If you have ever wanted to have a fruit-moving tree at home, which would not require special care, did not need a lot of time and mostly brought fruit to everything, then definitely pay attention to the room grenade. After all, it is always pleasant to enjoy the fruits of your work, especially if this is pleasure not only spiritual, but also physical!
In this article, I will tell you about this wonderful tree, his habitat habitat, give 5 practical advice on growing healthy and fruiting trees and some recommendations for the care of it.
Pomegranate (with a lat. Punicia) in the wild is mainly the trees of low growth, approximately 2-5 meters in height. A little less often occurs a shrub, the fruits of which are the same large, as in the trees, but give back to Kislic, which gives special piquancy to the fruits.
Due to its unpretentiousness, the plant is distributed in a large range of latitudes, and it grows mainly on two continents: Eurasia and Africa. In various sources, information about the origin of the grenade and in north Africa, and Western Asia and Southern Europe, one thing is just clear - this species The fruit appeared independently and for quite a long time, and the oculturing does not have a certain historical place of origin. I can not not tell about the history of the origin of the pomegranate name: with Latin Punicus translates like Carthaginsky or Punic. Stunches (now their state is called Tunisia) supplied the most delicious grenades in Rome. Since those times, the name "stuck" to the heroes of this article. There are also two more names of this fetus who went in the people: Malum Granatum and Malum Punicum (Malum from Latin Apple). Indeed, the similarity is obvious. In ancient Greek culture, the grenade takes a worthy place, personifying and symbolizing a happy marriage, love, full passion, and fertility.
House representatives
In rooms, the room grenade is cultivated more often as a shrub, the basis of which is 5-7 large trunks, with large quantity branches. Sill less often, there are a tree, but this appearance does not contribute to the healthy growth of the plant, since mainly the thickness of the branches and the trunks is only 1-1.5 centimeters. This pomegranate belongs to deciduous plants, so do not be surprised, or even rejoice that in the autumn He will reset the foliage and get ready to rest. There are spines on the branches, during flowering two types of flowers form. So-called "men's" and "female". The fruits are tied only in "female" flowers. 
It is quite simple to distinguish them: in future fruit, the flower shape is similar to a jug, but from the flowers of the bell-shaped berries you can not wait. The fruits of the room dwarf grenade variety Carthage are small enough. For cultural garden trees The norm is considered to be fruits 15-18 centimeters in diameter.
In addition to the useful and delicious fruits, indoor grenades are grown for its red small, but numerous flowers. On average, they are 4-5 centimeters in diameter and there are a lot of them on one bush. Pleasantly sometimes enjoy this kind in own apartment or house.
Sort
At home the most suitable varieties house grenades We can consider: Carthane Grenade Dwarf and Baby Garnate,
Room garnet variety Carthage
At home, it grows in the form of a tree a height of about 80 cm. If you buy it by a plant, pay attention to the size of the leaves, the Nana grenade, they are about 2 centimeters long, when both in ordinary, garden, about 3-4. Even when landing seeds, and this most often happens, it starts to bloom and even be froning approximately for 6-7 years of life. The germination of seeds of this variety is 10-70%, yes, it is such a big scatter. The fruits of the carfagen are small, 5-6 centimeters in diameter. Edible grenadeels, you can also squeeze juice from them, which is the taste of sour-sweet. Unfortunately, not always room grenade fruits, there are cases that it does not even bloom. If you have a grenade not bloomed, I suggest you vaccinate a branch from a fruiting tree to a grown plant from seeds.
Room garnet of Baby variety
Grow most often from seeds that are sold by packages of 5 seeds. This is a shrub, but already smaller than it is: 30-50 cm. Leaves, however, elongated, grow groups on branches, and these groups are distributed evenly throughout the bustice. Baby blooms for 3-4 years old with bright red flowers up to 7 cm in size, but in the first year it is usually empty. The germination of this grenade variety is more stable and is 50-60%. The fruits are 3-4 cm in size. It is desirable, even if you have more than 7 fruits on the bush, it is left for a ripening of about 5-7 fruits.
Care
I will tell you about what care requires room grenade at home
Lighting
Since the plant is from hot countries, then you can guess that he needs a lot of light. In young age, protect the seedlings from too bright light, but gradually, with increasing, teach to well-lit windows of your room. Despite the fact that the adult plant is very lightless, you should not leave it under the right sunlight. If you have a balcony or terrace, put your plant there. Optimal temperature For any varieties of grenade, 25-30 degrees above zero are considered.
Tip 1. If you have a cottage or your garden, then in the summer room grenade should not keep at home, but it is better to transplant it to the street. For landing, choose the west side, and the shadow of garden trees. You can touch the plant directly in the pot, thereby simplifying it digging along the autumn.
Temperature
Why do we advise you to choose a well-ventilated room for the content of a grenade in hot time? Because the plant at low humidity and high temperature includes self-defense and resets part of foliage, growth rates are significantly slow.
In winter, the content temperature must be kept in the range of 5-10 degrees above zero. At such a temperature, the room pomegranate resets the leaves, which will undoubtedly have a positive effect on flowering in the future. People period lasts 4 months since November. At this time, young plants dissolve non-human, about 1 time in 10 days. Together with the adulthius "Punicia", watering is carried out in the winter period more and less often, and at the age of 4 are adjusted to 1 time per month or even one and a half (it all depends on the size of the bush).
Tip 2. In winter, remove the grenade into the loggia, if the temperature there is order of +6 degrees above zero, and the plant harvested and pests will die, unless of course they were there.
Soil and its volume
Neutral soil is best suited for planting. Flowers Amateur Most often prepare ground for a grenade independently, mixing in equal bodies of humus, peat, black soil and large river sand. But if you have no one at your arm at hand, get the soil in the store for roses or any other, but most importantly with PH7. The root system grows more in diameter than deep into, respectively, the pot is better to select wide and not deep. At the bottom, be sure to put a good drainage, suit usual and all the favorite ceramzite. Another advantage in the content of pomegranate varieties is not a demandingness to a large amount of soil. The size can be chosen as follows: in the first year of life there is a 0.5 liter pot, then every year, up to 5 years of age, the size of the rig increases by 0.5 liters per year. At the age of 6 years, Carthage and Baby varieties are considered adult plants and do not require an increase in pot volumes and they can be finally defined in 4-5 liter containers. All of the above, of course, is valid for the averaged plant size and needs to be adjusted, in each case. When transplanting, try not to overdo it, but better carry out the transshipment with an increase in the size of the pot, it does not hurt the roots of the plant, and will only affect the growth and health.
A little about poliva
The room grenade does not tolerate water in pots, now you understand why it is so important to organize a good drainage. It is worthwhile standing abundantly, but also to withstand sufficient breaks, to dry up the upper layer of soil with a thickness of a couple of centimeters.
Tip 3. As an indicator of soil moisture is perfectly suitable for the usual toothpick, stuck next to the bush.
We correct watering, depending on the time of the year and the periods of plant growth as follows: During the Software - from March to May - we increase, in order to satisfy the plants, while flowering, we cut a little bit, that is, quite a bit, it will help to start the fruits, then, when The appearance of "Granatinok" watering again perform a little more often, but with caution, because it is possible to crack
Also positively indoor grenade responds to spraying foliage on hot days. This helps maintain the necessary humidity on the surface of the plant.
