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[Mark Lee <mark.lee.phd@gmail.com>]

I have a Nana seedling that I have been growing for a number of years
without fruit. It is a houseplant in the winter.

To be more correct the flowers are male and hermaphroditic. I got this
from a University of Georgia publication.
http://www.caes.uga.edu/Publications/pubDetail.cfm?pk_id=7912
There are two types of blooms: hermaphroditic and functionally male.
The hermaphroditic fruit-bearing flowers can be identified by their
fuller, more rounded base, which appears somewhat peanut or
bell-shaped. The male non-fruit-bearing flowers will be more narrow
and vase-shaped.

John - Did you start your Siberian pomegranates from cuttings? Do they
survive outdoors in Toronto?

-Mark Lee, Seattle

On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 11:33 AM, Lee Reich <leeareich@gmail.com> wrote:
> My Iranian varieties flowered for the first time this year. Just a few 
> flowers, most of which dropped off. Lester Davis pointed out that there are 
> male and female blooms. The males are more V-shaped, the females have 
> bulbous bases. Most of the dropped flowers were, obviously, male. A couple 
> of females started to develop but started to rot because of humid and rainy 
> weather. Oh well, there's always next year.
>
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> On Oct 17, 2012, at 12:37 PM, John Barbowski wrote:
>
>> In spite of 2-300 blossoms on each of my 4 foot plus Siberian pomegranates,
>> (Kasake,Agat) and a very warm summer, I had only 5 blossoms set fruit, one
>> of which, (1.5" diam) dropped off 2 weeks ago and only had about 6 immature
>> white seeds. The remaining 4 fruits are developing nicely and starting to
>> turn red. The largest is slightly larger than a tennis ball. Is there a
>> trick to getting more fruit?. Two years ago I had seven Poms develop,
>> anywhere between 2-4" in diam.
>>
>> I have never noticed pollinators buzzing the flowers. Would manual
>> pollination help and  if so, should it be intra or inter species or does it
>> matter?
>>
>> The leaves of the plants are now yellowing and starting to drop. Fall is
>> fast upon us.
>>
>> The following are links to both the fruit and one of the plants showing the
>> commencement of flowering. There are various pics in the album; they depict
>> the development of the plants from cuttings (thank you Richard Ashton) to
>> their present size.
>>
>> http://s217.photobucket.com/albums/cc149/JBarbowski/Pomegranates/?action=view&current=DSC_0001-1.jpg
>>
>> http://s217.photobucket.com/albums/cc149/JBarbowski/Pomegranates/?action=view&current=DSC_5.jpg
>>
>> jmb
>>
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