Wulfskaar's Dwarf Pomegranate

[Ozz80]

Fall Update. It's doing well. It just needs a repot in spring.

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Have you decided what to do for the final design ? Are you planning it to be an upright / broom?

 

[Wulfskaar]

Have you decided what to do for the final design ? Are you planning it to be an upright / broom?

Yes, exactly. I won't do much to this tree other than let it grow and trim when it needs it.

 

[Wulfskaar]

I'll be repotting it this weekend. It's still in original pot/soil from Wigert's (I think). The top of the soil had some bonsai soil as a top dressing, but the root ball is in a compacted organic soil. It really needs to be cleaned out properly.

Any basic soil recommendations?

I am getting all kinds of conflicting results when googling.

 

[n8]

I'll be repotting it this weekend. It's still in original pot/soil from Wigert's (I think). The top of the soil had some bonsai soil as a top dressing, but the root ball is in a compacted organic soil. It really needs to be cleaned out properly.

Any basic soil recommendations?

I am getting all kinds of conflicting results when googling.

I use 25% pumice, 25% lava, and 50% akadama, but they are are such strong root growers, I don't think you have to be very picky.

Poms are also one of my last repots of the season because they thrive in the heat and crank out new roots.

 

[Ozz80]

I'll be repotting it this weekend. It's still in original pot/soil from Wigert's (I think). The top of the soil had some bonsai soil as a top dressing, but the root ball is in a compacted organic soil. It really needs to be cleaned out properly.

Any basic soil recommendations?

I am getting all kinds of conflicting results when googling.

I have very limited experience, but if it was my tree, I would target getting a thicker trunk and more taper first. Is it possible that a soil mix with more organic material in a larger container would enable faster growth at this stage? (coco peat - perlite mix maybe?)

Actually, my dwarf pomegranate is planted in a grow bed with garden soil. It seems to have reacted well to growing in the ground. So, I plan to keep it there for 4 - 5 years at least, doing some rootwork every 2 years maybe, to ensure radial fine nebari development.

 

[Wulfskaar]

I use 25% pumice, 25% lava, and 50% akadama, but they are are such strong root growers, I don't think you have to be very picky.

Poms are also one of my last repots of the season because they thrive in the heat and crank out new roots.

Yeah, most recommendations I see are either 2:1:1 or 1:2:1 APL. I appreciate it!

 

[Wulfskaar]

I have very limited experience, but if it was my tree, I would target getting a thicker trunk and more taper first. Is it possible that a soil mix with more organic material in a larger container would enable faster growth at this stage? (coco peat - perlite mix maybe?)

Actually, my dwarf pomegranate is planted in a grow bed with garden soil. It seems to have reacted well to growing in the ground. So, I plan to keep it there for 4 - 5 years at least, doing some rootwork every 2 years maybe, to ensure radial fine nebari development.

I thought about that, but I don't mind keeping this one small. I do plan on growing some other trees out more though, but I have to pick and choose which ones due to limited funds for soil. I won't be ground-growing this year because there's a good chance we'll be moving soon. I do really appreciate that input. It's been an internal debate with me.

I will seriously consider a bigger pot.

 

[Wulfskaar]

Here is the tree today. You can see the soil is very bad and doesn't soak up water well. That is the main reason I want to get it done ASAP.



New leaves coming in already.


Crap soil.

 

[Wulfskaar]

Repotted into same pot. Second-guessing myself, thinking I should have put it in a bigger pot. Maybe next year.