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Thanks.  I've been looking up pomegranates on the web, and they sound 
perfect:  drought tolerant, not fussy about soil, and okay at room 
temps for most of the year.  Also attractive and mildly exotic.  I'm 
torn between eversweet (which might be hard to keep small enough) and 
nana, which sounds like a nuisance to eat, but is probably the better 
ornamental, and would fit the space well.  But I love pomegranates, and 
it would be a lot of fun to grow my own. . .

Raintree says 150 chill hours.  Do you know how cool it needs to get.  
Just wondering if cool nights in the house might be enough, or if 
that's unreasonable.  50F?  40F?  I suppose I could take it outside for 
a month in the spring or fall and still have a nice houseplant most of 
the year.

And I will try alpine strawberries as well, in a long low planter.

Ginda

On Jan 11, 2005, at 8:00 PM, Stephen Sadler wrote:

> But as I think further... you might want to grow a variety with 
> full-size
> fruit.  I'm thinking "Eversweet", available at Raintree.  Although the 
> seeds
> are red, the juice is clear, and there aren't so many seedpits in the 
> pulpy
> fruit.  They're also sweet, and require fewer warm/hot days to set 
> fruit,
> which should be better for you.  Outdoors, it can reach 10 feet, but 
> people
> do grow this variety in pots for indoor/outdoor culture.
>
> ~ S
>
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> Subject: Re: [NAFEX] potted fruit plant
>
> Thanks for all the good ideas.  I need something drought tolerant, and
> not too big.  At the moment I'm leaning towards a calemondin or
> kumquat, because I know I can grow citrus indoors.  But some of the
> other ideas are intriguing.  Neither is great to eat (to my palate) but
> they make a nice relish and the flowers smell great.
>
> Folks have suggested figs and peaches and persimmons and pomegranate,
> but don't they need a cold dormant period to thrive?  Of these, if I
> could grow a miniature peach or pomegranate, I would give it a try.
> Anyone know a source for a dwarf pomegranate?
>
> I love the idea of passion flower.  The vine could grow up my cactus.
> :)  the one time I had a plant it died (lack of water) but that was
> when I was ten, who knows, I might do better now.  Alpine strawberries
> are small enough that I don't need to use up my "big" space for them.
> I will have to give them a try indoors and see what happens.  Hey -
> inside I wouldn't lose all the fruit to birds and chipmunks.  I think I
> have a good pot for that.
>
> The Surinam Cherry looks intriguing.  I've never heard of a strawberry
> guava, either.
>
> Thanks again.  I'll let you know what I get.
>
> Ginda
>
>
>
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