[NAFEX] Pomegranate
Thomas Olenio
tolenio at sentex.net
Sat Dec 3 20:05:25 EST 2005
Hi,
Can pomegranates be kept like potted citris? Inside in winter, outside
during the summer.
Would they fruit? Are the flowers perfect (male/female)?
Thanks,
Tom
On Fri, 02 Dec 2005 22:03:10 -0600, MARIE ASHTON <bwoodtx at verizon.net>
wrote:
> Are you in 6a or 6b? 6b is down to -5 and there are some possible
> varieties that might work. 6a at down to -10 is a little chancey but
> worth a try. Since pomegranates bear fruit on new wood you do not have
> to worry about buds being killed. If you have a winter snow cover then
> there is also a variety that might work (under the snow cover).
> But to state again 6b is a good possibility with the new (in the US)
> Russian/Central Asian varieties. The varieties that I would recommend
> are "Kazake" or "Salavatski". "Agat" if under snow cover (a low growing,
> good fruiting
> pomegranate). If want to try one let me know and I will try to see that
> you get one to try, but pomegranates like a lot of fruit trees do not
> reach their best cold hardiness until about the third year and would
> need to be somewhat protected the first two years.
> Richard Ashton
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Ginda Fisher
> To: North American Fruit Explorers
> Sent: Friday, December 02, 2005 8:47 PM
> Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Pomegranate
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>
> On Dec 1, 2005, at 2:02 PM, MARIE ASHTON wrote:
>
>
> How many of you are interested in pomegranates. It seems that many
> people think they are too much trouble to eat. They are somewhat
> troublesome, but some think they are worth the trouble. The easiest
> way to utilize them is to juice them with a common citrus/orange press,
> that's just a pressure press not the kind with the reamer as that kind
> will get the partation material and skin into the juice and that is
> bitter (tannin). There are a lot of new varieties available now and some
> cold hardy ones.
> Richard Ashton
> zone 7b/8a Central Texas
>
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>
>
> I am interested in pomegranate, but here in zone 6, I think I will
> have to content myself with indoor plants. If anyone knows of a
> pomegranate hardy to zone 6, though, I'd be excited to try it.
>
>
> Ginda
> eastern MA, zone 6
>
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