Fertilizers and subordinate
I am often asked, what to get a room grenade? It is best to perform feeding with intervals in 2-3 weeks, and divided into 3 periods: in the spring we introduce nitrogen fertilizers, and we achieve active growth, in the summer gradually moving to phosphate fertilizers, the use of which will contribute to flowering, and in autumn, for aging fruits and stock Energy for the winter feed the potassium compositions. We prepare fertilizers and introduce into the soil according to the instructions on the packages.
Council 4. When making nitrogen fertilizers, we bite the trunks of plants with polyethylene, so that the solution did not fall on the plant itself, otherwise burns may appear on its surface.
Growing and reproduction
Room grenade can be raised by two very popular ways:
From seeds
The method is very simple: after purchasing and unpacking the packs with seeds soaked them in a solution with a growth stimulant by 6-10 hours (thus, increase the percentage of good gear). We land them into one container at a depth of no more than 2 cm, moisturize the soil and create the guy. For these purposes, the food film or cover from the cake is suitable. Follow the moisture content of the soil - it is not worth it to moisten, since the likelihood of shooting shoots is great. After the appearance of germs, and it takes about 2-3 week after landing, regularly water them, and do not forget once a day for 20 minutes to air mini greenhouse. After the appearance of 4 main leaves, the film can be finally removed.
With the help of Chenkov
This is the best way to get the offspring of all properties of the parent. For reproduction with cuttings with a fruiting branch of an adult plant, "sticks" with 5-6 kidneys are cut. Lower 1-2 kidneys should be removed. Soak out our "cutting" in the root formation stimulator for 3-5 hours, at a depth of these 2 kidneys. Next, landing the cuttings in the prepared, moistened soil to a depth of 3-4 centimeters, and also create greenhouse conditions.
Beneficial features
All grenade varieties are valuable raw materials in traditional medicine, almost all parts, including roots, bark and partitions in the fruits, are used. Eating into food "Granatok" contribute to the normalization of blood pressure and remove the headache, together with the problems with digestion, the appetite rises. In addition to the fruits, the dried and crushed crust of trees is also in progress (as an anthelmintic agent or a means from a liquid chair), and leaves for making tea.
Plant formation
The heroes of this article are quite easily transferred to all kinds of trimming, tapping and other kind of "bullying". Do you understand what I am a clone? To the fact that from the grenade, good bonsai trees are obtained, the root system described above is the same. True, let himself give a little advice, bonsai - the art of growing miniature trees from large, so use the garden grenade for this purpose.
Tip 5. In the fall, before the rest time, cut dry branches, at the same time form the necessary shape of the bush.
Diseases and pests
Unfortunately, there are no immunity to the fruit plant immunity, so they regularly examine the foliage, branches and trunks. When the shields are detected, the whiteflies or other insects immediately begin treatment: with a small number of individuals you can collect them, but be sure to observe, in case of a large population of these creatures, do not hesitate to apply chemicals. If the roots are suspected, it is possible to determine this by a large number of yellowed leaves, it is necessary to carry out a plant with cropping roots to healthy tissues and further drying and coal processing of a cut.
Summarizing
At the end of the article I want to say that following our simple recommendationsYou will not be difficult to grow a room grenade, both from seeds and with cuttings, as well as provide it with the necessary care.
Have you watched the sideline how the pomegranate blooms? This is truly a grand sight, regardless of whether this shrub is spread, a high tree in the garden or room dwarf on the windowsill. The abundance of bright large colors raises the mood and causes quite well-deserved admiration.
Awesters with bells
This is not a line of verse, not a childcaler, but generally accepted comparisons of volumetric forms of pomegranate flowers with objects understandable to us. The bud of the female instance looks "stable", has a wide base and is a fleshy tube.
Female pomegranate flower is very similar to the jug
Its gear edge is preserved on ripe grenade in the form of a miniature "crown". Female flowers are long-pass - the pestle is located at the level of anthers or above them (longer, simply speaking). They are formed on the shoots of last year. The marking matner is formed from the controversial structures (4-8 pieces). At the same time, their edges go inside, forming a camera or socket. At ripe grenade, these cameras are separated from each other with a white film, and inside filled with grains.
Cameras with grains formed from fragile structures
The buds of men's "bells" conesoid, short-footing - the pestle is short, below the anthers. These flowers are sterile and, surprising the world with their beauty, fall out; They are formed on the shoots of the current year. The balance between the number of female and male copies is primarily from the variety. The conditions of the environment, agricultural engineering also play a certain role. There is another intermediate form of a flower, visually hard-determined. The shape varies from the bell and a jar to the cylinder already familiar to us. The length of the pestle is also inconstant. But even if he is long, it is not a fact that the fruit will be boring. In rare cases, when Grenatina was still formed, it has an ugly shape.
Female and male pomegranate flower
Are there a pomegranate flowers with multi-colored
The color palette of the pomegranate flowers is limited to scarlet, raspberry, white. And yet blooming pomegranate trees are great - the game of shades, the saturation of the tones creates the impression of a luxurious multi-fret. But there are also bird copies! Yes, and the form of flowers is so fruitful that at first glance it is impossible to determine their belonging.
Photo Gallery: Such Different Flowers
Baby Grain Grain Babe is still young, but the number of colors admires
Problems with blossom
If the pomegranate blooms "somehow not so" or in general, there may be no one cause. We will analyze standard situations.
Natural selection
Flowers fall during flowering, and quite intense. The plant itself decides how many colors it is able to withstand to prevent exhaustion. This is a natural process for all fruit trees. Remember the blizzards from the petals of apple trees, cherries or apricot. If your grenade grade is fruit, intensive flower fiction is inevitable. And do not forget that there are mostly male copies - emptying.
My grenade for 4 years. He never bloated so abundantly. At the same time there were 3-4 flower. This year, his branches were covered with buds like borders of grapes. Unfortunately, he did not pull them out. Threw out somewhere two thirds. But even what remains, much more than usual - more than two dozen colors at the same time.
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Diseases and insects
Serious fears cause a "color end" in the first wave of bloom, it may be the result of the disease:
- mildew - covered with white leaves and flowers fall out; The preparation for treatment is Fundazole;
- gray rot - the lesion is fraught not only by the feet of flowers, but also dryness of shoots; For treatment, antimicose fungicide topsin m is used;
- fomoz, in which skeletal branches die, cracks on the core are ringing the base of shoots; The plant weakens, female flowers become sterile; Eliminate the problem with the help of a fungicide chorus.
Insection also inspects for insect damage. Belongings are quite frequent guests at home plants. They literally cut the leaves, sucking their juice. Pomegranate fireproof-fruit makes a colossal damage to flowers, urins and fruits, overlooking a juicy flesh. Derris insecticide is used against whiteflies, the fight against fruit is carried out in several stages with intra-Vir drugs, phytodeterm according to the instructions.
Disadvantaged watering
During flowering, experienced comrades practiced mischief. This has the lightest stress on the plant and stimulates it to actively fulfill the life program. If you do not delve into the essence of the case, you can put the plant so much that not only the flowers will be massively falling. The leaves will lose the turgor (elasticity) and the plant will wage. Actively use the practice is not recommended, because such an experience comes with time. It is only a slightly reduced to the usual portion of water and carefully observe the reaction of the plant.
