I do several different determinate variety tomatoes in 10 gallon containers (1 each), several indeterminate varieties in 15-20 gallon containers (1 each), 4 heads of cabbage in 10 gallons, peppers plants both hot and sweet in 7-10 gallons, and several mixed varieties of leaf lettuce in 5-7 gallon containers. Have also have fairly good luck with potatoes in 10 gallon Grow Bags. Nantes carrots do well in containers and so do strawberries and rhubarb. Dave

I am growing 6 of them in containers in SOCAL. I have no harvested fruit because they are 2 years old on average. However I got 1 little fruit from my Angel Red the first year(the fruit was to small to be edible). Will tell you what my yields are this year on 2-3 year old plants. The poms are in medium to large containers and have a mix with pine bark, perlite, peat moss.

Thanks for the advice Changsong. I will keep them in their Monarch Planting bands for a couple months, then put the whole band into a larger container (With Al's Gritty Mix) and move them into a shady North Facing spot for them to get used to being outside. It hasn't even been a month, but the variety Palermo has almost 100% leafed, and some have branches. Wonderful is slower, but now I see at least 4 with leaves. Those outside haven't popped up yet, but the grapevines I planted outside have just started peeking their little heads out of the soil, so I expect the Poms to follow. Last year I bought a pom from Gurneys, put it in a pot in morning sun on the vineyard drip system, and it is doing fine. I might put some of these in the same spot. The drip system is key to keeping them hydrated for sure. It's probably best to plant them in their true home sometime in the winter, so they get established in Spring and get ready for the heat. Not sure about this, but I'm hoping the two varieties will pollinate each other? I think they self pollinate, but it sure can't hurt!

fROM fabaceae_native NM zone6 (My Page) on Fri, Nov 9, 07 at 10:29 Hi all, With the amount of zone pushing that folks are into (I'm thinking of all the "palms in Alb" threads)... ME: Punica granatum is hardly pushing any zones in ABQ, unlike many fan palms, oleanders or pittosporum. The hardiest of palms growing OK in ABQ is far less of the "amount" of "pushing" by trying to grow aspens or nandina / photinia, etc. (Abq too arid, wet, and/or warm, soils are too alkaline, etc.) BTW, many hardy palms are from semi-arid areas of higher elevation, so not too far out when used in an oasis in ABQ compared to 9000'+ along streams or SE Asia and trying to replicate that here...neither would be Punica granatum. as I thought I might get some information about pomegranate hardiness and success in zones 6 and 7 here in NM. Specifically... ME: Pomegranates, some over 15' tall, are QUITE common in Abq, but mostly in older neighborhoods and in rear / side yards. Regrettably, like many landscapes here, pomegranates are poorly maintained, if at all. They were once more fashionable to grow, like big shrubs in general once were; now, other plant species are more popular. I have never seen freeze damage anywhere in town; but they flower fine and do like regular irrigation in ABQ. I am even told that pomegranates have grown fine in central China for centuries with little to no protection, where it is colder than here most winters substantially, though like here, winter is short and summers are hotter than even Las Vegas / Tucson. Anyone out there who regularly gets a harvest from their pomegranates? ME: I see ripe fruit on plants throughout Abq, though on plants I know of, I do not see them eaten...they just dry up on the plants. Maybe people here are not into them like in Cal...not part of the culture's fruit preference? What is the true hardiness of the species, and what about so-called hardy varieties? ME: I think standard pomegranates are hardy into USDA Z 6 (so, I would expect them to grow fine to at least as cold as Espanola - Velarde, warmer parts of Santa Fe, Grand Jct CO, Amarillo, Wichita KS, etc) It seems the dwarf pomegranates are a little less cold hardy, though they have been grown without a problem in ABQ for many, many years. BTW, on USDA cold zones, only the valley areas of AQ / Central NM have experienced much USDA Z 6 long-term; most of Abq and central NM is USDA 7a-b, with quite a few spots of USDA 8a in thermal belt areas of NE Hts and West Mesa, based on NUMEROUS experiences and temperature reports I see. Only the East Mountain areas (E of the Sandia-MAnzano chain) have lots of USDA Z 6 and even some sizeable USDA Z 5 in the basin cold air drainages. If figs are successful in an area, wrapped or not in winter, would it be safe to assume the same for pomegranate, given similar treatment? ME: Figs seem a little more cold-tender than pomegranates, though many figs are unprotected throughout Abq and are fine. Surely, there are some hardier and less hardy varieties, so those may be the exceptions. Hope that helps!