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Anyone have experience growing pomegranates?
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Not much. Mine was brought back in my luggage from FIL's garden in Italy. It has grown from a very small twig 10cm high to a small foot-high bush. I'm told I need 2 to get fruit. Whenever that might be.http://mudandgluts.com - growing fruit and veg in suburbia -
Found one earlier thread about pomegranates http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gra...ing_75624.html
Its not an obvious choice for a UK fruit garden.Comment
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I have 2 pom tree´s. They are very well developed and been here for god knows how many years. They need a good cut every year and provide lots of fruit. But i have it very warm here, i don't think they would do well in the UK as the flowers set in March and they are not ready to harvest until November.I grow 70% for us and 30% for the snails, then the neighbours eats them
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I agree it's not easy to get fruit in the UK, it depends where you are - they do fruit in the UK, but I think only in the south and if you bring them in in winter. Otherwise you'll have a very pretty deciduous bush with no fruit. Am only really growing mine as an experiment.http://mudandgluts.com - growing fruit and veg in suburbiaComment
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Its a really pretty shrub. I saw one in a local garden some years back. It was in a pot and brought under cover for winter.Comment
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I would love to grow them, but nou if they are not going to fruit.
Our climate is too unreliable.
And when your back stops aching,
And your hands begin to harden.
You will find yourself a partner,
In the glory of the garden.
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sounds like a longshot, but sometimes that's all part of the enjoyment.
The flowers are beautiful - I remember a story about the "flame-red flowers of the pomegranite tree", but it was from Morocco.
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Only a few select places with amazing micro climates can grow them here. Chelsea Physic Garden have a fruiting one (and the most northern outside fruiting grapefruit I believe).
Good trip down to have a look at theirs and pick their brain?
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The reason I asked is because I have a six or seven year old tree in the garden. This year I had about 35 pomegranates on the tree, last year only 12. I was wondering if I needed to prune the tree. The tree is about two metres high.Comment
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I guess you don't live in the UK, Boatsman? As you will have seen from previous posts, we don't have the climate to grow pomegranates for fruit, unfortunately.Comment
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Can't you grow dwarf varieties indoors? Sure I heard that somewhere.Comment
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