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Ellen Schlenker
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ellenschlenker at cox.net

Re: Pomegranates.

I have planted two Pom trees in our backyard.  I have loved pomegranates since my early childhood and I am now 65.  We have two trees; one we have had at least 10 years and the other about 6.  They both bear fruit but the older one more than the other.  The fruit is not the bright red you see in the stores but a red/brown and seems to split.  I leave the fruit on the trees so that the birds can eat the seeds since most of the fruit split on the branches.  My two questions are how often should I feed the trees (what type of feed) and how do I get them to be the right color for picking and eating?  

Both the family and the hummingbirds enjoy the trees in the early spring when they are in bloom.  And to see the trees just full of their blossoms and in bright red/orange color and then change into the the fruit itself is quite amazing.  People she have these trees in their backyards for they are easy to maintain and to watch the hummers flipping from flower to flower and then the birds attacking the fruit is great fun to watch.

Thanks you in advance for any informatin you can send me.

Ellen Schlenker
ellenschlenker at cox.net
Sun City West, AZ.