[Arid_gardener] Re: pomegranate tree

[Leo M/Rosemary J Abrami]

Thanks for all this advice.
We bought the plant from a nursery and I haven't a clue what variety  
it is - maybe I can backtrack and ask them what they sold us.
Last year we left the fruits on for aaaaages, hoping they would turn  
red, so I don't think that was the problem.  I suspect that the one  
red fruit we got was from the stock and the rest may be from the  
graft - is this possible?
Don't know how to handle the watering situation.  As I said, the  
bubbler frequency is controlled by the condo association system and,  
besides which, the pomegranate is surrounded by other plants  
(including my thriving herb garden) that need water.  Will have to  
think about that...
Our whole garden is 24' x18' with a paved patio in the middle and a  
path on two sides so there's really very little room.  Despite this  
we have four trees: lemon, apricot, fig, pomegranate; salvia, vinca,  
nasturtiums, sunflowers, assorted native bulbs, papyrus,  
passionflower vine, morning glories, aforesaid herb garden and  
whatever I put into pots for seasonal color.  Oh, and four chairs, a  
table with an umbrella in the middle and one of the most beautiful  
lizards you have ever met!   My favorite is the salvia which feeds  
bees, hummingbirds, finches and sparrows and is a source of never- 
ending enjoyment for them and me!
Rosemary Abrami




On Apr 30, 2008, at 9:37 PM, Dick wrote:

> Pomegranites are easily and readily sprouted from cuttungs that  
> always run true. Don't waste your time with seeds but I have never  
> heard of them sprouting anyway. In the Desert Museum in Tuscon is a  
> Golden variety of Pomegranate from which I collected a cutting 20  
> years ago. It grew but somewhere along the way I lost track of it.  
> That Golden variety is, to the best of my knowledge, a novelty. I  
> have a vigorous Wonderful in a 20 gallon pot but the species does  
> well in this climate. In fact, I believe it is a desert or low  
> water use plant and evergreen but, if in the ground, benefits from  
> deep watering at the drip line no oftener than every two weeks  
> after it is established but almost never in the cool months when  
> the highs are rarely over 75F. You can train this plant, that wants  
> to be a bush, to a small single trunk tree if you really work at  
> it,  or a multi-stem bush. My wonderful is multi-stem, eight feet  
> tall.
>
> Dick Gross, Master Gardener Volunteer/Sec/Ed Arizona Rare Fruit  
> Growers, Inc.
> U of A Maricopa County Cooperative Extension
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- To: <arid_gardener at Ag.arizona.edu>;  
> <abrami at cox.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2008 11:33 PM
> Subject: [Arid_gardener] Re: pomegranate tree
>
>
>> Pomegranates should be deep watered every two weeks in the summer  
>> and don't
>> really need any water during he dormant winter period.  They can  
>> take more
>> water but deep watering every twice a week seems like a lot.  A
>> nitrogen-based fertilizer like ammonium sulfate (21-0-0) the first  
>> few years
>> is helpful but not really necessary after that.  The deep red type is
>> usually 'Wonderful" and will produce fruit the same as the  
>> parent.  But
>> there is a lot of cross pollination and if your plant was grown  
>> from seed,
>> there is no way to tell if the grains will be pale pink or red.   
>> We also
>> found that the fruit is a deeper red if left on the bush as long as
>> possible.
>>
>> Olin Miller, Master Gardener Volunteer
>> U of A Cooperative Extension, Maricopa County AZ
>> ============================================
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: <abrami at cox.net>
>> To: <arid_gardener at Ag.arizona.edu>
>> Sent: Sunday, April 27, 2008 9:41 AM
>> Subject: [Arid_gardener] Question from Home-Hort WWW page
>>
>>
>>> Rosemary Abrami
>>> 85375-4903
>>> abrami at cox.net
>>>
>>> We have a pomegranate tree in our small, sheltered yard.  It is  
>>> strong and
>>> healthy, presently covered in lush foliage and many blooms, as  
>>> well as
>>> several already-forming fruits.
>>> Watering is on a communal bubbler system controlled by the condo  
>>> i.e. we
>>> can't affect it, and waters deeply twice a week at present,  
>>> increasing to
>>> three times a week in the very hot months.
>>> I fertilized with  16-8-4P when the first buds started showing.
>>> Last year we had an large crop BUT the fruits were dry and only  
>>> pale pink
>>> inside, apart from one small fruit that was deep red and juicy.   
>>> What a
>>> disappointment!
>>> What can we do this year to make sure that we get a delicious and
>>> nutritious crop?  All suggestions gratefully accepted
>>
>>
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