Poms starting to leaf out!

Calron · February 13, 2018, 2:20am

Looks like my Wonderful is starting to wake up and leaf out

Richard · February 13, 2018, 2:27am

You’re in a great location for that cultivar

Calron · February 13, 2018, 2:32am

I’m hoping for fruit this year, (3rd year). I think I pruned off all the new growth last year trying to train it lol.

RichSV · February 13, 2018, 2:48am

The third year is when they start to produce. I picked my last Wonderful Pom in mid December. It was soooo tasty. Store bought is a joke, not even close to home grown.

Calron · February 13, 2018, 4:03am

Can’t wait.
It’s looked healthy from day 1, but just a bloom or 2 per year that would fall off.

Richard · February 13, 2018, 4:14am

Don’t skimp on water or fertilizer.

Calron · February 13, 2018, 3:56pm

That may have been a contributor. I’ve always heard poems love hot, and dry. So I would only water once every 2 weeks. And fertilize once a year.

Richard · February 13, 2018, 4:13pm

They tolerate hot and dry – at the cost of fruit production.

MisterGuy · February 13, 2018, 4:21pm

Oddly enough, I actually put poms in my drainage path a long time ago because I heard they are flooding tolerant. They have grown like weeds, and they fruit heavily but with almost inedible fruit. I am going to try to graft them to Wonderful and Angel Red this year.

Calron · February 14, 2018, 1:23am

Thanks for that advise.
I’ll be sure to not make the same mistake this summer.