Things You'll Need:
- 12- to 14-inch plant container
- Rocks or broken pottery (optional)
- Potting soil
- Garden trowel
- Dwarf pomegranate plant
- Water
- Pruning shears
- Fertilizer
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Step 1
Make sure the plant container has adequate drainage. If it doesn’t have drainage holes in the bottom of the container, then add a layer of rocks or broken pottery in the bottom of the container. Pour the potting soil into the plant container, filling it about 7/8 full.
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Step 2
Remove enough soil from the center of the pot that is twice the size of the root system of the pomegranate. Carefully remove the plant from the container it came in from the nursery and set it in the hole. Spread the soil back around the pomegranate and gently tamp it down. Water the pomegranate thoroughly to settle the soil around the root system.
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Step 3
Place the pomegranate in bright indirect light indoors. If the plant is not setting new buds after four to five weeks of planting, then move it to a brighter indoor location. If growing outdoors, then place the container in full sun. Optimum temperature indoors is 65 to 75 degrees F and grows outside in USDA zones eight to 11.
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Step 4
Allow the potting soil of the miniature pomegranate to dry slightly between waterings. Outdoors, it is drought tolerant once it’s established. It will produce the best fruit with regular, deep waterings.
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Step 5
Fertilize in March and November, diluting the rate on the package by one half. Lightly prune the established shrub. In areas above USDA 8, bring the shrub in when temperatures drop below 50 degrees and winter in a sunny indoors spot. This is a deciduous plant; during winter, remove dead or damaged wood during late winter months.