Return free frosts
The topic is relevant for pomegranates grown in the open ground. Spring frosts are destructive as for the wood as a whole and for flower kidney. If after such force of the major grenade survives, then bloom is either postponed until the next season, or will be late and not lush.
Insufficient illumination
A tree having permanent residence in the garden, or moved to open air from the room, needs sunlight for 8 hours a day. In the shadow, the garnet will not die, but the bloom will refuse.
Fine formation of crown
The crown of the grenade is made to form at the end of February - early March and this procedure is rather a cosmetic character:
- remove sprigs growing inside the crowns, dry and weak;
- last year's shoots are shortened by 1/3 or 1/4, it stimulates the side branch and accelerates flowering.
If you break the rule and start cheering a green crown, it will be deposited by irreparable damage. Great amount Flowers is formed on the tops of the shoots, which (shoots) will steal in pursuit of a beautiful Habius ( external appearance). And how many strength will take the steaming process in the plant! During the vegetative period, only the piglets formed in the lower part of the barrel are cut. Cardinal rejuvenation is carried out every 5 years: the old barrel is cut off, replacing it with strong young, give the crown the desired shape - a spherical or oblong.
Grenade crown form any form
Low humidity
Dry air in the apartment negatively affects flowering. For air humidification:
- spray the leaves several times a day with water with water at 3-4 ° C warmer air; It is desirable that it does not fall on the flowers - the striking, the drops leave untidy divorces;
- pick up the grenade of neighbors with large leaves (the more the surface of the sheet, the more moisture it evaporates - ordinary physics);
- pump with a grenade put in the pallet filled with a wet clay, the bottom of the pot should stand on the clay, without touching the water.
Cardinal measures
If the grenade does not bloom under any circumstances, a stalk is vaccinated on it, taken from a fruiting instance.
How to improve blossom
Abundant flowering is provided by some agrotechnical techniques, not by miraculous drugs of narrow-controlled action.
Fertilizers
How not to remember the feeders who give up the power to the pomegranate bush and contributing to flowering. They are spent since March and until August, every 10-15 days.
As fertilizers use:
- corovka solution in proportion 1:15;
- 1 g nitrogen + 1.2 g of superphosphate + 0.5 g of potash fertilizers per 1 liter of water.
Priming
An important meaning for indoor pomegranates has a soil. To obtain a light and nutrient mixture, take the turf and leafy ground, humus. As useful additives, old lime plaster, sand and bone flour are used. The usual drainage of clay can replace dry cow manure. For the transplantable plants, the substrate composition is slightly changed: clay and hard + compost + sheet ground (3: 2: 1) with the addition of sand and bone flour (respectively 50 and 25 g per 10 kg of substrate).
Transfer
For grenades, the annual transplant of bushes under the age of 3 years is practiced. Then the plant rolls as the roots of the earth coma. The new pot, of course, should be slightly larger in diameter (by 2-3 cm) than the previous one. But the pomegranate is best blooming in "crash circumstances." Therefore, the spacious pot must be relatively spacious so that the plant is blooming, and did not live.
Removing buds
No matter how paradoxically sounds, but it is the first in the life of a grenade, the buds jerk off, without letting them dismiss. This technique helps to gain strength to the young grenade and next season the colors will be immeasurably.
Relaxation
Grenade requires a full-fledged rest, from which, by the way, the bloom next season depends. Pomegranate rests in a light and cool place with a temperature of +16 ° C to +10 ° C. Watering minimize up to 1 time in 10 days for pomegranates 4-5 years and 1 time per month for older.
Pomegranates in open ground
On the territory of the former CIS, only Georgia, Abkhazia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan can boast with pomegranate groves. The climate of these regions is not better suited to a thermo-loving tree. AT resort cities Along the rooking of the roads and in garden-park compositions use decorative terry grades (sterile). Decorative flowers are usually large - 50-55 cm long with a diameter of up to 83 cm (!).
Vegetable pomegranate begins in March, and the grandiose time of flowering comes in May and lasts until the end of August. So that the tree in the open soil is well blooming, special attention Rail to watering. The soil should not be chosen, not dried. In this case, it is difficult to deny the benefits of drip irrigation:
- the feed frequency and the amount of water are adjustable by the timer;
- permanent air humidity is ensured.
The mulching layer in the princess circle will protect the roots from drying out and overheating. During the growing season, the tree aged 10 is fed by nitrogen. The young trees are filled with nitrogen fertilizers in March, May, July. Prothesing is carried out in November for the purpose of better lighting and venting.
Pomegranate in the open ground can be grown in our zone (Belgorod region - aut.) According to the principle of observing grapes, but the main limitation imposes not frost, but the spring weak frost. It is very important to open the grenade "on" or somewhere "after" the May holidays (after the end of Sukhovyev) and immediately fill it with water, especially if it is dry weather. And closely follow the weather, when the temperature drops at night, it is necessary to strengthen the slate from above.
Shebekino Vladimir
Growing grenades in spite of the rules in "uncomfortable" for him climatic belt, we prove, most likely, not that there is no impossible. But is there such a liberty for the plants themselves? Although the grenade can survive a short-term decrease in temperature to - 20 ° C, it is necessarily covered by winter or build a greenhouse. The use of endless early varieties (Nikitsky Early, Nyutnsky, Chernokhosksky) will give more chances to admire flowering and even get grenadas.
For normal development and fruiting, the highest amount of active temperatures is necessary, but heat in middle lane Russia is just not enough to him. And with the winter shelter it is possible to grow it, only it is still necessary to think how to extend the period of vegetation, and for this you need to burn the greenhouse. For about 10 years, it has been growing in the open soil with a shelter for the winter several seedlings of garden grenades, but none of them bothered, although they are quite normal. And none of them died.
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Video: Winter shelter for grenade
For pomegranate flowering in open soil and houses, a number of factors are important: variety, agricultural engineering, protection against diseases. In the regions with an unpredictable winter bushes, the pomegranate need shelter.
Indoor or dwarf grenade is the most unpretentious exotic plantwhich is grown flower-lovers at home because of his beautiful long blossom, and some still love to enjoy it with exotic fruits, such useful and pleasant to taste.
Pomegranate or, differently, a polenator (Punica) refers to the family of Derbennikovy (Lythraceae). Their genus includes only two types of low leaf fall trees and shrubs. Russian nameThanks to its grainy structure of the fetus, the grenade received from the Latin word Granatus (grainy). And the generic name of the Punica occurred from the name of the area, where they were first discovered for the first time, these pomegranates were discovered (with Punicus Latin translates as a Punic or Carthaginsky, now it is a region of modern Tunisia).
According to the legend, the grenade came to us from the Carthage called a cuneic apple. Zeus's wife, Gera, often kept a grenade in their hands, considering his pledge of their happy marriage. In Greece, the grenade was a symbol of fertility. In ancient Persia, the grenade personified passionate love. At all times and everywhere, people appreciated the decorative qualities and the beneficial properties of this exotic fruit.
