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Angel Red Pomegranate VS. Eversweet Pomegranate
Comments (3)I'm very interested to hear what people have to say about this too! I'm sure you've figured out that the soft seeds are what the hype about Angel Red is, while Eversweet is supposedly good even when immature. Both are apparently early ripening. My two cents, from a practical standpoint would be to go with Eversweet, since accurately gauging ripeness in pomegranates is rather difficult for the novice, you'd get more good tasting fruit this way. Also, Angel Red is covered by a patent and so is more expensive and only grown by a few nurseries (such as Monrovia)....See MoreIs possible to grow pomegranate trees in Utah?
Comments (9)Yes, you can grow pomegranate bushes in Utah. The Russian-Turk pomegranates survive down to zone 6. I am currently living in zone 6b and growing both Russian 26, and Salavatski. The question is whether or not you will get a fruitful harvest. If you are willing to do a little work you can grow them outside and still have a harvest. You will need to plant them in a micro-zone warm spot usually on the south side of your house. A micro-zone will bring the growing perimeter up to zone 7. In order to get a harvest your pomegranate will have to start blooming in April. You can put stakes around your bush and then staple 6 mil plastic drop cloth around the stakes creating a temporary anti-freeze zone and this will help warm the bush up and bring it out of dormancy quickly. You can do the same thing to extend the growing season if your pomegranates are not yet ripe by November. Hope this helps....See MorePomegranate in North Central NC
Comments (15)Swapna, yes, some guavas grow here, but not true ones. But they can be grown as (big) houseplants. Pineapple guavas are hardy here. There are lots of pomegranates that grow & fruit here. Just go by the zone listed and you'll be fine. They take a few years to get established before they will fruit successfully but you'll likely see blooms before that as they can bloom all summer but really only set viable fruit on the first blooms (which sometimes gets frozen). Nana is the one exception, since the fruits are small it'll set as late as midsummer. But they are SOUR! :)...See MoreDo Pomegranate suckers come true to the parent plant.
Comments (12)Yep, that is where too much of the growth goes to unless you put an end to it taking those unending detours and keep the plant on (your) track. Now let's think...what can I use to block the sucker factory's sucker production from the base.....w/o harming the top??? Something bendable, removable, expandable, affordable, light proof, snugly fitting close to the trunk's changing shape/dimensions, heavy enough that wind and lawnmower air suction won't affect it, and something that will still allow easy watering/fertilizing....??? I have been using "sucker blockers" on jujube trees that have been 100% effective, and these can also block emerging suckers at the base of poms. Single trunk poms work easiest since one snug, roundish 'throat' in the sucker block can eliminate any growing room for suckers to come up from the bottom of the tree....If this is what you want to do, rather than kneel down and prune all the little suckers regularly before they get big and thorny, here is what works here: Cut pcs. of carpet tile. I found 17" X 28" pcs. at a $1.00 store that have 3 layers: fibrous bottom, center rubber(plastic), and woven top. They are 1/2" thick, heavy, stiff, and don't unravel when cut up. Comparing the shape to a football field, I cut out a blunt-pointed triangular pc. that starts at each 45 yard line and slants towards the 50 yard line where they intersect about 10 yards towards the center of the field. With similar triangular notches cut on one side of each carpet tile, they can be placed side-by-side with one pc. overlapping the other and the 2 triangular notches lined up to make a roundish hole (throat) that snuggly surrounds the tree trunk. You can carve out any shape that fits a given tree trunk. I cut the notches wide enough to accommodate the particular trunk it surrounds. I make the notches deep enough so that one pc. overlaps the lower one at least 4". To keep the 2 pcs. close, I make a 'hinge' on one end where the overlapping sides meet. I drill a 1/2" spade bit hole through both where they are lined up in the best position for a certain tree. The hole is maybe 2" from the end, as well as 2" from either side of the 2 intersecting pcs. of carpet tile. To fasten the 2 pcs. together, I use 2 black tie wraps that are not pulled too tight. That way I can easily swing the 2 pcs. open to move them out of the way or put them back in place.....Because of the rubber/plastic inner layer, water does not go through the laminate carpet tile. On young trees, I slide water lines beneath the sucker blocker. The bottoms may be gray and thus less visually bothersome, so the blockers here are upside down...........Fire ants LOVE setting up condos beneath the carpet tiles, but I do not mind having some fire ants around to patrol the yard and eat up insect eggs on the ground out in the yard. Fleas. Chiggers........Good luck with your quality pom tree....See Moregirlgroupgirl
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