New Pom Arrivals

ktrain said:
@"SubmarinePete"#105 
Thanks for the information.
I'm assuming you had it in ground?
Do people grow those in pots...seems odd to grow a Pom in a pot.
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Yes, I think it was year 3 when it fruited. I did also have some in pots but they didn't grow as well.
 
oh! I need to know more, what types did you get?

I have an unknown volunteer pom in my side yard by the garage, found it inside a bush 2 years ago! Its tried to fruit but wasn't getting much light, I removed the bush this summer so hopefully next year i get some nice fruit :)

I also have a sirenyevi (In a 5 gallon pot, has grown 3 feet this year!), a wonderful (In ground, not doing very wonderfully), and i just ordered 2 Azadi from onegreenworld.

I saw on reddit someone who replaced their hedge with pomegranates! And I have a restaurant in town that also did this, its so beautiful, which inspired me to start getting some more.

I really aim to get a white pomegranate, and some middle eastern varieties (some  are pink or orange, so beautiful).
 
@"SubmarinePete"#105 @"RandyK"#37 this was a thread I had thought I made a reply on. But I was rereading it tonight, and couldn't find my reply at all. I'm very interested in the soft seed newer varieties of pomegranates. I believe Dave Wilson nurseries had five or six new soft seed varieties in their pomegranate Orchard inventory. I would like to gift my cousin Andrea in Sunland California a couple of these soft seed pomegranates. They seem to be the variety of fruit tree she likes best. She plants them closest to the house, and spends a lot of time thinking about them. Does anybody have some soft seed or edible seed pomegranate varieties that they might suggest. She's in a 10A climate zone with very little chill hours. The figs I planted on her property survived, and fruited this year. Including a couple of yellow long necks. She kept a CDD gigantina alive for a year which is more than I did in Berkeley CA.
 
GilaMonster said:
oh! I need to know more, what types did you get?

I have an unknown volunteer pom in my side yard by the garage, found it inside a bush 2 years ago! Its tried to fruit but wasn't getting much light, I removed the bush this summer so hopefully next year i get some nice fruit :)

I also have a sirenyevi (In a 5 gallon pot, has grown 3 feet this year!), a wonderful (In ground, not doing very wonderfully), and i just ordered 2 Azadi from onegreenworld.

I saw on reddit someone who replaced their hedge with pomegranates! And I have a restaurant in town that also did this, its so beautiful, which inspired me to start getting some more.

I really aim to get a white pomegranate, and some middle eastern varieties (some  are pink or orange, so beautiful).
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I’m just getting anything that sounds good at this point. Focusing more on soft seeded varieties than hardy varieties.
 
7b here, and I've been growing them in pots for years....but I have new varieties that I rooted from gifted cuttings that are extremely cold hardy in smaller pots, waiting on us to move, then I'm going to put them in the ground ( as long as we don't move to a colder climate )
 
ktrain said:
I wanted to grow some but was told our winters are pretty harsh for them.
Thought that was kind of odd since we don't have super low temps.
Maybe I should look into it a bit more.
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I am growing Wonderful and Grenada in zone 8b SC. Wonderful is in ground. The heat was hard on it, but it survived. This will be the first year the trees are in-ground over the winter on our property. However, there is a family nearby who has grown a Wonderful in-ground here for several years with no complaints.
 
Tridrama said:
ktrain said:
I wanted to grow some but was told our winters are pretty harsh for them.
Thought that was kind of odd since we don't have super low temps.
Maybe I should look into it a bit more.
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I am growing Wonderful and Grenada in zone 8b SC. Wonderful is in ground. The heat was hard on it, but it survived. This will be the first year the trees are in-ground over the winter on our property. However, there is a family nearby who has grown a Wonderful in-ground here for several years with no complaints.
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Thank you for the information, that definitely gives me some hope.
I will look into that one. :)
 
GoodFriendMike said:
ktrain said:
I wanted to grow some but was told our winters are pretty harsh for them.
Thought that was kind of odd since we don't have super low temps.
Maybe I should look into it a bit more.
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Man, Poms are pretty cold hardy. You should try one to see how it does. I have a bunch of varieties growing right now. Some from when Sam did that giveaway. And other's that I bought or grew from seed. Have not fruited them all yet. I am thinking next year I should get fruit on quite a few. :)
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I did the research and the only varieties proven to work in 8a are Salvataski and to some extend Granada

GilaMonster said:
oh! I need to know more, what types did you get?