Granate grade suitable for growing at home
The most suitable for cultivation in room conditions is the type of ordinary grenade - grenade dwarf (Punica Nana). This flower, and in the pot and seeds, are sold in flower shops under the common name "Dwarc Granat" (Punica Granatum "Nana"). You can find seeds of room grenades of two varieties: "Carthage" and "Baby".
carthage variety
The room grenade of the Carthage Dwarf varieties grows at home in the form of a tree to 80 cm tall. Listers are pretty small, not more than 2 cm long. If the flower is grown from seeds, then flowering and, moreover, fruiting, will come not earlier than in 6-8 years. The germination of seeds of this graded grenade variety is very low. Flowers from May to August with flowers of red, up to 4 cm in diameter. The fruits are small, not more than 5 - 6 cm in diameter, slightly acidic, but juicy and tasty.
The room grenade of Baby variety is usually grown from seeds in the form of a shrub. The low bustice, from 30 to 50 cm, has 5 - 7 skeletal branches. Extra long leaves grow on branches by groups evenly, throughout the garnet cush. This grenade grade blooms on the third to the fourth year of life.
babe variety
Its flowers are large, up to 7 cm long, bright red. They are single or collected 5-7 pieces in a bundle. In the first year of the plant's life, all his colors are empty. Next year, miniature yellowish-brown fruits with a red blush, 5 - 7 cm in size, can be tied up. Ripening fruit ends in the middle of winter. The grenades of this species require artificial pollination. If there will be more than 5 fruits on the garnet, it is worth removing extra grenades.
But not always a room grenade fertile, it happens that he does not bloom at all over many years. We recommend in this case to make the vaccine branch on it from a fruiting instance.
Height different varieties pomegranates are somewhat different, but they all have small sizes, not more than one meter. With regular restraining trimming and appropriate care, it is possible to reduce the height of any plant to 30 cm., Without losing its decorativeness and abundant fruiting. Listers of a dwarf grenade small, oval, glossy, up to 3 cm. In length. In the spring, young leaves have a bronze color, in the summer they become green, and in the fall - yellow. Fruits, so-called garnet, also do not exceed 3 - 7 cm. In diameter. They are painted in orange-yellow color and darker shades, up to reddish and brown. Granina is a spherical multiferous berry, divided into 6 - 12 cameras. The ocoplate is her leathery, thick, usually red-brown. Seeds are placed in red-burgundy capsules filled with grenade juice. The beneficial properties of the fruit of a dwarf grenade are the same as the grenade of ordinary, but taste qualities are much worse.
Indoor grenades at home are cultured more often as a shrub with 5 to 7 with strong trunks, less often - in the form of a tree. They are grown for the sake of long blossom of numerous bright colors, and the fruits try to remove almost completely. Granatine remaining on the plant (usually 2 - 3 pieces) ripen in room conditions in November-January. If you leave all the ovary, fruiting can strongly exhaust the plant's forces, and for the next year bloom will be less spectacular. When the plant is growing and strengthened, after 3 - 4 years, it is possible to leave all the wound on it to enjoy the exceptional spectacle of richly blooming and, at the same time, the fruitful dwarf pomegranate at home.
The dwarf grenade was even awarded the diploma of the Royal Society of Gardeners of Great Britain for his decorativeness and other exceptional characteristics.
Care home
Room pomegranate pretty unpretentious plant, Caring for it is simple and easy. We will introduce you to the conditions of its content in the home premises.
Lighting
FitoLampo lighting
Good illumination is one of the main conditions of the excellent view of the room grenade, its development and constant flowering. In summer it can be reached on the balcony or land in the garden. Adult plant It feels well in the fresh air under the right sunlight. But young seedlings to the street should be accepted gradually, leaving no more than two hours a day in the sun, and at noon time it is necessary to enter pots with plants in shaded places. This will avoid sun burns Young his leaves. When placing pots with grenades in the room, choose any window sills, except for the northern directions. At noon, it is necessary to protect plants from direct sunlight, especially young instances, with the help of blinds or curtains.
With a lack of lighting, as it can be early in spring or with long cloudy weather in summer, we recommend using an additional phyto highlighting with lamps or daylight lamps.
In winter, natural lighting is even less, and the room grenade can partially reset the leaves. But if you choose enough powerful phyto lamps and organize a light day for a flower is not shorter than 12 hours, he will delight you with his blossom and fruiting and at that time.
Ambient temperature
Pomegranate - the plant is thermal-loving. In the wild, he grows with pretty high temperatures. But room copies are quite satisfied with moderate temperatures within 25 - 30 ° C. During the growing season. If the temperature in the room rises above, then the pot with a flower should be cut into a cooler place. In the summer it is a balcony or veranda in the garden. In the spring will help spraying with cool water. In a hot and stuffy room, a room grenade will begin to lose foliage and buds, slow down its growth. Check the room, do not allow air stagnation.
Low temperatures dwarf grenade also does not like. For minus temperatures He dies. When the ambient temperature on the veranda or the balcony will be below 15 ° C, the pot with a flower should be added to the room.
Watering
Watering the flower is moderately, and after the upper layer of the soil will dry well in the pot. Watering water use the resistant, soft, room temperature. If you sent a grenade on the winter period to peace, water it at this time no more than once a month. But this remark is suitable for an adult plant (for 5 to 6 years). The young grenade will need to water once a week. More often and richly indoor grenades you will begin to water from February, when return the flower to the former light warm place On the windowsill. The soil must be fully saturated with moisture, so that all the flower life processes intensified. Abundant watering the flower is needed before the start of flowering. But during the pomegranate flowering, from May to September, watering the plants should be cut.
In the wild, he blooms in the hottest and dry period of the year, and excessive moisture can provoke a grenade, and it will reset all buds. But, and forget about watering a grenade on long time It is not worthwhile - a long drought will lead the root system to stress, which can also lead to the complete loss of all buds and the loss of flower decorativity.
That is, water the room pomegranate regularly and then when the upper layer of the soil is completely dry - and everything will be fine.
If the fruits are growing on the pomegranate tree, it should be watered with caution, since abundant irrigation can lead to cracking of the fruit.
Air humidity
Air humidity must be moderate. With too low humidity, we recommend spraying the flower and surrounding air with cool water. It will increase the humidity of the installation near the pot of wide tank with cool water and the wet cleaning of the room. Listers from dust rub with a wet clean cloth.
High humidity in the room, too, for nothing, will help to reduce it frequent ventilation. But drafts are not allowed.
The soil
Everyone knows that the grenade in the wild is growing on scarce soils in the arid areas of the Earth. But, to grow a beautiful decorative room instance, you will have to choose a more nutritional soil mixture. It should be loose, moisture and breathable, with a neutral reaction pH \u003d 7. Suitable for the purchase of roses and begonia. At the bottom of the pot must be good layer Drainage from clay or large river pebbles.
Podkord
The dwarf grenade applies to regular feeding. Starting from February and before summer, he needs nitrogen-phosphoric fertilizers. At this time there is a bookmark of buds, the pomegranate is preparing for abundant flowering. The feeder spend once every two weeks, no more often. Closer to the autumn, feeding with nitrogen fertilizers is replaced by potassium.
