Thanks Tomc, you've given me a LOT to think about
...definitely headed to the feed store at first opportunity for those turkey/layer granite grits.
also put crushed pine bark mulch, lime sulfur and concave cutters on the list, check V
I'm thinking these pomegranates have seen three winters so far. First winter was when they were seeded and grew as seedlings, and they'd stayed in the house. 2nd winter, I think was when I posted and asked how to overwinter, and Gnome posted a workable solution to put in the unheated garage after leaf fall/dormant until Christmas/end of Dec. when around here, the temp plunge to mid teens and even the garage temps can dip down as low as mid-20's. He said they can be brought back inside then and slowly allowed to leaf out.
In fact though, I only did that the first winter since last wo winters have been unusualy mild. They spent the entire winter in the unheated windowless garage. (They are kept nearly dry under inadequate two T-12 tube shop light left on 24/7 with no other source of light except when the overhead CFL lights are turned on or the garage doors are *rarely* opened). So far so good. The third one is multiple seedlings bunched together (but I'm not doing the technique in a dedicated way so not sure how well it's working
).