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russian pomegranate in zone 5

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Posted by ClarkinKS 5 (My Page) on
Fri, Sep 12, 14 at 7:25

Attempting to grow russian pomegranate in zone 5 this year and was wondering if anyone has done it? I'm planning on growing them much the same as figs since I have heard russian pomegranate can survive -5 or - 10 Fahrenheit. Any advice?

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Clark,

I have a Salavatski and a Wonderful pommegranates in the ground for about 5 years now. I burried both them 1 foot deep beyond the pot soil level to ensure grow back after winter killed. They both died to the ground with -15F last winter despite of winter protection by wrapping the bushes. They resprout this year.

Tony

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They die back to ground every year for me in zone 6b. Only fruit I got has been from potted plants overwintered in garage. Even then most did not ripen fully by end of growing season... They won't fruit after dieback unfortunately.

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fabaceae,

Have you ever gotten ripe fruit from garaged pomegranates? I think it's probably something I should give up on and concentrate on something else, but if you've had any success I might try again.

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Yes, on small plants in 5 gallon pots placed in hot microclimate south of house. 'Wonderful' variety and very tasty, but late to ripen, so I definitely recommend early ripening cultivars (most of the so-called hardy ones are not very early). I plan to put a row of them in a greenhouse structure next.

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Thanks Tony that's a great idea I wish I did that with my jujube last year. Fabaceae_native that's good info so maybe I will pot them up this year and keep them in the root cellar during the winter. How old do they need to be to produce fruit? The ones I ordered are 12-15". I have a big pond dam I could create a micro climate for them on the back side (south) and wrap them which might work.

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I thought I'd add this link to a previous post:

Here is a link that might be useful: Hardy pomegranate

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