My Edibles: Pomegranate Trees

Pomegranate - Rosavaya

Planted: 2011

Height 30 Centimetres

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pomegranate - Indian (Cutting)

Comments: -

Delicious, attractive fruit.  Very tough plant that reponds well to the slightest TLC.

Planted: 2012

Height 1.4 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Summer

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Anything I have

When I Fertilise: Yearly

Pest Control:

None required.

Pomegranate - Rosavaya

Planted: 2011

Pomegranate - Rosavaya ^7/10

Comments: - Love the fruit, like eating rubies. 

Height 1.2 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Winter

Pomegranate - Rosavaya (Cutting)

Comments: -

A lovely plant that is growing really well with little -or rather no attention.

Beautiful red leaf flush of new growth in the spring, lights up the bottom of the orchard.

On fire in the afternoon sunset as the glowing tail end of the day lights up the new growth.  Gorgeous.

Tough spot in the orchard - lives in the shaddow of the weed wall! - But on the bright side at least the wattle shading it has gone.

Weeping foliage & gorgeous flowers make this a lovely plant to have in the orchard.

All flower dropped 2010, 2011, tried hand pollinating - crossing with a Wonderful.

Picked my first fruit February 2012 & made some delicious and beautifully colourde pomegranate dressing.

Planted: 2009

Height 2 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Comments

Pomegranate - Vietnam seedling ^5/10

Fruiting Months January

Planted: 2011

Height 2 metres

Qty: 1

First Fruited: 1 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Organic Status:Organic

Pomegranate - Vietnam seedling ^5/10

Fruiting Months January

Planted: 2011

Height 2 metres

Qty: 1

First Fruited: 1 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Organic Status:Organic

Pomegranate - Elcite

pomegranate-javita

Comments: -

A yellow-fruited variety. I also have a gulasha rosavaya next to this, covered in fruit (December). Some fruit split after rain, although unripe. I also have a red-fruited wonderful variety.

Fruiting Months January, February, December

Planted: 2009

Height 3 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

First Fruited: 2 Years from purchase in pot

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: compost

pomegranate (Seedling) ^6/10

Comments: -

It was on a Bunnings throw-out table and I couldn't resist! I stuck it straight into the ground and have poured my washing-machine run-off onto it. I've never had a plant thrive so much! It started at 20cm high and about 30cm wide ... in 4 months it was 1.5m high, about 2m wide and covered in fruit and flowers. I have hacked it back to about 80cm tall to encourage bushyness and a bit of strength (it was weedy). Nothing seems to worry it! Unfortunately I've only tried the fruit 'unripe' ... I think it has potential but might need to leave it on the plant longer!

Plant appears to retain its leaves and flower year-round on about half the branches, but looses leaves on the other half! It is looking very lush with minimal water in the middle of summer. I don't think the fruit tastes the best - but these plants are tough, and can survive mistreatment in very poor WA soil and harsh WA sun.

Next time, I'm investing in a non-seedling to get the superior fruit, but the plants are fantastic (even if the fruit is very seedy and not that exciting in the taste department). They are only watered every few weeks and are in the worst possible location - tough as old boots.

Planted: 2010

Height 1.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 2

First Fruited: 2 Months from Purchase in Pot

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

When I Fertilise: Never

Pest Control:

None

Organic Status:Partially Organic

Comments

Article on grafting these babies http://www.cloudforest.com/cafe/forum/67332.html top work and you will get good fruit quicker.

Thanks for the link ... I'm wondering if I should try grafting a 'wonderful' and getting slightly better fruit.

Pomegranate - Wonderful (Seedling)

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It might be a Wonderful - the folliage looks right but I can't be sure. This plant is an icon of my childhood memories. It sprang up unbidden in my grandma's garden and I was lucky enough to get the only seedling it has ever produced. The fruit are small but the bush is only small. In fact at the moment she looks like she has more flowers than leaves!

She is very slow growing, and the branches are very fragile. You should use scissors to cut the fruit off because if you pull or twist you can take a whole branch with it.

