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

Here is a link to a photo of a flower on my Nana Seedling Pomegranate.
I can't tell if it is male or hermaphroditic.
http://edible.wikidot.com/edible-plant:4
-Mark

On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 9:57 AM, Mark Lee <mark.lee.phd@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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.
>>
>> Lee Reich, PhD
>> Come visit my farmden at http://leereich.blogspot.com/
>> http://leereich.com/
>>
>> Books by Lee Reich:
>> A Northeast Gardener's Year
>> The Pruning Book
>> Weedless Gardening
>> Uncommon Fruits for Every Garden
>> Landscaping with Fruit
>> Grow Fruit Naturally
>>
>> 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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