How to Propagate Pomegranate in Pots

Pomegranates, favored for bright red skin and tangy, crimson fruit, make a tempting and tasty snack. A pomegranate plant, if grown in containers, will rarely get large enough to bear fruit. Its glossy green leaves and attractive flowers make it an ideal choice for an indoor houseplant. If you plant a pomegranate seed in a container, it grows into a small plant. That plant, however, is not the same type as its parent plant. To grow pomegranates true to type, take and root a cutting from a dormant, mature pomegranate plant.

Mature pomegranate plant
Pruning shears
Rooting hormone
5-gallon container
Potting mix

Instructions

- 1
  Allow the mature pomegranate plant to go dormant in the winter. The plant goes dormant when you do no see any signs of growth.
- 2
  Select a stem for a cutting. Choose a firm, inflexible stem, 8 to 10 inches long and 1/4 to 1/2 inch in diameter.
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  Cut the stem off the plant using pruning shears or a thin, sharp knife. Remove any flower buds.
- 4
  Coat the end of the cutting with semi-hardwood or hardwood rooting hormone.
- 5
  Fill a container, 5 gallons or larger, with a potting mix containing 40% to 60% perlite.
- 6
  Insert the cutting into the potting mix with the rooting hormone-coated tip pointing down. Leave 2 to 3 inches of the cutting's top exposed.
- 7
  Maintain the cutting at 60 degrees Fahrenheit and keep the potting mix moist. Cuttings typically start rooting in eight to 16 weeks.

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