Beginners Luck!!

Hi

I planted a number of pomegranete seeds and some lemon pips a few weeks ago, and I now have a few plants growing.

I'm told that both of these plants like dry conditions. Since they are only very small, should I let them dry out now or keep watering them regularly until they get a bit bigger?

 

Hi, Rick

These are trees that grow in abundance here so do like dry conditions, although they are always usually irrigated or getting their water from deep root structure ... which, in itself can be difficult here with no rain for up to six months at a time!

I would suggest that, as they are in pots, they are kept watered but not drowned, ie, moist, until they get bigger. Some TLC and potting on would be good for them.

There are several folk who grow such there and will hopefully come on and advise you further for the UK conditions.

Good luck with them.

 

Yeah, dont let them dry out Rick, keep them moist at this time of the year, perhaps a little dryer in the winter, but never bone dry.
Growing in pots is very different from growing in the ground, as LOL says, although they look like they are in bone dry soil there will always be some moisture that they can tap into.
The only plants that I let dry out completely are cacti, and then only in winter at low temperatures.

 

Thanks for the info - do these grow slowly or are they reasonably fast?

 

Pomegranate is fast in the right conditions, lemon is a bit slower, tends to grow in stages and takes a rest in between.