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How hardy are pomegranates?
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Posted by lori_londonuk zone 8-9 (My Page) on Fri, Jul 21, 06 at 10:00
| I sowed a few pomegranate seeds last autumn, and one of them germinated indoors. I moved it out to the greenhouse in spring and it's growing on healthily in a pot now. It is tempting to plant it out in the garden, but is this a wise idea? I don't know how hardy they are in the winter. I am on a hilltop so I'm not in a frost pocket. Would it be OK outside or should I keep it in a pot and just keep it in an unheated greenhouse over winter? Or would it be something that would be OK to plant out after growing on for a couple of years? I know there is a dwarf cultivar Nana that is supposed to be hardier but it's definitely not that type - the seed came from a normal large pomegranate fruit. |
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RE: How hardy are pomegranates?
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| They are potentially hardy to about -10C but only for short periods. Already grown outdoors in the southwest, possibly other places too. Sensitive to late frosts. Needs a long warm summer to ripen the fruit. The fruit can't be ripened off the tree. Doesn't fruit well in summer humidity. Sensitive to dry rot and soft rot from wet summer conditions. Best as an ornamental in this country. |
RE: How hardy are pomegranates?
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| Thanks. I wasn't really expecting fruit though it would be good to have some of the flowers. It would probably survive as I think around -5 is usually the maximum here, but all the same I'll probably overwinter it in the greenhouse for at least a couple more years. |
RE: How hardy are pomegranates?
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| Some cultivars are specifically intended as ornamentals, they have nicer flowers and not so nice fruit :) |
RE: How hardy are pomegranates?
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| They'll take much lower than -10C, more like -20C, but only with dry conditions (so no winter root rot), and very hot summers (30 to 45C every day for several months) to ripen the wood fully. A typical semi-desert continental climate plant. Resin |
RE: How hardy are pomegranates?
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- Posted by suiko Oxford, England (My Page) on
Wed, Aug 9, 06 at 7:42
| They seem to survive well here in Oxfod in protected spots (and we are well known for v cold nights in winter - we get -10 or so every year) |
RE: How hardy are pomegranates?
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| I've had a tree for three years which is kept in an unheated GH over winter. It produced one golfball sized fruit last year which ripened however this year's two fruits, twice as big, didn't. It's worth growing just for the stunning red flowers which cover the tree for months.... |
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