Grow a pomegranate tree and bring the May pomegranate blossoms home
The pomegranate is one of Huahua's favorite fruits to eat. I believe those bright red pomegranate seeds have already won over many food lovers just by their looks, so hurry up and follow Huahua to learn how to grow a pot of pomegranates at home!
The orange pomegranate flowers are very appealing, like little trumpets. If you have a yard, gardening friends, I suggest planting the pomegranate tree directly in the yard and letting it grow freely. Outdoors it can also receive pollination from bees more easily. That way it can bear fruit better. What's more, growing it in the yard basically requires little worry. Wind and sun will actually make it grow even better.
Pomegranate varieties differ too. The fruit comes in sweet and sour types, so when buying young plants we must remember to ask clearly. As for size, we need to decide based on where we will plant it. For example, for indoors, don't choose plants that are too tall, so that when grown in a pot its shape can still be maintained.
When caring for it in a pot, be sure not to water it often, because the pomegranate likes a dry environment. Especially during the flowering period, too much water will cause a large number of flower buds to drop. But its requirements for soil are not so strict. Ordinary garden soil is fine as long as drainage is ensured. However, as it grows older, we should repot it and change the soil appropriately, otherwise its root system will not be able to spread out!
Sunlight must be sufficient. It can be kept on the balcony all the time, and it is not afraid of sunlight even in summer. On the contrary, insufficient sunlight can not only cause the plant to grow leggy, but also seriously cause the plant not to bloom or bear fruit.
Next is pruning the plant, because pomegranate branches grow quite fast, and very often they just keep growing and growing until they grow too far, so they must be trimmed in time. This is especially true for potted pomegranates. As for how much to prune, it depends on the size of your own plant. This is not only for the sake of its beautiful shape, but mainly to store more nutrients for flowering and fruiting.
Because the pomegranate tree also easily attracts small insects, prevention and control work must be done well. When spraying insecticide, also pay attention to the amount, because its fruit is, after all, meant to be eaten, so do not eat it for a month after spraying!
If the pomegranate only blooms but does not bear fruit, that is mostly because there is no pollination. Outdoor ones can rely on bees to carry pollen, but for indoor ones we have to do it ourselves. Gently sweep a small brush over the flower stamens. At this time we need to see whether there are too many flowers, and if so, remove some of them, otherwise they will compete for nutrients together. This is the meaning of "giving up the small for the sake of the big"!