Fruits and Nuts: Pomagranate tree, 0 by flyboyFL

flyboyFL wrote:
Just noticed this thread.

I think i may have been the one who talked about pomegranates with figs.

I planted two trees in the ground (full sun) , this time last year.

They were about six feet high -- and looked pretty scrawny. They both took -- one fantastically, the other just OK.

The fantastic one produced a half-dozen fruits. We picked the last one about two weeks ago. The fruits were four inches in diameter. Real nice size.

The other still has one fruit ripening. I found the reason it hadn't done so well. The guys who planted it failed to "puddle" the hole when they backfilled it. I noticed that it didn't rapidly draw down the irrigation water. I finally stuck a hose into the hole -- and bubbles rose -- and the hole settled down considerably. Now it's doing better.

Here is a photo. The tree in front is the sick one (you can see a fruit still on it) -- then there is a new grapefruit tree -- and then the better pomegranate. (behind it is a key lime -- hidden)