Pomegranate From Seeds

Kia Ora (Hello) all

I had a pomegranate about a month ago & am one of those who will plant any new seeds she comes across.... Well now I have 12 Pomegranate seedlings & am wondering is it worth growing them & what do they need. Will they fruit & how long does it take for them to mature?

Thanks
Leonie


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Sounds like something @sal might have tried

 

Thank you wiseowl


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Wow ok that's exactly what I needed to know

I cleaned my seeds off, let them dry over night & planted them in seed raising mix in a ice cream container (with drainage holes).
I kept the soil moist & placed a Glad plastic food cover (they look like clear shower caps) over it & placed it in a sunny spot.
They came up in about a week


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I've got one plant left from a small hedge I grew about 30yrs ago.
For various reasons the rest of the plants were removed over the years.

I keep it clipped so it never flowers, I do have one plant of dwarf pomegranate on the allotment which flowers like crazy most summers, and fruits, but being the dwarf form the fruits are small.

I'm sure they will grow like weeds in NZ.

 

Wow, Pete, that's impressive. Pomegranate are even hardier than I expected. I know some companies are now advertising them for sale in the UK. There used to be lots of them in people's gardens where I lived in central China, which has a wet climate slightly milder than the English Midland's, though I've also seen them growing on a tropical island pretty much on the equator. They are lovely delicate shrubs with gorgeous big bright flowers and then potentially enormous fruit on these spingly little plants. I guess the plant will take a few years to reach maturity before flowering. Pete is the expert though.

 

I have had them cut to the ground by frost in one winter in the last 30 yrs, but they are very hardy once established.
Flowering is dependant upon planting in a hot spot, and fruit ripening is not to be expected in the UK.