10 year anniversary - Punica

[leatherback]

if I don’t see it here, I will make this topic just because you really want to know

Thank you!

Be patient with me

No worries. We are just entering winter. Another 3-4 months befor the first buds on my trees start moving, I am afraid.

 

[Potawatomi13]

Nice gift and I bet BIG surprise.

 

[leatherback]

Trimmed, cleaned out and all wired up an. Since the picture I tilted it to the left and forward a little.
Showing little red dots all over so obviously realizing spring is around the corner.

 

[Nanuk]

Nice pom and a late happy 10th to you and yours.

 

[leatherback]

Nice to have a long easter weekend. Lots of bonsai stuff these days. This punica lost an arm today.

 

[leatherback]

Well.. It is happy, me thinks

 

[Tentakelaertje]

Neat! Great stuff Jelle! But they do look a bit small for your taste...

 

[AlainK]

I suppose you keep them in an unheated greenhouse in winter... ?

 

[leatherback]

I suppose you keep them in an unheated greenhouse in winter... ?

Not sure yet. I understand they are fairly hardy. Will see what I do when it gets cold.

 

[AlainK]

I understand they are fairly hardy.

Oooooh, you should be very careful, I think they are not. They are Mediterranean species, they don't grow naturally here in the Loire valley where I think the winters are milder than in northern Germany : I've never ever seen a pomegranate in a garden here.

In the "Côte d'Azur" ("French Riviera"), great, along the southern part of the Atlantic coast, fine, but where temps go below 4-5 ° below zero several days in a row, it's very, very risky...

When they survive a mild winter they'll never be as strong, as healthy as those that grow down south. But if you can keep olive trees in a shallow pot outside where you live, OK.

At least, I think putting them in a cold frame of some kind against a wall might be a good move.

You wouldn't kill a present from your wife for lack of care, would you?...

 

[leatherback]

well.. eery few years we see -20c. not enough to kill protected olives. But yeah, sustained frost => shelter.

 

[HorseloverFat]

What happened with this “guy”, leatherback?

 

[Eckhoffw]

I got an automatic dishwasher.....and I was cool with that.

Nice that they were focused on what brings you joy.

I waved forty years of hand-washing goodbye.

Haha!!!! Just got a dishwasher this year.

Yesterday I was whining to myself about how long it takes me to unload and reload dishes.
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Came to my senses and slapped myself silly.

 

[HorseloverFat]

Haha!!!! Just got a dishwasher this year.

Yesterday I was whining to myself about how long it takes me to unload and reload dishes.
.
Came to my senses and slapped myself silly.

Hehe! I PREFER hand washing.. but I’m ADHD/OCD..... so I wash dishes if there’s more than 3 sitting in the sink...

 

[leatherback]

What happened with this “guy”, leatherback?

These are from spring this year. No recent images. Slow to develop in my garden, as I am still not sure whether it needs to loose more arms..

 

[leatherback]

So, after looking and looking at the images I was not happy.

This winter:


Soo.. Last week after lots of pros and cons and doubt.. I decided to take a saw and reduce it. As it stands now. The top will need a cut at the red line, but for now I want to try and get that side of the trunk to sprout (and at least stay alive) so that is for next year. Now it is a matter of letting it grow out... Roots on the left were very fine and underdeveloped so fertilizing will be on the left for now.

 

[Mapleminx]

Late congratulations on your 10th, have you managed to brainwash the wife into bonsai a little bit more in the 2 years that have passed?
Nice tree! Sometimes I really question my choices to be single when I see people getting such groovy gifts from their other halves.

 

[BobbyLane]

I have one in a grow bed, theyre really fast growers. mine isnt fat enough to dig up yet.

 

[leatherback]

Late congratulations on your 10th, have you managed to brainwash the wife into bonsai a little bit more in the 2 years that have passed?
Nice tree! Sometimes I really question my choices to be single when I see people getting such groovy gifts from their other halves.

remember, gift giving goes two ways..

 

[Mapleminx]

remember, gift giving goes two ways..

I know that, it’s always me buying the cool gifts and being giftless myself or getting such wonderful things like a copy of a book I am already reading