Room Grenade

To place a room grenade is recommended in a well-lit place, but not under direct sunlight. In summer, the ideal place for him is a place under the crowns of trees with a thin leaf. Room garnet loves humidity, so it must be regularly sprayed from the spray and watered. To top dressing the plant is undemanding, but it responds well to mineral fertilizers with high nitrogen content. Fertilize indoor garnet better in the spring, when it comes out of wintering and begins to actively build up the leaves. For good flowering and ovary buds in June, it is recommended to fertilize with phosphorus fertilizers, and before wintering fertilizers with potassium.

Many florists, especially beginners, are frightened by the fact that a room grenade drops leaves for the winter. However, this is a normal and natural process, since the plant is deciduous. Wintering should be quite cold, the only thing that does not tolerate decorative garnet, it's minus temperatures.

In order to get a beautiful bush, garnet must be cut off. All dry branches, as well as shoots growing inside the bush, are removed. Pruning should be done twice a year - in the autumn before the beginning of the leaf fall and in the spring with the appearance of the first leaflets. Like other houseplants, pomegranate must be transplanted. Mature bushes transplanted every 2-3 years, young annually. Earth mixture for pomegranate is the most common, garden. For young plants, you can add a little leaf and turf. It is mandatory to install a drainage system.

Propagate indoor garnet cuttings, in rare cases, seeds. When multiplying by seeds, you should strictly follow certain rules of cultivation. Pomegranate seeds should only be fresh, it is best to use fresh seeds of indoor pomegranate for these purposes. Freshness germination
Much higher than that of dry ossicles. Experienced growers recommend soaking
Grains of pomegranate in warm milk or a solution of stimulants such as heteroauxin
And rootstocks. For growing seeds, peat with the addition of
Perlite. Seedlings can be planted only after they grow to 5 cm. Room garnet is an ideal plant for bonsai, it is enough simply for the bush to give any shape.

In nature, a pomegranate grows in solonchaks and dry stony slopes. The soil for growing indoor garnet does not need to be fertile, a good condition is good air permeability.
The pomegranate has a superficial root system, so it can be grown in small
Containers. After ripening, around December, the pomegranate bush is getting ready for
Period of rest, which lasts about 3 months. The beauty of the deciduous cover and
Flowering for the next year largely depends on how the plant survived the winter.
The optimum temperature in this period is 10-12 C, so the best
Plant render on a glass loggia. Hibernating at higher temperatures without illumination, garnet is strongly stretched, while losing its decorative
Properties. By the winter, a room grenade must be prepared in advance. For this
Earth lump slightly dried and remove all the remaining leaves. Watering in
Period of rest is recommended minimum, about once a month. In spring it is necessary to remove all weak shoots, since buds bloom mainly at the ends of annual strong shoots. For several years, indoor garnet grows into a fluffy beautiful plant that can be grown as a tree or bush. To form a bush as you age, one of the trunks needs
Rejuvenate, replacing it with a powerful young shoot. Shoots left after
Trimming, can be used for growing cuttings.