Don't throw away pomegranate seeds - with a little processing, you can grow a pomegranate bonsai

Original title: Still throwing away pomegranate seeds? Keep them and give them some processing, and you'll have a pomegranate bonsai too!

Summary: It's autumn now, and many people are eating pomegranates. Pomegranates are also relatively cheap to eat right now, unlike before when they were more expensive. Everyone who eats pomegranates just drinks the juice and throws away the seeds. Actually, if you keep the pomegranate seeds and give them some processing, you can have a pomegranate bonsai too.

Keep a few seeds

Autumn is the season for eating pomegranates, but when we eat pomegranates we can consider not throwing away the seeds, keeping them and processing them a bit so we can grow a pomegranate bonsai. We only need to keep a few seeds. When selecting seeds, we'd best choose those that are relatively plump with relatively large arils. After selecting the seeds, we need to clean them thoroughly and put them in a cool, ventilated place to dry.

The seedling pot for pomegranate

At this point we need to prepare a container for the pomegranate. We'd best choose a disposable paper cup, and we can poke a small hole in the bottom so it's easy for air to pass through. For the soil we put inside, we generally choose soil with relatively good air permeability. After choosing the pot and soil, we need to trim the pomegranate seeds - cut off the top part, then place them with that end facing up into the pot soil.

Put them in the pot

After we put the pomegranate seeds into the small pot, we need to place the pomegranate seeds and their pot in a spot with scattered light. We must not put the pomegranate seeds in a place with relatively ample light, as this can easily cause the seedlings to be damaged and stop growing.

Care

For watering the pomegranate bonsai, we just need to keep its pot soil moist. If we maintain this care for two to three weeks, it will sprout. When the pomegranate bonsai sprouts, or when the plant grows to 6 to 7 cm, we can see the pomegranate bonsai's root system, and at that point we can take it out and plant it into a flower pot.

Root system management

When we take out the pomegranate bonsai, we can spray some water appropriately on its seedlings to keep the roots moist and not too dry. If its root system is too long, we can prune its roots a bit, and at this point we can soak it in a carbendazim solution, which can serve to disinfect it.

Pomegranate bonsai

Once we've handled all of this, we'll choose a suitable flower pot to grow the pomegranate. After choosing the flower pot, we need to make a small hole in the flower pot and plant the pomegranate seedling into it. At this point we can grow the pomegranate bonsai just like growing flowers. We can place it in a spot with scattered light for care. After about three months, its branches will be like woody branches. When its branches grow out, we also need to choose a shape for it, because when its branches have just grown out they are very soft and can easily be grown into the shape we like.

Conclusion: And in autumn, the season for eating pomegranates, you can just happen to grow a pomegranate bonsai too. By autumn next year, perhaps your pomegranate bonsai will also grow pomegranates for you to eat. And you're still throwing away pomegranate seeds - we just need to keep them and give them some processing, and there will be a pomegranate bonsai.