It should be remembered that fertilizers can be made only in wet soil, for example, the other day after the next irrigation. Desirable in the morning or evening, so that the root system does not receive burns. In cloudy weather you can feed the plant and the day.
If the room grenade is grown for the sake of fruits, it should be fertilized extremely careful. Better feed it not mineral fertilizers, and the organica so that the fruits do not accumulate excess nitrates. If you enjoy it with purchased fertilizers - choose fertilizers for fruit and berry cultures and follow the recommendations on the package. In addition, if the grenade to reconcile nitrogen additives, it does not bloom, and the fruit will not.
Trimming
Trimming a room dwarf grenade has a beneficial effect on his decorative appearance, the ability to flowering and fruiting. A bush or a pomegranate tree grows very quickly. For the season it, without trimming, will increase in the amount of more than twice. At the same time, its numerous thin curves shoot the crown chaotic way. To make a grenade not only neat and compact, but also healthy, it should be trimmed well.
The pruning procedure is carried out several times a year. The first time - at the beginning of the vegetation. After the winter hook, if your grenade rested in a dark cool place, you stop it on a light warm place and cut all dry twigs, as well as part of small and unnecessary shoots. To stimulate branching, cut the young escape above the watching outwards by the kidney, leaving no more than 5 intercosals on it. Strongly cut the plant is not worth it, it can relax. Leave no more than 6 skeletal twigs that are stronger.
It is important to know that the buds are formed only on well-developed annual shoots. Try when trimming them do not break!
You can grow a grenade in the form of a coastal with 3 - 5 skeletal twigs. But if you cut all root Porosl, It will be a pomegranate tree, with a low strab and four - five skeletal branches. Over time, on each skeletal branch, they lay four - five seconds of the second order, and already on them after the third-order branches are formed. Extra shoots are cut, like old branches, on which no harvest is no longer. Granat tying fruits only on the shoots of this year.
In the summer, during the active vegetation of indoor pomegranates, it is also possible to pruning unnecessary twigs - stretched or growing inward crowns. Do not worry - the grenade tolerates such a trimming.
After flowering, if there are no fruits on the branches, the pomegranate is cut off again, for the third time. Remove thin weak twigs, thinning inner space crowns.
Room grenade transplant. Suitable pot
Young specimens of dwarf pomegranates, it is desirable not to transplant the first two to three years in other tanks. When the grenades are growing and fixed, and their root system will fill in the pot of the pot - transfer your flower to a new pot, a little more size. Moreover, it must be borne in mind that the roots of the grenade grow more styling than deep into. Therefore, the pot is required wide, but not very deep. Pomegranate in room conditions loves to grow in a close pot. Conduct the transplant by transshipment.
It is better to make it early in spring. To a new pot, 2-3 cm is wider than the old, put a layer of drainage from clay or pure pebbles, a little fresh soil (buy ready-made soil with neutral pH7 in the store, for example, soil for growing roses or begonias). Remove your flower from the old pot along with a closet land. Pomegranate roots grow superficially, excess, exhausted land will remain in the old pot, it must be thrown out. Place the grenade in the middle of the new pot. Free space fill the soil, while gently shake the floral tank so that all empties are filled within it. Over the next three years, each spring, transplant your grenade into a new container slightly larger diameter. At the age of 6 years, the room dwarf grenades are considered adult plants. Now they are rarely transplanted, if necessary, in the pots of the same size. Or do not transplanted at all, but only replace the top layer of the substrate in the old pot on the new one. Usually, for an adult plant there is enough pot on 5 liters. Too large pot for a grenade is not suitable - it will bloom abundant if the root system in flower pot It will be cramped.
Reproduction
House grenades are multiplied with seeds, bones and grooves.
Reproduction with seeds
For reproduction, seeds are suitable only species shapes of a grenade, because the seeds of varieties do not save characteristic properties parent plant. This method is used mainly to eliminate breeding innovations. Seeds can be collected from a flowering grenade at home or buy in special stores. Before planting, they are soaked for a day in a solution of some kind of growth stimulator (for example, in Kornvin). Then dry and sowed into containers with a suitable loose soil under the cover. Putting a greenhouse in a light warm place. It is monitored that the soil in the container does not drive, it is sprayed in time with warm water with a spray with a spray. Vehicle. Waiting 2 - 3 weeks of seedlings. Saplings are picked in separate cups when the first three real leaves will appear. It should be remembered that grenades grown from seeds will begin to bloom and fruit only after 5 to 8 years.
Reproduction with bones
Landing a bone
If you want to grow a grenade from its bones, caused at home, fruit - no problem. To do this, take the bones from the biggest, well-ridden fruits. These bones have cream color, they are solid to the touch. Greenish and soft bones for germination are not suitable! Carefully prepare bones for landing. Remove with them the pulp, rinse them well in cool water, you can with manganese, then, as you follow, dry. By this, you exclude the rotation of the storage bones and germination. Dry pomegranate bones retain germination to six months.
In the spring, it is better in April, plant bones in loose nutrient soil to a depth of 0.5 - 1 cm. In a pot with drainage under the film. Before boarding, we can soak planting material in a small amount of water with the addition of 2-3 drops of zircon or epine for 12 hours. This stimulates the germination process. The solution should not cover the bones completely, except moisture they need oxygen.
Place for the pot will choose well lit, warm. Temperature of germination of bones 25 - 27 ° C. Watch for soil moisture. As the upper layer is drying, the landing should be moistened with warm dilated water with a spray gun to inadvertently do not blur the soil. Sprouts appear quickly enough, and bones planted at another time can sit in a pot of several months.
The strongest copies in the phase of two or three real leaves reck out into separate small pots, up to 6 cm. In diameter. Shoots, 10 cm long and formed three pairs of leaflets, pinch for a better tie of flower. Place the pot with young grenades on the warmer light windowsill. They need daily sunbathing, moreover, at least two hours a day. From the midday sun still protect with blinds. Carry the room - grenades love fresh air.
If the grenade sprouts appeared in winter, they will have to highlight the phyto with a lamp.
It is necessary to know that a grenade, grown from the bone of an ordinary major fetus purchased on the market, will bloom only after 7 to 8 years. Yes, and the plant is large - it is unlikely that it will fit into the dimensions of your home. In indoor culture, it makes sense to grow only compact decorative grenades of dwarf sizes.
Reproduction of cuttings
Strenches of room grenade
We recommend that this method of reproduction of the pomegranate due to the high level of carbury of cuttings and the complete preservation of the genetic characteristics of the parent plant. If you are going to root the cuttings from your grenade in the summer, choose for this well-overwhelmed semi-healthy shoots about 10 - 15 cm long, so that there are no less than 4 to 5 kidneys. In winter, usually in February, for rooting use the glossy grenade shoots the same length. But their rooting is much longer and with big losses. In any case, the prepared cuttings treat the root growth stimulants (rowing, for example), remove from them along the pair of the lower renal and then place it in a container with a nutritional soil at an angle, to a depth of 3 cm., Cover it with a film or a can. Daily ventilation, spraying, if necessary, watering. The rooting process is pretty slow, while some cuttings may die. Therefore, we recommend that you cut them immediately with a reserve, 4-5 pieces. The rooted cuttings in two - three months can be transplanted into the pot prepared for constant growth. Already the next year, a young seedling will delight you with his bloom, and fruiting will be in a couple of years.
