Both decorative and useful tree from the tropics in your home - how to grow a pomegranate from a stone

Please tell us in detail how to grow a pomegranate from a seed. The daughter is very fond of these fruits, and is also fond of indoor plants. Last year she planted tangerine seeds and now she has a small tree. Yesterday I brought her a pomegranate, so she collected a whole handful of seeds and wants to plant. Will we succeed and how to do it right?

Do you know what is the advantage of growing different tropical crops, including pomegranate? The indoor climate is most consistent with the conditions in which they live in nature. And knowing how to grow a pomegranate from a stone, you can get not only a beautiful ornamental plant, but also useful fruits. Yes, do not be surprised, indoor pomegranate will also bear fruit, and twice as fast as homemade citrus fruits, and even without vaccinations. And all you need for this is just to buy a ripe fruit and find a bright and warm place in the house for the tree.

How to grow pomegranate from a stone - plant seeds

There will be no problems with the purchase of planting material. After you enjoy the juicy grains, do not rush to throw away the seeds, because they can be planted.

Select only those seeds that were in ripe grains and plant them in one of the following ways:

1. Directly into a container with a universal substrate, not deeply deepening. So you can plant grains with pulp.
2. Germinate first by wrapping it in a damp cloth for three days and changing it every day. In this case, the seeds must be cleaned of pulp so that they do not start to rot during germination.

A pomegranate planted from seeds taken from a store fruit will give its first harvest in 6-7 years. If you can't wait and don't want to wait that long, look for planting material in seed stores. They sell hybrid varieties that bear fruit in the third year after planting. Dwarf pomegranates are especially popular - an excellent choice for a houseplant.

Features of indoor pomegranate care

Place the planted seeds on the south window. Seedlings should appear in a couple of weeks. But if you cover the crops with foil, the seedlings will sprout earlier in the greenhouse.

Caring for a young pomegranate is simple:

• water it regularly with warm water (it is better to spray small seedlings);
• have a shower - pomegranate loves spraying;
• after the formation of the first pair of leaves, dive the seedlings into separate pots;
• when the pomegranate grows up and there are 4 pairs of leaves on it, pinch the top - it will begin to branch.

For the summer, the indoor pomegranate can be taken outside, but do not forget to take it to the house in August. This is a thermophilic culture, while also deciduous... So if by the fall your tree begins to shed its leaves, do not worry. After a short rest, it will actively continue its development again.

Growing pomegranate from planting a seed to a young tree