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The first pomegranate from the tree.
After much hesitation I picked one I think is ripe.
Isn't it a beauty!
To be cut later today, to confirm.
Also picked today - strawberries (so goddam sweet, shop bought ones just do not compare) and the first quince (juuuust ripe with a lovely aroma - I'll leave the others to ripen up more).
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The lemon verbena in flower that I posted a few days ago dried up almost overnight. It was a shock - so tall this year, over 2m. Beautiful, graceful.
I watered it well when I saw it dried up (it has been in a pot for years and years and years). But today I had to give up and prune it down to the bottom. As I had begun to expect, it is root bound and not draining. It had been so lush I could not see the pot until I pruned it.
I'll pull it out of the pot tomorrow, if I can, and see if it can be rescued. But despite being sad as I have had this plant for a long time, it is not a huge loss as I have another plant (in the ground) and I can take some cuttings from it.
Still, this one was such a beauty.
NilaJonesAre you wondering from the top, or do you have it sitting in a deep dish, where you can put water in the dish?
I ask because I had this happen to me with occasional plants for years, before I figured out what the problem was
Turns out, a plant in a pot can have wet soil on the top, but the center of the soil ball, where the roots are, can be bone dry
Watering on the top, the top layer of soil get saturated, and then the water runs down between the soil and the inside of the pot, leaving the center dry, leaving the roots dry
My solution is deep dishes of water. Although drip irrigation would probably also work, if you ran in for a couple hours to get the initial soil saturation, and then 10 minutes a day or something afterwards