Russian Pomegranate

[@blueridgedsia]

I ordered a few of these from a university nursery and they grow really well here in central Virginia. They are also REALLY easy to propagate form cuttings.

[@cangel201]

What university nursery did you order them from?

[@blueridgedsia]

@@cangel201 clemson

[@raregrowsNJ]

I'm growing a variety in NJ, and it fruited for me this year. Decent sized fruits, hard seeds as well

[@creamcheese271]

you can also dry the skins and make pomegranate tea

[@jaishreeram539]

If you also have pomegranate farming please let me know

[@gorodph]

Can I grow these in Slovakia (central Europe)? Highest summer temperature is 35°C and lowest is -20°C (but only few nights in a year and not every year). 700 mm of rainfall per year. But I have as much water as I want on my property.

[@blueridgedsia]

yes

[@joebobjenkins7837]

What is a hard seed? I want to grow a tree but the cultivars that grow say they have a hard seed. Ive only ever bought poms from a grocery store and couldnt tell you the difference. To me lemons, olives and cherries have hard seeds. Grapes and poms from the store are crunchy but just fine to me. If the store bought poms are considered hard im down with that.

[@JoseRuiz-vm8hr]

Pomegranates perfected by Russians? No Way Jose!

[@Hansulf]

USSR*

[@achilleuspetreas3828]

​@@HansulfUSSR was the country...Russians were the people. He was right

[@angrybees8122]

How do you make a tree cold hardy?

[@blueridgedsia]

by cross breeding varieties that survive unusually cold winters.

[@angrybees8122]

@@blueridgedsia so what pomegranate survives cold winters? Why dont they use that original one then?

[@blueridgedsia]

@@angrybees8122 you really need to ask a genetics expert

[@ncgardeningandcookingadventure]

What’s your hardiness zone?

[@blueridgedsia]

@Brichanise Terrell H mentioned Afton Va, thats zone 7a

[@Hansulf]

They are way to small, and cracking is not a good sign though

[@mdislam6381]

needs prunning

[@SithSereyPheap1]

Puaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhaaaaaaaaaaahhh i laughed at your pomegranate.It's so tiny dude !! Mine grew to the size of large grapefruits !!

[@suicidewafflez]

These are meant to be more frost hardy, so naturally the flesh is thicker to provide more insulation. And only a couple varieties of Pomegranate will grow that size. Those being the Big Red or Goliath pomegranates.

[@aron8949]

It is not the fruit that must be cold tolerant, it is the branches and trunk that will die back and the tree will have to send new shoots up every spring and it will never produce fruit.

[@blueridgedsia]

these dont get as big as warm climate poms' but the flavor is way more in your face. It makes a big grocery store pom seem bland.