but they began to wither, which I did wrong. Although in the second pot this was not noticed. And one more question, when will the sprout form like a tree? Thank you in advance
Help with advice! I have an indoor pomegranate growing, they gave it to the grown-ups. Now the leaves began to dry out from the tips in places and some brown-colored dots appeared on the leaves. Well, in general, he does not look very good. Such a suspicion that he is sick. I water it regularly, fed it with a weak solution of complex fertilizer for flowers. Maybe he is missing something. It is a pity for the plant if it disappears. What to do, tell me, experienced florists ???
Good afternoon, tell me please, my pomegranate is 3 years old, grown from a seed, it was very sprawling and elongated, I pruned it in the fall, but the tree has dried up, leaving empty branches, now 2 new branches, 10 cm each, have appeared at the base of the trunk, do I need to pinch them that I am already afraid that he will not die completely
on my tree there are some white lumps on twigs and leaves, like cotton wool. yes, I kept it in the sun all winter, on the windowsill, it turns out, it was possible to leave it on the balcony, or at least remove it from the sun. in general, offended the plant. And he still bloomed all autumn and tried in winter. how to feed and how to remove this white "cotton wool"
Tell me please, when can you eat the fruits of a pomegranate grown from a grain?
on my pomegranate, I found white insects and larvae on the leaves, what it is and how to spray them and they are harmful to other flowers
good day! Tell me, there are only 3 branches on my pomegranate tree, and they grow upward, not giving side branches. These branches themselves are not woody, each about 30 cm long. The tree is young, the original top dried up and was cut off, and these young twigs were released. Do I need to trim them because do they begin to reach the ground under their own weight, or just tie them up and wait for the branches to get stronger and stiffen?
Vera, I had the same problem. Mom bought an orchid and it was infected with a mealybug. And they switched to a nearby grenade. He began to wither, the leaves became fewer. In addition to the cotton wool on the branches and the trunk, according to the color of the branches, I found some type of wood lice, which easily choked. Washing with water with magrantsovka and spraying with phytoverm did not help .. “Aktara” helped, I used it in the form of a powder.I diluted it in water a little and watered it with a solution. All the bastards are dead)) but! This worm is very insidious and apparently deposited larvae somewhere in the root system, so as soon as the plant starts to grow badly, it starts to hurt, I water it with aktar and after about a week it starts growing again (now 2 years have passed since the moment of infection, I process it 1-2 times in a year for prevention ...
Was on the Black Sea. There, a pomegranate in the shape of a ball grows in the yard. My question is: why does that pomegranate have small and hard leaves, and the branches are thin and strong, but I have 2 types of pomegranates and all of them have long and soft leaves. They climb in length. Constantly cutting it because of this. After pinching, they do not want to bush. Again, they stretch from the very top to the ceiling. Already twisted in a circle and clasped with a clothespin. What is there to do? Maybe they have this sort. Or are the conditions different? Tell me
Hello, tell me please: I grew a pomegranate from a stone, planted it in February, and now it's September and his leaves began to turn black and
to fall off, is it normal or shouldn't it be? I just read that this tree is deciduous, but the leaves should turn black or is it some kind of disease? Thank you in advance
I bought a room pomegranate from my hands a month ago, the height of the tree is 25 centimeters. It bloomed and had two fruits on it, one red the size of a plum, the second green the size of a cherry. At the moment, the flowers have fallen, the leaves are gradually beginning to turn yellow and fall off. As I understand it, the leaves for the winter should fall off, the question is, is it necessary to cut off the fruits from the plant for the winter? The pomegranate stands in the shady side of the house in a room on a windowsill in a room near the glass, the temperature there is 15-18 degrees, there is nowhere to take it to a cooler place, unless on an unheated glazed balcony, but there the temperature, like outside, can be up to -20, I'm afraid it will freeze. These are normal conditions for wintering, and what to do with the fruits - pluck them?
Hello. Can you please tell me if you need to fertilize indoor pomegranate in winter, or is it still not worth it?
Good day! I planted indoor pomegranate, purchased seeds. Several months have passed, it stretched out by 10 cm, does it need to be pinched? At this age
I advise all gardeners, so as not to suffer from the problem (watering, not watering), plant plants in transparent pots. They are easy to pick up in a disposable tableware store. And then, place the already planted plant in any beautiful pot. You can see the condition of the roots at any time. and understand when to water. My plants often suffered from overflow, I suffered too. Now all the plants are sitting in transparent plastic containers, I can pull the plant out of the ceramic pot at any time and see what my plant needs ... .. I have a pomegranate there is, it grows well, in winter the leaves almost did not fall off, I feed it every 10 days, it blooms almost continuously, it stands on the southern window, but a little further from the window ... ..
... by the way, I don’t pinch, I remove only the shoots growing inside the bush. The tree is seventy centimeters, lush, strong .... It stood on the western window earlier, moved to the south-growth significantly increased ... but the orchid tree has grown significantly after I rearranged him to the east window….
I recently bought a room pomegranate, it stretched out 15cm, can I now pinch the top of my head so that it doesn't stretch to the top?
All long branches need to be shortened, but the fruits are tied only at the ends of the shoots. I shorten in two stages, first one half and then the other.
He grew a pomegranate from seeds, he is already 3 years old, but he still has never bloomed. Please tell me what needs to be done to make it bloom and get the long-awaited fruits?
Please tell me what to do so that the pomegranate grows into several trunks or becomes more magnificent, otherwise only one trunk. I grew it from a bone, it stretches up, already cm30. Thank you.
All branches need to be shortened
Hello. Last year in the spring I bought an indoor pomegranate grown from seeds. They were then 3 months old. They should have bloomed with me this year, but the buds are not visible. I fertilize 2 times a month (humate +7). Please tell me what to do. I live in Kazakhstan
My pomegranate is a year old - it bears fruit and is very beautiful! Bushy and blooms profusely! In the exhaustion of 40 cm and in the diasetre of the branches too. Stands on the east side.
My pomegranate grows very well! It has 40 branches and bears fruit!
Good day.
Raised 13 babies from a bone (brought from sunny Armenia). I left for five days, and of these three days my husband forgot to give birth (previously I watered every day because they drank like crazy water). I come and on trees (each height is 10-15 cm, the trunk is thin but like a real tree) all the leaves are drooping and dry. I was upset immeasurably, because it is not known when the next time it will be possible to bring the grenade from there. Can you please tell me if it is possible to somehow bring them back to life? I removed it from the sunny windowsill, I continue to water, but more moderately. Can fertilize?
Hello. Please tell me, in March the child was given a pomegranate for growing at home. According to the instructions, we planted five grains, and everyone went up. After a while, we transplanted all this beauty into a larger pot. Everything grows just fine, but one thing ... how now to plant these five pomegranates? After all, more than six months have passed. Or is it okay, let them grow up in one pot?))
Several years ago, I found an abandoned bush without leaves near the container, I could not pass it, I took it and planted it watered in the winter, leaves and small red flowers appeared. I knew such a plant and recently a golden fruit with a diameter of 2 cm appeared with a tassel at the bottom, a copy of a pomegranate, so I realized that I had saved a dwarf pomegranate, or as they are simply called a room pomegranate, since I did not feed it with anything, it looks like openwork lace, now I will start to take care of it like should be fed for the joy our green friends give us thanks for the informative article with tips
Hello! What if there is no way to create a lower temperature for the pomegranate in winter? How will this affect the plant?
I have a pomegranate from the Agronov firm, the seedling immediately took root. For 2 years, it has grown well, blooms, the fruits are tied and ripen. Although I thought it was almost impossible to grow pomegranates at home