are there any poms from UC davis which are a must-have regarding hardiness?
I already have kazake and salavatski which are often recommended. I don't need big fruits, profuse and early fruiting are more important.
there are so many poms in their list with names I cannot even spell, so I don't know which to choose.

thanks!

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Not sure which is best tastewise, but I am collecting as many as I can to experiment around 6B/Philadelphia myself to see what lives and what dies... survival of the fittest hehe.

-Arian

I currently have five varieties and all have proven hardy for me: Medovyi Vashi, Kazake, R-8 (Salavatski?), R-14 (Krymyzy-kabuh?), Angel Red. The last one I had no hardiness data on but I wanted to try it out due to the popularity of its taste and the early harvest time. Note that for cold climates the harvest date is as important as the hardiness, there is nothing worse than watching the unripe fruits get frozen out in the fall (like my yellow kiwis are doing right now). Medovyi Vashi I picked because it ripens very early; it is not known hardy but is doing OK for me.

I got my first fruit this year, a Salavatski. It was very good, I am looking forward to more pomegranates!

Scott

Im putting my 1st years in the shed, maybe with miminal burlap protection. if they survive. They go in ground next year

-Arian

This year had around a dozen fruit. Wonderful much better than cuttings of unknown variety (possibly Utah Sweet), but had to bring plant inside to ripen last few. This seems to be a great way to grow pomegranates in my marginal area though: ultimate control over the plants and their growing environment, and very low care/space saving winter setup.

...however, still aching to try getting fruit from some in the ground. It has always struck me as strange that figs are commonly grown in way-too-cold climates by being covered in winter, but I've not heard of this for pomegranates. They are shrubs after all, and can be easily wrapped/mulched and protected from the cold. Early leaf-out/late spring frosts, and ripening time would probably be main concerns.

Afganski
Azadi
Desertnyi
Gissarskii Rozovyi
Grenada
Nikitski ranni
Parfyanka
Sakerdze
Salavatski
Shirin Zigar
Sin-Pepe
Vkusnyi
Wonderful
Russian #8
11 Vietnam (Big yellow)

Most are in a 200 foot long hedge and part of a University of Florida study. I hope they do ok here come winter but we can get down in to the mid 20's some years.

Scott

I still have hopes for my Texas red, Texas pink, and sweet. The sweet has produced a couple very good pom's but hasnt been very productive. I also suspect that a very very late freeze will kill most to the ground

Could you list what 10 types you grow?

At my old office, Phils Sweet (5/07), Russian (5/07), Sweet (4/08), Angel Red (4/08), Grenada (4/08), Ambrosia (4/09), Lots of shade here.

New office: Angel Red (2/10), Desertnyl (3/10), Eversweet (3/10), Garnet Sash 9Parfianka) (2/20), Grenada (2/2010), Sweet (2/10), TexasPink(1/10). Lots of sun.

Re Alkalinity: Richard Ashton's website says some references state poms like acidic to neutral soil, but he believes slightly alkaline is OK. To plant some shrubs beside my house I had to rent a jackhammer to cut through the limestone 6" beneath the soil. The poms have more soil, but Im sure the limestones underneath.

One of the better Nurseries here, Doans, has stopped selling Wonderfull because they taste bitter. They still sell Sweet.

Thanks, that makes me feel better on the winter die back as I was worried about that.

Far as the PH..mine seemed happier and definitely perked up when I limed them. The soil here is slightly acidic and the irrigation water slightly alkaline.

Overall my poms have been producing a lot of wood but not a lot of fruit (so far). One year Kazake had a lot of fruit, and I am hoping as the trees get bigger they will do better.

Scott