I have an unknown volunteer pom in my side yard by the garage, found it inside a bush 2 years ago! Its tried to fruit but wasn't getting much light, I removed the bush this summer so hopefully next year i get some nice fruit :)

I also have a sirenyevi (In a 5 gallon pot, has grown 3 feet this year!), a wonderful (In ground, not doing very wonderfully), and i just ordered 2 Azadi from onegreenworld.

I saw on reddit someone who replaced their hedge with pomegranates! And I have a restaurant in town that also did this, its so beautiful, which inspired me to start getting some more.

I really aim to get a white pomegranate, and some middle eastern varieties (some  are pink or orange, so beautiful).
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I chose Parfianka (3x), Eve, and Ariana for our climate
 
@"White Tank Figs"#210 I believe many more will be found to handle zone 8a's winter. Give it a couple years. And that list will be longer.
 
GoodFriendMike said:
@"White Tank Figs"#210 I believe many more will be found to handle zone 8a's winter. Give it a couple years. And that list will be longer.
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Hardiness wasn't the main issue. Ripening time and fruit quality was the challenge most people were having. I am sure that more will be found as well.
 
ktrain said:
Yeah knowing that there are some cold hardy varieties, I may be adding 1 or 2 this next season.
One more thing to research this winter. :)
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For sure you can get Salvatski there. I got some in VA, which is zone 7. The taste is good; just a little more seedy than Wonderful.
 
SubmarinePete said:
ktrain said:
Yeah knowing that there are some cold hardy varieties, I may be adding 1 or 2 this next season.
One more thing to research this winter. :)
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For sure you can get Salvatski there. I got some in VA, which is zone 7. The taste is good; just a little more seedy than Wonderful.
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Thanks for the info Pete, I'll see if I can locate that one. :)
 
ktrain said:
Yeah knowing that there are some cold hardy varieties, I may be adding 1 or 2 this next season.
One more thing to research this winter. :)
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I got these from Phil (Strudeldog) a couple of Frolics ago and they are growing well...no fruit yet due to their young age, but I am hopeful that they will bloom next year.

Pomegranate: Afganski
Pomegranate: Nikitski Ranni

These are supposed to be cold hardy, so I'm hopeful they will survive in ground here in zone 7A.  Still in pots for now, but I plan to put in ground in the next year or two.  I am pretty sure that Phil has them in ground.  I know he has been getting fruit, but can't remember what he said about fruit characteristics or quality.  I think he likes them but, again, can't remember what he said about them or how he rated them.

I also have a Kashmir that I got from Trees of Antiquity and it is doing great.  It bloomed last year, but didn't set fruit.  I think having the other two varieties bloom will hopefully help with that (with the cross pollinating).

I could probably get you some cuttings from any of these if you want some.  I haven't tried to root any of these myself yet, so not sure how hard or easy it is to root them.

(Edit/Note: I had forgotten that I kind of commented on some of this above already.  Oops.  Hopefully it is not to repetitive.   :rolleyes: )
 
RandyK said:
ktrain said:
Yeah knowing that there are some cold hardy varieties, I may be adding 1 or 2 this next season.
One more thing to research this winter. :)
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I got these from Phil (Strudeldog) a couple of Frolics ago and they are growing well...no fruit yet due to their young age, but I am hopeful that they will bloom next year.

Pomegranate: Afganski
Pomegranate: Nikitski Ranni

These are supposed to be cold hardy, so I'm hopeful they will survive in ground here in zone 7A.  Still in pots for now, but I plan to put in ground in the next year or two.  I am pretty sure that Phil has them in ground.  I know he has been getting fruit, but can't remember what he said about fruit characteristics or quality.  I think he likes them but, again, can't remember what he said about them or how he rated them.

I also have a Kashmir that I got from Trees of Antiquity and it is doing great.  It bloomed last year, but didn't set fruit.  I think having the other two varieties bloom will hopefully help with that (with the cross pollinating).

I could probably get you some cuttings from any of these if you want some.  I haven't tried to root any of these myself yet, so not sure how hard or easy it is to root them.

(Edit/Note: I had forgotten that I kind of commented on some of this above already.  Oops.  Hopefully it is not to repetitive.   :rolleyes: )
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That's cool Randy, 

I am looking into different varieties.
Having heard about the soft seed types...not sure about their hardiness though.
I'll have to interrogate @"strudeldog"#157   for some information. :)
 
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