wife gave me a pomagranate! any tips?

[Nwaite]

My wife got me this for Christmas. Really pumped to have a tree to take care of year around.

Iv never had one and from what I found it doesn't need any special care besides not watering it to much ... any one have any tips on getting this sweet peace of ass to grow strong and fast?

 

[Mellow Mullet]

I don't see any picture attached.

I don't know whether it is the dwarf or not, but in my experience, the dwarf does not like the cold, I hanve successfully killed two by leaving them out in >35 degree weather.

If you are not careful, your SPOA might end up as a DPOA.

John

 

[Smoke]

... any one have any tips on getting this sweet peace of ass to grow strong and fast?

Not in your neck of the woods. No cold hardiness and these things like weather in the 90s for at least 4 months a year.

 

[sorce]

http://bonsainut.com/index.php?posts/218044/

http://ibonsaiclub.forumotion.com/t...s-from-seed-and-growing-in-ground-vs-in-a-pot

Sorce

 

[Nwaite]

Sorry couldn't put up pics last night. .. phone wasn't working...

 

[Nwaite]

Thought I would up update this with a new pic.

It's been budding for a week or so now and finally opened up .

I'm going to repot it in the next week or so. But I'm not sure if I should just let it keep growing or should I start doing and pruning. Any tips?

 

[sorce]

Start using sacrifice branches to build your trunk.

@Leo in N E Illinois ......

Sorce

 

[Nwaite]

So I would just kinda pinch of the branches I don't want and use one to build a main trunk?

 

[bonhe]

It's been budding for a week or so now and finally opened up .
I'm going to repot it in the next week or so.
I would not repot it when it just started growing recently. The reason: it may cause a weak tree due to loss of energy!

But I'm not sure if I should just let it keep growing or should I start doing and pruning. Any tips?
It depends on how big trunk you want to. If you want the bigger trunk, you should transplant it to bigger pot or into the ground and let it grow freely.
Bonhe

 

[0soyoung]

BTW @Nwaite , did you remember to tell her 'thank you'? - that is my tip

 

[AlainK]

If you want the bigger trunk, you should transplant it to bigger pot or into the ground and let it grow freely.

As "Smoke" said: "No cold hardiness and these things like weather in the 90s for at least 4 months a year." From what I saw on the net, Maine hariness zones are between 6a and 3b, much too cold in the winter for pomegranate to be planted in the garden. I live in zone 8 and have (had) a rather big potted oneas a patio plant. I tried to protect it in the winter with bubble plastic, but the top part died a couple years ago when temps got under 10°C. New shoots sprouted from the roots though.

Mediterranean plants needs a dormancy period though to keep healthy, so keeping thelm indoors will lead pomegranate, olive, etc to become leggy and weaker and weaker. The only way is to keep them in an unheated greenhouse for the winter - if you have one.

To me, where we live, it's very difficult to make decent bonsai out of such species. But the flowers of pomegranate are splendid, so I try to keep them alive and get them out, more or less shaped, for their summer display of colours.

Here is a Punica granatum 'nana' (photo taken 08/2015) that I bought last years and will put in a nicer pot soon: