Pomegranate Leaf Drop

19 years ago

My potted pomegranate was grown from seed this spring. Its two feet tall with a trunk as round as a pencil. It even had a few red blooms which fell off in the last month. It spent the spring thru last week in a pot buried in the garden and grew to the dimentions noted above. I repotted from a 6 to 12 inch pot with a homemade container mix I researched on Garden Web and use for my potted figs with no problem. id some minor root pruning to remove a few roots which grew through the garden pot. It is now inside in a sunny southern location and adequately watered.

It looked good the first few days but now, the leaves are yellowing from the bottom up and trunk out and dropping.

What's hapenning and what to do?

Thanks

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Comments (7)

siliconmage
19 years ago
Newly repotted plants don't do well in the direct sunlight.
gcmastiffs
19 years ago
All my Poms lose leaves in the fall, and look quite bare all winter. In spring they become lovely again.

Lisa
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ohiojay
19 years ago
Could be the sudden change in environment. And as Lisa mentioned, mine will lose most of the leaves this time of year even in the greenhouse. Still pretty amazing that your plant bloomed in less than a year!
Heathen1
19 years ago
yup, mine are deciduous too.
jimla
Original Author
19 years ago
Ok,so its deciduous. Good to know. The leaves have stopped curling and dropping from the center out and are still alive and green on the tips. As a tropical deciduous tree in Zone 6, with dropping leaves, should I keep the plant indoors in a sunny spot or should it go into a non-heated garage for a period of dormancy?
orchidguyftl
18 years ago
never had a pom lose leave
mine have always been evergreen
either in PA or here in FL
ctiger
14 years ago
I'm having similar issues after growing pomegranate plants from seeds and moving them into a larger pot. The problem is I don't know why they'd be shedding leaves during the summer. It looks like the stems are turning dark brown as well. What should I do?