Room pomegranate can still be multiplied by vaccinations. On the grenade inlet, grown from the bone, vaccinate the varietal stalk. It takes from a healthy adult plant, steadily fruitful. Brewema doing different ways, depending on the thickness of the flow and cutlets, their great set.
The most simple for novice flower flowes are the vaccinations with a simple copulation, behind the bark, in the split, in the butt and side looser. You should choose your own type of vaccination and try to implement it. You can use the services of a specialist. If the varietal cuttings takes place, the bloom of the grenade will come in three months - four.
Winter hibernation pomegranate
Do you need a winter hibernation with a room grenade?
If you are not able to provide your pet with constant good lighting, it makes sense to talk about the period of winter rest of the pomegranate. Usually, it happens from November to February. At this time, it is necessary to place the flower into the cool room, less water, not feed, wait for spring. Drop the temperature in the urban apartment is problematic. You can put a pot with a flower close to the window glass, extinguishing it with polyethylene from the rest of the room. Or you can make a pomegranate at this time in the heated basement.
But, we argue that in the winter period, at normal room temperature, good lighting up to 12 hours. On the day (with the help of a powerful phyto lamp), the grenade will feel cheerfully and comfortable. The formation of numerous flower kidneys will not stop at this time.
Diseases of room grenade
If your grenade grows in unfavorable conditions for him - high humidity, edge of the room, low temperature, then he can get sick. More often than other diseases, occurs on the grenade puffy dew.
With frequent abundant irrigation, the grenade can ship the leaves. Perhaps the roots of the plant could not stand excess moisture, started to rot. Remove the flower of the pot, remove the fallen areas of the root system, rinse healthy roots in manganese, dry them, pour into the cuts with activated coal, and plant a grenade into a new nutrient loose ground. The pot must contain a good drain layer. Water moderately. So that the root system takes place and coped with the loads, make the crown of your patient plants for one third.
If the grenade began to fall out the leaves, the reasons may be different. If this happens at the end of the growing season, then this is normal. Pomegranate is preparing for the winter peace. If the leaves are falling during the active cycle of the plant - you may have a little watering your flower or fell badly. Analyze your plant care actions - perhaps the room is too hot, even stuffy - pomegranate loves fresh air, frequent spraying, nutrient soil, cloth pot with a good drainage layer.
Pest rooms of indoor grenades
Room or dwarf grenade is a very interesting exotic plant. Subject to non-good rules of cultivation and care at home, the pomegranate will delight you with your bright green glossy leaves, large purple flowers and miniature fabulous fruits. Grenade care does not take away from you a lot of time and effort, but you will get pleasure in full. Try to experiment with his external species. You can give a grenade any form - he is very grateful perceives trimming and the sepure of his shoots. You can even master the art of bonsai on the example of a grenade. But it is noticed that growing a spectacular decorative dwarf grenade, constantly blooming and fucked by fruits, is better managed by caring and good-natured people who are interested in doing their pet, rejoice in every flower and a tiny fruit.
And favorite fruit plant Granat (Punica) can be grown at home. True, in this case, the fore decorative properties Plants during his flowering period. For cultivation at home, a dwarf varnight grenade grenade (Punica Nana) is more suitable, sometimes ranked to the shape of an ordinary grenade as Punica Granatum Var. Nana.
Dwarf grenade - the most unpretentious exotic plant for homemade cultivation. This long-term leafy shrub is grown in the subtropical and tropical climate in the open ground, we have - as a semi-dealer room plant in containers and pots on the windowsill, in winter Gardens, Orangery. For exceptional decorative characteristics, the dwarf grenade was awarded the diploma of the Royal Society of Gardeners of Great Britain.
Legends say that the grenade came to us from the Carthage called "Punic Apple", the wife of Zeus Gera (Junon) held him in her hands, as a marriage emblem, a grenade fruit symbolized fertility in Greece, and in ancient Persia He was the personification of passionate love. The useful properties of the grenade are valued everywhere.
Useful plant with such an ancient history and such highly estimated decorative qualities adequately to decorate any interior and garden. Moreover, it is rather unpretentious - in natural conditions It grows on the stony and saline soils of solar Central Asia, where it receives a minimum moisture.
Description
For the first time, the dwarf grenade was described in 1803. Its height is no more than 60 - 120 cm, the shrub can grow to 120 cm wide, in pot culture reaches no more than 90 cm. The dwarf grenade has small oval glossy light green leaves, no more than 3 cm long, which are located on short reddish stiffs . In the spring, young dwarf pomegranate leaflets have a bronze color, in summer - green, in autumn in front of the leaf fall - yellow.
Very decorative cultural varieties of dwarf grenade. A small plant during flowering period from May to September was covered with large purple flowers. Numerous tubular red or orange flowers for the most part single, are formed in the first year of growing at the ends of strong shoots. Flowers in size more sheets, reach 4 cm in diameter. Most of them are sterile, have 
short columns and do not form fruit. Only from flowers with long columns can ripen grenadeels. Although the room grenade is famous for its continuous abundant blossom, each flower lives little, only two to three days, new buds are formed daily on the plant. On average, there are approximately 3-4 marks, the rest after flowering fall out. This is a normal phenomenon and worry about this. Flowers continue to form and then when young fruits are already started. This gives the room grenade unique charm.
The fruits of dwarf pomegranate can be painted in various shades from orange-yellow to the brown-red. They possess all useful properties Ordinary grenade, but not so tasty, have a lot 
the bones and as small as the dwarf plant itself, - in diameter no more than 7 cm. Ripen in the room from November to January.
More often a dwarf grenade at home is grown for numerous flowers, so the fruits are partially removed. After all, fruiting depletes the plant, and its bloom will not be so spectacular for the next year. On one plant, you can leave 1 - 2 fetus. Of these, you can get your own seeds for breeding the plant. True, varietal qualities are not always transmitted in this method of reproduction. Once at three to four years you can allow the room grenade to "endure" all the fruits and enjoy the view of the fruiting dwarf pomegranate.
Pomegranate varieties
Often that potted plant And its seeds are sold under the general name "dwarf grenade" or Punica Granatum "NANA". The seeds of the dwarf grenade of Babei varieties and Carthage are found on sale for indoor cultivation. The height of plants in different varieties may differ and be both 30 and 100 cm.
Lighting
Room pomegranate is a light-affilome plant. For its placement, any windows are suitable, except for the northern. At noon, the room grenade is contacted from direct sunlight, especially young seedlings. In the summer, a dwarf grenade is better to take a balcony where there is a lot of light and air. To accelerate the plant to the street should be gradually and protected from direct sunlight. With the onset of autumn, a dwarf grenade is transferred to the room.
Temperature
The room grenade requires heat from spring to autumn, especially during flowering. Plant develops well at temperatures above +20 OS. If the room temperature rises above 25 degrees, then the pot with room grenade should be taken to the balcony or veranda. In a hot, stuffy room, a dwarf grenade can start losing the leaves, and this will cause a slowdown in its development. Helps reduce the temperature spraying with cool water.
