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Feel free to borrow space all you want! Bigger pots on order, as soon as it's warm enough to get them outside. Was just thinking the new leaves are all growing at the very end of the straggly branches, that cutting back a bit would force leaves lower down. The smaller one, is popping some growth from the trunk, so happy about that. I really appreciate your comments, and advice. Looks like a long term project.
Yes, it is long term project. If you have space in your garden, just plant them down. In a few year, you will see it grow fast. But since you are living in the cold area, so I don't know if it can survive in the winter!
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Yes, it is long term project. If you have space in your garden, just plant them down. In a few year, you will see it grow fast. But since you are living in the cold area, so I don't know if it can survive in the winter!
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Yes, I live in a cold area, loll. Supposed to get 1-3 inches of snow tonight. They would not survive in the ground, or even in the garage. I keep them inside under lights during the winter.
 

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For the record, dwarf poms do fine down to about 20F maybe a bit colder. We do get into the teens here in Vegas on occasion and they are landscape here.
 

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For the record, dwarf poms do fine down to about 20F maybe a bit colder. We do get into the teens here in Vegas on occasion and they are landscape here.
Well, that's interesting. I read they needed protection below 50. Been bringing them in the last couple winters, didn't seem to hurt them. We had a couple weeks of single or below digit weather this winter, and always gets below 20 here in this lovely climate in the winter.
 

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Honestly, I have no idea how low they can go. Several things like bougs get dieback but I have never seen a pom do that here and since I have been here we have had several winters in the get down to 15F or so. I would imagine they are about as tough as olive, myrtle, or rosemary considering they are from the same geographical location. All of these are landscape here. Even some boxwoods get dieback here but never the poms. They drop leaves but will shoot them out again as soon as it gets over 40 for a few days.
 

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For the record, dwarf poms do fine down to about 20F maybe a bit colder. We do get into the teens here in Vegas on occasion and they are landscape here.
Thanks. It is good to know!
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Honestly, I have no idea how low they can go. Several things like bougs get dieback but I have never seen a pom do that here and since I have been here we have had several winters in the get down to 15F or so. I would imagine they are about as tough as olive, myrtle, or rosemary considering they are from the same geographical location. All of these are landscape here. Even some boxwoods get dieback here but never the poms. They drop leaves but will shoot them out again as soon as it gets over 40 for a few days.
Well, I'm a chicken-shit. I bring them in, they don't seem to mind.
 

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Another cold dreary day here, to I decided to take a look at the poms roots. I don't know how long they were in their nursery pots before I got them, but I've had them almost 2 years. They were both completely rootbound. Which I have read they like, but they clearly needed a trim. I combed out all of the roots, and trimmed them up, cutting back a. couple of the thick woody ones. I potted them back up in round hard plastic pots, a little nicer than a nursery pot, and deeper than the standard training pot, with lots of drainage holes on the bottom. Hopefully, that will give them a jumpstart, for when they can FINALLY go back outside.
 

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The place I'm in is not conducive to posting but I said I would so here goes:

Just about a week shy of 2 years ago got this Emperor Pomegranate from @Eric Group

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It went into 10" terracotta pot with a very fast draining substrate.

It looks pretty rough right now as it is just starting to grow for the season and REALLY needs some clean-up. However, the point was to show what growth you can get in a pot in a pretty short time. It's just about 3/8" inch so it's basically doubled every year.
 

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