Pomegranates

[boatsman]

Anyone have experience growing pomegranates?

[sparrow100]

Not much. Mine was brought back in my luggage from FIL's garden in Italy. It has grown from a very small twig 10cm high to a small foot-high bush. I'm told I need 2 to get fruit. Whenever that might be.

[veggiechicken]

Found one earlier thread about pomegranates http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gra...ing_75624.html
Its not an obvious choice for a UK fruit garden.

[Lisasbolt]

I have 2 pom tree´s. They are very well developed and been here for god knows how many years. They need a good cut every year and provide lots of fruit. But i have it very warm here, i don't think they would do well in the UK as the flowers set in March and they are not ready to harvest until November.

[sparrow100]

I agree it's not easy to get fruit in the UK, it depends where you are - they do fruit in the UK, but I think only in the south and if you bring them in in winter. Otherwise you'll have a very pretty deciduous bush with no fruit. Am only really growing mine as an experiment.

[veggiechicken]

Its a really pretty shrub. I saw one in a local garden some years back. It was in a pot and brought under cover for winter.

[bramble]

I would love to grow them, but nou if they are not going to fruit.
Our climate is too unreliable.

[clod]

sounds like a longshot, but sometimes that's all part of the enjoyment.

The flowers are beautiful - I remember a story about the "flame-red flowers of the pomegranite tree", but it was from Morocco.

Good luck!

[rosiepumpkin]

Only a few select places with amazing micro climates can grow them here. Chelsea Physic Garden have a fruiting one (and the most northern outside fruiting grapefruit I believe).

Good trip down to have a look at theirs and pick their brain?

[boatsman]

The reason I asked is because I have a six or seven year old tree in the garden. This year I had about 35 pomegranates on the tree, last year only 12. I was wondering if I needed to prune the tree. The tree is about two metres high.

[veggiechicken]

I guess you don't live in the UK, Boatsman? As you will have seen from previous posts, we don't have the climate to grow pomegranates for fruit, unfortunately.

[danmow]

Can't you grow dwarf varieties indoors? Sure I heard that somewhere.