'Nana' Pomegranates
 

HI All!!

Our 'Nana' Poms are ready! The plants are only 18 inches tall!


Small fruits...


Lots of seeds & loaded with flavor!


The kids & I LOVED the taste!

I have read many places that this is a decorative cultivar...Don't you believe it!
Has the sweet/tang that you expect form a pomegranate, though I found more to the sweet side.
The pith/membrane separated easily from the seeds.
It was a quick treat!!

These were first year trees/bushes & I have 2 of them.
I had 6 fruits from each plant. I will be keeping these in pots.
Highly recommended!!

:) ~Cheryl

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These are high value fruits in this swine flue era. U can store them and keep as vitamine C bombs. Give them to balana girls
:woohoonaner:

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Excellent for your success growing them.

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Next year if you have a whole bunch of fruits, you can always send me some of them and I'll send you back some pomegranate sorbet! Reminds me, I should probably make some soon....mmmmmmm. Regardless, congrats!

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congrats! Its been so long since I've tried one I think I need to go an buy one to eat today!

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That's awesome! How old is the plant? Do you trim it a often?

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Hi Mike & Everyone!

The plant has been with me for a year!
I am only guessin ghtey are first year plants.
I have been pinching it back through out the Summer...
I will be trimming it back here after the last pom is ready!
:) ~Cheryl

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Just to see differences:
Cultivared shrub
fruits between 12-15cm in diameter

Wild one
fruits are till 12cm in diameter

Wild fruit (sour)

:woohoonaner:

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Wow...very cool! I love pomegranates...they're such tasty, unique and healthy fruit! I used to have a dwarf pomegranate bonsai, till my mom killed it when I was away at college. :(

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That's a bummer Bryan... :(
My plants are small - if you want one...LMK! ~Cheryl

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Cheryl,

How often do you fertilize your pomegranate plants and what kind of fertilizers do you use? My mom helped me grow one from seeds about five years ago; it's about 4 feet but has never bloomed.

I understand a pomegranate tree from a seed takes maybe 8 years to bloom and bear fruit. Another thing about this plant is that flowers grow on new shoots. My pomegranate doesn't bloom may have something to do with the fact that I have never trimmed mine. So how do you pinch or trim yours?

I'm growing pomegranate trees because my daughter loves pomegranates; any suggestions you have would help.

Rae from Georgia 7b

Re: 'Nana' Pomegranates
 

Well, I appreciate the thought, but I have WAY too many plants for my given space/situation right now....so no thanks. Maybe in a few years though LOL.