For the ripening of fruits in the autumn period, the temperature is lowered to + 12-16 ° C. From November to March, the plant is contained at a temperature of + 10-12 OS, thereby ensuring the rest required for flowering and fruiting. The minimum temperature that the dwarf grenade can withstand is 6 OS.
The soil
Although the dwarf grenade in nature grows on scarce soils with almost no moisture, in culture for better decorativeness he needs to create more favorable conditionsIn this case, rich and drained soil. For growing room grenade, you can recommend the following earthy mixtures with a neutral reaction PH7:
- ferry land (50%), sheet humus (25%), peat (12%) and sand (13%);
- sand (50%), loam (25%) and peat (25%);
- clay and hard land (2 parts), leaf land (1 part), humus (1 part), sand (1 part);
- For young plants: in equal parts of the hardening, humus, leafy earth and sand.
Watering and humidity
It is important, competent watering plants. Rules of watering of a dwarf grenade are as follows:
- In winter, during the period of rest, the plant is watered extremely rarely, 1 time in 1.5-2 months.
- After the rest period in February, watering increases. The plant is often watered, saturated with moisture all the soil in the pot. Watering is carried out when dried up the top layer.
- During flowering, it is necessary to slightly cut the pomegranate, because in natural conditions, the pomegranate flowering period falls on the hottest, arid period. However, with a lack of moisture, as with surplus, the dwarf grenade can reset all buds and instead of long flowering leave empty branches.
- In hot weather and in stuffy rooms, the room grenade spray with cool water in the cool room spraying is not required.
- After flowering, the dwarf grenades are abundantly watered so that in the next year there are many colors.
- If your task is to grow the fruits of a pomegranate, then watering in the fall spend carefully. With excess watering fruits on the grenade cracks.
Podkord
Twice a month, no more often, it is necessary to feed a room grenade. In the spring it can be any nitrogen fertilizer. During the flowering period - phosphoric, and closer to the fall - Kalievoe. Once a month you can make an integrated fertilizer. Fertilize the plant is better in cloudy weather. Fertilizer contributes to wet soil, that is, it is predefined to pour a plant. Liquid from the pallet necessarily drain. In the fall, the feeders are gradually reduced, reduce watering and reduce the temperature of the content, thereby preparing the plant to the winter 2-3 month period of rest. He usually comes in December after the fruit of the room grenade mature.
Period of rest
After the fruits are ripe, at about late November, the room grenade drops the leaves. The plant occurs at rest period when it is contained at a temperature of + 10-12 ° C. This is a prerequisite for growing room grenade. Young plants under the age of 3 years do not need a period of rest, the temperature of the content of + 12-16 OS will be optimal.
Create peace period is not always possible in the conditions of the city apartment. You can lower the temperature around the plant if it is moved closer to the glass on the windowsill and extinguish with polyethylene from the rest of the room. It is enough to withstand the plant in such conditions 3-4 weeks. At the same time, you can make a room grenade in the basement.
Trimming
In February, when the kidney began to form on the plant, the pots with a grenade take out of the cool room in heat and triggering not yet covered with foliage dry twigs and unnecessary shoots. Pomegranate very well tolerates such trimming. Cut out most Small twigs. For stimulating branching, the trimming is carried out above the look-out of the kidney of a young escape, leaving no more than 5 intercosals on it. In the formation of a grenade, 4-6 skeletal branches leave. It is impossible to crop the plant strongly, it can weaken it. If you cut the root piglet of the pomegranate, you can form a pomegranate in the shape of a tree, including in the form of bonsai. When forming a plant, it is necessary to be careful not to break the very fragile branches of the grenade. Sometimes unnecessary shoots are cut in summer during the vegetation of the plant. Conducting, it is necessary to remember that the buds are formed only on well-developed annual escapes.
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Transplant and pot for room grenade
Young plants require an annual transplant. After reaching the age grenade of the age of three, it is transplanted not more than once every two or three years, it is better suited for this. spring period. The transplant is carried out by transshipment. The soil for planting takes the dens with the addition of sand, the drainage in the pot is required.
Despite the fact that the dwarf grenade has a surface root system, he does not need a very wide pot. When transplanting, it is possible to increase the diameter pot into two or three centimeters, no more. The flowering of the room pomegranate will be more abundant if the roots are closely in the pot.
Pomegranate reproduction
Reproduction of seeds
The reproduction of the room grenade is possible with cuttings and seeds. For seed breeding It is better to use seeds from specialized stores. When growing a pomegranate from varietal seeds purchased in the store - bloom comes in the same year, fruiting occurs on the second or third year.
For reproduction, you can also use seeds from fresh fruit room grenade. They retain germination to six months. Seeds are chosen from the largest and ripe fruits, washed from the pulp, dried. Sow in April under the glass to a depth of 0.5 cm. The substrate from equal parts of the peat and sand is moisturized. Seeds germinate at a temperature of + 25-27 ° C, seedlings develop quickly. In phase, 2-3 of these leaves, the strongest strong seedlings of the room grenade are seated by separate pots with a diameter of 6 cm. During the cultivation of seedlings, it is necessary warm, good watering, they are plugged several times for better tie.
Important! Pomegranate, sown from seeds of ordinary fruits purchased in the market or supermarket, will bloom only after 7 years or more, so in indoor culture it is hardly justified. And the size of such a plant will not fit into the dimensions of the apartment.
Reproduction of cuttings
Cuttings are taken from adults fruiting plants of indoor grenade. In the summer, semi-respected shoots are used, in winter in February - all-ins. Cut cuttings with 4-6 kidneys, low part The cutlets are planted at an angle into the moistened soil from river sand and peat, taken in equal parts, to a depth of about 3 cm. The cuttings are covered with cut plastic bottle, with a can, or glass, contain in a wet environment, ventilate daily, if necessary, spray, watered. Before boarding the cuttings is treated with a root. After 2-3 months, the cuttings are searched. Blossom comes on the second or third year. Young plants in the first year buds are better to break.
Diseases, pests, problems
At home, the dwarf grenade is growing less hardened, therefore it may be subject to some diseases, for example, mildew.
Among the indent pomegranate pests - whiteflies and shields. With a small amount of pests, they are inharaged by their hands, with significant - apply allowed chemicals, for example, phytodeterm. In the dry room, the room pomegranate suffers from custom tick. To prevent the appearance of the pest, it is necessary to perform a spraying of the plant. In the event of a problem, the plant is treated with accotellik type preparations, gluing the ground with polyethylene so that the pest is not hidden there.
Sometimes with excessive irrigation at the room grenade yellow leaves. In this case, the plant needs to be transplanted into the dry soil. At the same time, the recessed roots are cut off, sprinkled with crowded coal. Accordingly, cutting the crown volume.
When growing a room grenade, not everything depends on the observance of agrotechnical conditions. The care process itself should bring joy. Like any plant, a dwarf grenade is responsive to care, so its cultivation is better managed by good-natured, caring people. A dwarf pomegranate may have to feel that he is also glad.
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In nature, the grenade grows in the form of a tree or shrub. The culture of the Latin word "Grenatus" received its name, which means fine-grained.
The fruits of such a plant are quite large, painted in a rich red or burgundy color. Pomegranate pulp consists of many small grains.