She is very hardy though. She has been snapped in half a number of times (evil street children with soccer balls) and always come back.

Spring 2011: I saved some seeds from a fruit last year and now have lots and lots of beautiful tiny little seedlings.

Fruiting Months January, February, March

Planted: 2006

Height 60 Centimetres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 6

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pruned By: 10% in

Pollination: No

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Charlie Carp, Seasol, warm juie, Dynmaic Lifter, Blood and Bone (in rotation)

Pest Control:

curly leaf = white oil

Comments

They also strike exceptionally easy if you wanted to take cuttings.

Thanks for the heads up John! :O) Knowing that, I might take some cuttings from my friend's tree to get another variety going.

Pomegranate - Wonderful ^10/10

Comments: -

good taste

Planted: 2011

Water Given in: Spring

Pruned By: 20% in After Fruiting

Question:

Pomegranate (Seedling) ^10/10

Comments: -

Currently I have 2.  One is 1mtr high, which I bought at the market, not long ago.  Stil in it's pot awaiting planting.  The other is a seedling 40cm high, still in it's pot which I bought at a nursery two years ago.  I'm trying to shape it, so I pruned back hard last winter.

Height 1.5 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 2

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Organic Status:Organic

Pomegranate - Wonderful (MT)

Pomegranate - Wonderful

Pomegranate - Wonderful (Cutting)

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pomegranate

Comments: -

This pomegranate is already here when I moved in. It is not very big and I have not seen any fruits yet...lots of leaves and I dont fertilise it...just regular watering.

Dec2010 : Two flowers grew but dropped off.

Height 1.6 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: No

Pomegranate - Wonderful (Cutting)

Planted: 2011

Height 0.75 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pomegranate - Wonderful ^8/10

Comments: -

The flowers are so vivid and beautiful - fruit will be a bonus!

Bought from Bunnings so I am not sure on the variety, we have had flowers twice so far but no fruit.  In a massive pot - this is our second attempt with the pommegranate - our first plant was in the pot and did not drain properly - with our wet season there was two inches of water in the top of the pot for about a week and the plant died. We now have made sure the drainage is better (more holes in the pot and a small layer of gravel) and the new tree is thriving

Planted: 2011

Height 80 Centimetres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Question:

Pomegranate - Wonderful

Pomegranate - Rosavaya

Punica granatum (Pomegranate | Rosavaya)

Height 50 Centimetres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Punica granatum (Pomegranate | Elcite) (Cutting)

Planted: 2011

Height 50 Centimetres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 2

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pomegranate - Wonderful (Seedling) ^6/10

Comments: -

Pomegranate..yum! Love that juice. I have a Wonderful and a seedling I grew myself, both doing very well. The seedling has almost caught up with the Wonderful, just loved the flood rains.

Height 0.5 metres

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Organic Status:Organic

Pomegranate - Elcite (Grafted)

Planted: 2011

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pomegranate - Rosavaya

Height 1.4 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pomegranate - Rosavaya (Seedling)

Comments: -

Rosavaya is a variety from Russia producing elongated fruits. Although the appearance of the fruit is not as attractive as its American (Wonderful) counterpart, they make it up for the taste.

The current size of the plant may be too small and fragile to be planted in the ground so I planted in a bigger pot until next Winter.

Planted in bigger pot in September 2010.

Height 30 Centimetres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Pollination: Self Pollination

Pomegranate - Wonderful (Seedling)

Comments: -

I saw this variety for sale at a supermarket the other, it is truly a gorgeous looking fruit almost rounded with crimson colour.

The plant's current size may be too small and fragile to be planted in the ground so I planted in a bigger pot until next Winter.

Planted in bigger pot in September 2010.

Height 30 Centimetres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Pollination: Self Pollination

Pomegranate - Rosavaya (Grafted)

Comments: -

Had it in a pot and it didn't really get enough food and water to keep it happy. Now it's in the ground and is growing well. Lightly pruning it to keep it compact and bushy.

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Organic Status:Organic

Pomegranate - Wonderful