Does anyone have any experience with pomagranates?
I want to try growing them hydroponically.

Dick

Does anyone have any experience with pomagranates?
I want to try growing them hydroponically.

That would prove interesting. Pomegranates grow on shrubs that reach 6 to
15 feet in height and, as I understand it, seeds tend to come from inedible
varieties. They're native to central Asia -- middle east especially, I
believe. Some have speculated that the forbidden fruit was actually a
pomegranate rather than a Braeburn. :P

I'd have to wonder how you could grow them hydroponically -- I wouldn't
suspect they are very conducive to such conditions, especially with their
mature size, but perhaps they would do ok in a greenhouse. I did a quick
search on "pomegranate hydroponic" though and came up with a bunch of hits.
You misspelled it above so that might be why you didn't find any -- hit
Yahoo and try a search with "pomegranate hydroponic" and I'll wager you'll
find something worthwhile.

James

"Dick Adams" wrote in message
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Does anyone have any experience with pomagranates?
I want to try growing them hydroponically.

My experience is that they produce fruit consistently starting at around 6 to
10 years old, and at a height of 8 to 12 feet and a limb spread of 6 to 12
feet.

Do you really want to spend that much energy??

Tom J
who has a pomegranate cluster in the lawn

On Fri, 7 Nov 2003 13:31:12 -0500, "Tom J"
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"Dick Adams" wrote in message
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Does anyone have any experience with pomagranates?
I want to try growing them hydroponically.

My experience is that they produce fruit consistently starting at around 6 to
10 years old, and at a height of 8 to 12 feet and a limb spread of 6 to 12
feet.

Do you really want to spend that much energy??

Tom J
who has a pomegranate cluster in the lawn

Tom, might I ask what zone you're in? I have a pom tree (more like a
bush, really) that I got when I lived in Southern California. Since
moving to the Pacific Northwest, zone 7 or 8, it hasn't flowered once,
which I assume is because it's too cold for it here. I was thinking of
pruning the heck out of it come winter, and just making it an indoor
tree from now on. Any ideas?
Thanks!
~Lilly


Trees are the Earth's endless effort to speak to the listening heavens.
-Rabindranath Tagore-

I'm in the Atlanta, GA area and we do have some cold winters. About every 15
to 20 years they get killed back to near the ground, but because of the
established root system, it usually only takes about 3 years for them to fruit
again. I have blooms most years and the set fruit an average of 2 out of 3
years.

Tom J

"Lilly" wrote in message
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On Fri, 7 Nov 2003 13:31:12 -0500, "Tom J"
wrote:


"Dick Adams" wrote in message
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Does anyone have any experience with pomagranates?
I want to try growing them hydroponically.

My experience is that they produce fruit consistently starting at around 6
to
10 years old, and at a height of 8 to 12 feet and a limb spread of 6 to 12
feet.

Do you really want to spend that much energy??

Tom J
who has a pomegranate cluster in the lawn

Tom, might I ask what zone you're in? I have a pom tree (more like a
bush, really) that I got when I lived in Southern California. Since
moving to the Pacific Northwest, zone 7 or 8, it hasn't flowered once,
which I assume is because it's too cold for it here. I was thinking of
pruning the heck out of it come winter, and just making it an indoor
tree from now on. Any ideas?
Thanks!
~Lilly


Trees are the Earth's endless effort to speak to the listening heavens.
-Rabindranath Tagore-

I live in zone8 in SC and our pomegranates do just fine. Since zone 7-8
simply indicates a minimum temp for hardiness, it really says nothing about
the amount of heat over a given period of time. It's very possible that
your region simply does not provide the amount of sunny days and/or heat
necessary for flower initiation in pomegranates.
Indoor growh might work if heat is the contributing factor. Since they're so
easy here, I've never really checked to see if photoperiod or season length
is in any way responsible.
Check it out and let us all know.
Gary

"Lilly" wrote in message
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On Fri, 7 Nov 2003 13:31:12 -0500, "Tom J"
wrote:


"Dick Adams" wrote in message
...
Does anyone have any experience with pomagranates?
I want to try growing them hydroponically.

My experience is that they produce fruit consistently starting at around
6 to
10 years old, and at a height of 8 to 12 feet and a limb spread of 6 to
12
feet.

Do you really want to spend that much energy??

Tom J
who has a pomegranate cluster in the lawn

Tom, might I ask what zone you're in? I have a pom tree (more like a
bush, really) that I got when I lived in Southern California. Since
moving to the Pacific Northwest, zone 7 or 8, it hasn't flowered once,
which I assume is because it's too cold for it here. I was thinking of
pruning the heck out of it come winter, and just making it an indoor
tree from now on. Any ideas?
Thanks!
~Lilly


Trees are the Earth's endless effort to speak to the listening heavens.
-Rabindranath Tagore-