Pomegranate

Ive grown a couple of pomegranate seeds I planted this year. Both plants are only about 10in tall. I have read conflicting reports on how hardy these plants are. Would I be able to overwinter these little uns in an unheated greenhouse or should i bring them indoors. Any advice is much appreciated ..... again!

 

Hi Averil , mine have survived outdoor , they get dormant in winter but they are super hardy , funny thing done the same thing as you and kept half indoor and halfoutdoor the one indoor died , while the one outdoor are still there , but the worst think of all is that they are ever so slow growing plants .

 

As usual, my reply is, it depends on how cold it gets this winter.

I'd be inclined to keep them above freezing for this year at least, next year if you plant them out in late spring they should be ok to overwinter without too much trouble.

 

Hi Sal we meet again . Hi Pete . Thanks for the advice. I think i will bubble wrap it well in the greenhouse but if it gets too cold I shall bring it in. I just wasnt too sure about it because its still such a youngster. Thanks again folks

 

Expect the leaves to fall off, and hardly water while dormant.
Main thing I find with pomegranate is that it does actually grow quite fast, but the growth needs to ripen before winter, if not you get a lot of die back the following spring.
So full sun, preferably against a hot wall when planting out.

 

Averil , mine survived -14 in 2010 in a protected spot as seedling , obvious like Pete say it all depend of how cold and where you live , but they are ever so easy to germinate , worst case scenario, buy another pomegranate next year and make few more .
Do you know what uppen to mine? totally forgot about them and pull them out last spring .

 

After 3 or 4 yrs you might get flowers, although ripe fruit in the UK is highly unlikely.

 

Thanks Pete and Sal. Hey Sal you dug yours up!!!!!!!.... that would horrify me. Pete I dont really expect to get any fruit from one but I really do like the flowers (thanks for showing the pic its lovely). Its only this year that I found out you can grow them over here

 

The trees around me are positively heaving with fruit at the moment, better than most years and we have had a very dry summer. We also had one of our driest winters ever when normally we get torrents of rain ready for the summer drought.

I love pomegrate juice but cannot stand to eat the fruit itself with all those pips.

But, yes, it is a beautiful tree and they sell miniatures here also, ie, bonsai.