Collecting pomegranate?

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So.. I have been trying to read all I can on Pomegranate collecting. Cannot find very much. @bonhe has of course a range of pomegrates and good info on taking large cuttings. But now.. I have the option to dig up a larg shrub fairly nearby (But far enough to only goo there with the intent to dig). It is some 6feet tall, a dozen stalks comong out of a burried base. And is bare because of winter.

We are at the onset of winter. Temperatures will drop to maybe 0F this winter. So I am surprised this specimen has survived. The shrub will go to a shredder if it is still in place by the end of the year. So I need to dig it over the next weeks, with temperatures around freezing every day.

Now what would be the strategy here? I would need to cut down to maybe 2 ft to get it home.
Is this a lost excersize already? I hear they are poor backbudders, and will give up branches without active buds (Which would probably be all stalks).
Can I hope for a decent base to work from at least?

Or maybe you say: Just drop it, nothing interesting to be had from this, even if it survives?

Anybody any thoughts?
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Hi Leatherback,
The pomegranate can actually survive in treasure cold weather . Dr. G.M. Levin had a big research institute in the former Soviet Union years ago.

If you remove the tree with the root together at this time, it should be fine.
Yes, I agree that you should cut the branches down to 2’ height .
The pomegranate actually backbud very well at the bared branch .

I don’t know how big the trunks are, but it should be worth to collect it, because you can always make it as multiple trunk bonsai.
P/s: Please try to get the root as much as you could. I mean both directions: width and depth. The reason I wrote so is that the rootage is much more beautiful for bonsai ( I love to do reversed cutting with the rootage- I think I posted one topic about this special cutting here in the past )
Good luck to you.
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So.. I did go out and collected it. Upon getting it home, it turned out to NOT be a true clumb, but multiple plants sort of merged. Eventually I pulled it apart and potted them individually. Still a green juicy shine o the branches and I imagine I am seeing the first reddish buds pushing in the bark.

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So.. Verdict is in..

3 sprouted.
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Two are struggling. On was rotting, which I trimmed back and is soaking in a tub of water. THe other is in a big plastic bag sweating:
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In the end, I think every single one rooted, and all the cutoffs which I put in a container, also sprouted and rooted.

THe one above that was soaking in water and planted did not grow any leaves all year. When I wanted to toss it out last month, I pulled it out of the container.. Which was halfway filles with roots. Back in a pot. Wait for spring. Be happy.
 
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In the end, I think every single one rooted, and all the cutoffs which I put in a container, also sprouted and rooted.

THe one above that was soaking in water and planted did not grow any leaves all year. When I wanted to toss it out last month, I pulled it out of the container.. Which was halfway filles with roots. Back in a pot. Wait for spring. Be happy.

Wow I hadn't expected that, cool! How are you handling winter protection? Do they go in the shed?
 

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I took them into the greenhouse when the frost came in last week. I should not be lay and bring them out again. Hm. Let me check the forecast.
 

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@leatherback,
I am buying a pomogranate tree tomorrow (from a neighbour) I'll post pictures once I get it. The tree is about 5 feet tall and made up of 2 main parallel vertical branches. Would love your input. I am a newbie and want to know where to chop. From your posts above, it seems that the chopped branches form a new tree if they are put in the ground. Is that correct?
 

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From your posts above, it seems that the chopped branches form a new tree if they are put in the ground. Is that correct?
These can be grown from very large cuttings yet!

I found keeping them in a plastic bag, moist but not wet soil worked well. I think most of them survived & rooted within a few weeks.
 

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so did you just keep them in a plastic bag? No soil in the bag? If so for how long. Sorry for bombarding you with questions, I feel like this tree is a rare find for me and I don't want to kill it!
 

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so did you just keep them in a plastic bag? No soil in the bag? If so for how long. Sorry for bombarding you with questions, I feel like this tree is a rare find for me and I don't want to kill it!
i planted them in my regular substrate. then put them in bags!
 
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I would pick the first one and maybe tilt it a little to the right too so the apex hangs a hair over the middle of the nebari. What do you think Jelle?
 

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Spring time, looking back and forward..

The triple trunk.. I am still not happy. I am wondering whether splitting it and making the biggest a single tree (planting in the ground for a decade?) and just keeping the other two as a mother/daughter planting would make sense. Any thoughts?

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This one is developing as expected, pleased so far:
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