In nature, the pomegranate grows the slopes of mountains or in rocky terrainthat explains the unpretentiousness of the plant to the climate and the composition of the soil.
Also such a tree perfectly adapts to the microclimate.
Growth of dwarf grenade Directly depends on the variety, the average is 1 meter equal. Pomegranate flowers deserve special attention.
On one tree, 2 species of flowers are formed at once:
- on some flowers, both pestle and stamens are present on them, they are formed by zeroshi and fruit appear in the future, their form resemble pita;
- another species is similar to the bells, and the flowers at the same time are punishable and carried only the decorative function.
Flowers are painted in a bright, red shade and reached in diameter of 3 centimeters.
The scientists of the pomegranate fruit call "grenade", they reach 18 centimeters in diameter. The peel of such fruits is very dense, its color varies from light pink to dark red.
Inside one fruit can be up to 1,200 grains, which are covered with juicy, fleshy shell. The taste of the pulp sour-sweet, very juicy and refreshing, such fruits are very often used to prepare juice.
At home the dwarf grenade grown As a room flower, and the appearance of fruits is a pleasant addition.
Is it possible to grow a decorative plant at home?
Grow grenades at home quite possible, among all fruit trees that grow the most unpretentious grenade at home.
Care for such a plant is very simple and can be obtained juicy fruit, you can not make special efforts.
In room conditions, the miniature grenades "Nana". They begin to blossom after reaching a height of 40 centimeters, while bringing up to 10 edible fruits, which differ from garden trees only size (5-6 centimeters in diameter).
Usually, at home the following grenade varieties are grown:
- Alba Captation - This variety does not bring fruits and grown for large and beautiful flowers. They differ in a terry structure and cream color, can reach 6 centimeters in diameter. The leaves of such a variety of housing, dense, oval, slightly elongated, have a rich green color. The characteristics of the variety is that it grows very quickly, but if desired, this process can be stopped by putting a plant into a small container.
- Carthage and Baby - the most common indoor varietiesThe trees grow up to 50 centimeters in height, although there are instances with a growing equal to 1 meter. On these plants there are a large number of flowers, and the fruits appear, starting from 2 years of life.
Even though several dozen colors can bloom at one time, on average, 3-4 marks are formed.
Pomegranate landing rules
To grow a dwarf grenade, you can use seeds purchased in the store.. The best time to disemboditate seeds is considered to be the beginning of April.
Drainage is poured onto the bottom of the box or container, then pure river sand, into which 5 milliliters deepen the grenade seeds. Then the soil is moisturized and covered with film or glass, it is necessary to achieve a greenhouse effect.
After the emergence of the first germs, you need to wait 2 more weeks, because the grenade shoots appear gradually.
As soon as the seedlings appear 5-6 healthy leavesIt can be resettled into individual pots, on the bottom of which drainage is poured and the soil mixture is prepared from:
- 2 pieces of soil for citrus crops;
- 1 part of sand;
- 1 pieces of biohumus.
After the tree turns out to be in a pot it is necessary richly pour to help speedy rooting.
If the cuttings are used as a planting material, then it must be placed in wet sand and cover with a glass jar.
About a month later, the first kidneys will appear on the cuttings, after which they can be transplanted into individual pots. The rooting will pass much faster if the stalk in the growth stimulator is placed before planting for 6 hours.
This method is less risky.Because under such conditions, all the varietal qualities of the maternal tree are preserved.
Room Care
So that the grenade develops well and pleased with his appearance, he needs to provide the necessary conditions.
| Period | Care rules |
| In spring and summer | The tree needs as much solar light as possible and if there is warm weather on the street, many hostesses are recommended to carry out a plant on fresh air, a regular balcony or loggia is perfect for such purposes. Also, during this period, watering a grenade should be regular and abundant, in no case cannot be allowed to dry up the soil. During Flowering and fruiting 1 time in 10-14 days, the tree is fed by complex mineral fertilizers. Most often, the pomegranate is used by the fertilizer of the Eretiso, it is sold in two types of both blooming and green plants. It is worth remembering that during fruiting the garnet is watered especially neatly, the soil must be wet, and the excess of moisture can cause the fetus cracking. In addition to watering, the grenade spray warm water Once every two weeks. |
| In autumn and winter | With the onset of autumn, the tree can throw off the foliage and go to the rest phase. In order to create a tree condition close to natural, about 2-3 months reduce the amount of moisture introduced and rearrange the pot into the cool place. To prepare the plant by winter it is poured with a cowboy, prepared from 100 grams of manure and 1 liter of water. |
After the cessation of the rest phase, in about mid-February, it is necessary Gradually increase the amount of irrigation and move the plant back to sunlight.
Another point of care there will be a formation trimming. A dwarf grenade reacts perfectly to such a procedure and it can be given almost any form, the choice of which depends only on personal preferences.
Very often you can find room grenades, similar to your appearance on the bonsai tree. Crossing should be produced in early spring (in early March) or later in the late autumn (at the end of December).
Such deadlines were not chosen by accidentally, so as not to damage the tree of work, while it is at rest, and there is no active ash.
In addition to all procedures, until the 5-year-old age, the grenade transplant annually, gradually increasing the size of the pot from 100 to 500 milliliters, while it is desirable to choose a narrow form of containers.
Adult plants instead of transplant replace the top layer of the soil.
How to grow indoor grenades:
Diseases and pests
Indoor grenade, like any other plants susceptible to appearance various diseases and pestsFrom which you need to get rid of how quickly you can easily.
Most often on such a plant, the following ailments are found:
| Disease | Description | Methods of struggle |
| Puffy dew | On the leaf of the affected plant, a whitish flare is formed, on which dark brown balls are located. The causative agent of malicious dew are malicious mushrooms. Usually, the disease appears due to poor ventilation, temperature difference or humidity level. It is also possible to infect other plants with an air-droplet. | In the initial stages, a solution prepared from 5 grams of calcined soda and 1 liter of water can also be added to add 5-10 grams of soap. If the powdery dew is sufficiently launched, it will have to be carried out by chemicals, for example, the speed, topaz or xom. |
| Cancer branches | The barks on the branches cracks and on the edges of the chips you can see the spongy swollen. The cause of such a disease can serve mechanical damage or frostbite. | It is very difficult to get rid of this disease, the only way out is to circumcise the damaged branches with an acute garden knife, the wound processing by a disinfectant and applying a thin layer of garden preparation. |
| Spots on the leaves | Spots appear on the leaves, the color of which ranges from yellow to brown. Such damage speaks of excessive moisture of the soil. | The plant must be translated into a new soil if the reinforce drops on the roots, then the affected parts are removed, and the slice is processed with a crowded coal. |
| Bellenka and Tlla | The pests feed on the foliage of the tree, which in turn significantly relaxes it. | If there are few insects, you can delete them manually. Adult butterflies are cleaned by a conventional vacuum cleaner, and from larvae and twi can get rid of the leaves with a solution of economic soap. You can also take advantage of special drugs. phytodeterm, spark, carboofos, etc. Before each treatment, the soil is protected with a polyethylene film. |
Pomegranate is considered one of the most unusual decorative plantsBut with this care for him is quite simple.
In addition to the expected fruit, it has excellent appearance and aroma.