Pomegranate from a seed
Great forum!! I have a question about pomegranates. My kids wanted to grow a plant, so they took a few seeds from a pomegranate they were eating and we planted them in a small container. A week later and we have three seedlings sprouting. Will these things actually grow into producing pomegranate trees? Or are we wasting our time? Thanks!
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How are your pomegranate seedlings doing?
We just ate one yesterday and decided to try planting the seeds.
This website has some good info:
https://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/morton/pomegranate.html
I guess it's possible/likely that the seedlings won't fruit true, but only 2~3 yrs to fruit sounds pretty intriguing. I plan to keep 2 or 3 for cross pollination but, in my area, they'll have to stay in pots so we'll see. Drought tolerant is always welcome in potted trees though.
We just ate one yesterday and decided to try planting the seeds.
This website has some good info:
https://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/morton/pomegranate.html
I guess it's possible/likely that the seedlings won't fruit true, but only 2~3 yrs to fruit sounds pretty intriguing. I plan to keep 2 or 3 for cross pollination but, in my area, they'll have to stay in pots so we'll see. Drought tolerant is always welcome in potted trees though.