Harvey,

You are responsible for me having 26 pom varieties:)  You were very helpful when I was researching growing poms here in Florida and when you directed me to Dr. Castle it was cased closed.  

You're welcome....I think! ;)  I'm up to around 70 varieties now but have resorted to removing some inferior ones to allow room for something better.  I've used grafting in some cases but have had some grafts fail after over a year so I am not relying on that method very much.  I hope they are working out great for you.

I didn't say thank you :)  lol.  We shall see in a couple years.  I do enjoy the poms though and trading the varieties helped me get a LOT of fig cuttings so it is all good.

Is there a place to buy pomegranate cuttings, Rex.

Rex,

One great source  of Pomegranate Cuttings is UC Davis if you ordering fig cuttings they can be ordered and sent at the same time. Several places are selling more cultivars now, but I really don't know who sells cuttings. I have 3 young cultivars I take a few cuttings from if you have interest. I have about 12 more cultivars I just picked up this fall as started cuttings. Some places like Green seas farms  are selling a bunch of cultivars and reasonable priced at $10 for a started plant.

USDA GRIN at Davis has provided cuttings in the past but their ordering deadline is past.  I sold cuttings last year and will probably do it again this coming January or February if there is sufficient interest.  I will probably post a notice in the PomWorldwide Yahoo group but you can send me an email in late January, if you'd like.  I'm not prepared to take a list of requests now.  Use my email address of harveycorreia at yahoo dot com or just join the pom group linked above (post #29).

I love the pomegranate fruit.
They are a pain in the butt to peel/release the pulpy seeds from the skin,
but then they are delicious...

One pomegranate that was mentioned here as being more hardy, is the "Salavatski".
Amongst other vendors; RollingRiverNursery has 2 such (rooted) plants left in stock...
http://www.rollingrivernursery.com/index.php?page=shop.product_details&flypage=shop.flypage&product_id=627&category_id=37&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=26

Harvey,

Curious what cultivars you are culling, and hoping It doesn't overlap to much with my recent acquired list. Mother nature I am sure will provide the initial culling for me hoping she leaves me a few options. Any Softer seeded ones you think might be hardy? I picked up a Sumbar, think there was a thread on your forum regarding it might be hardy or at least early.

Cindy at Green Sea farms is going to sell cuttings this winter @ I think $4 per.  They have maybe 80 different varieties.  They also sell one gallon plants ($10) and liners ($5).  

I'm not culling too much, just preparing cuttings from pruning.  I am getting rid of one of two 'Evernsweet' and getting rid of my one 'Sweet'.  I have about 70 varieties with about 60 in the ground.  My price will probably be something like $2 per cutting with $10 minimum and lower prices for quantity orders, etc.  Still need to figure out what makes sense for the time involved, etc.  I have about 140 trees, so have plenty to select from but preparing cuttings and shipping is time consuming, not much of a money-maker. I also have about 300 potted trees for sale.  Write me off list since this is a fig forum.

I'm just going to state the obvious here.............What the heck does pomegranates have anything to do with figs?

Not much, maybe a little more than the discussions of prickly pear, guava, etc.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/110947311747
    :)

I have suggested that folks take this discussion to the pomegranate discussion group I started where I do restrict posts to pomegranate-related topics.

Alright man, you got me there.It's that picture.

Hello all,

I'm also from Hungary and know Xenil from a Hungarian gardener's forum. However, from a different region and topographic conditions, a zone 8 climate, we have fig trees, olives, loquats, laurel trees, etc, Xenil knows it from that forum. So I'm also interested in collecting pomegranate cultivars, not only the hardiest ones, I'd like to concentrate to fruit quality (size, flavor, quality of seeds, etc.) so cold hardiness is a great plus, but not a must. I'm open to exchanges, I'd like to obtain many of these Central Asian, Russian varieties especially Parfianka, Savatsky, and all others. I have enough place for them so I could collect, let's say 20-30 varieties.

I OFFER:
-Several figs as you can see here:
http://figs4funforum.websitetoolbox.com/post/exchange-cuttings-europe-%28Ihave-50-varieties%29-6083536
-16 persimmon varieties:
http://figs4funforum.websitetoolbox.com/post/OT-persimmon-exchange-6190225

Bass, Alanmercieca, WillsC and others, please contact me if interested.

Thank you,
Akos

Figfan,

While I would LOVE to have some of the figs on your list sending you cuttings of poms and you figs to me would not be legal so have to very reluctantly say no:(   Good luck finding your plants.  

Looking forward to hearing more about this.

Hello,

I live in Alabama and I currently am growing 66 varieties of pomegranates. What I have found in my area is varieties that are quick to bud are the varieties that received all the cold damage, such as freezing to the ground and re-growing. The cold damage occurred after a warmup tricking some varieties into bud leaf out followed by a late artic dip. Varieties that were late to leaf out received no cold damage.

In addition, I have some seedlings I'm growing that might be very cold tolerate. They are from Tajikistan and a customer of mine called me them "Dark Red " I have 32 one year old plants. Once they start fruiting, I'll let everyone know if they taste as good as the fruit I eat that was outstanding.

I would also like to invite everyone to like my Facebook page for Alabama Pomegranate Association. It's a great way to keep up with me & know when our educational pomegranate meetings are.

Thanks,

Shane

Shane,
Do you know if they are from Eastern or Western Tajikistan?  (Do poms grow in Eastern Tajikistan?)

It is from Khujand Tajikistan.

Yes, I do have some. I have an evergreen variety from Vietnam. I also have some varieties from India. I'm not sure about their cold hardiness yet. Those varieties I erected a wind tunnel made out of flexible pvc pipe covered by plastic. Sort of a mini greenhouse. By the way, thanks for the Facebook like!

Shane

Wow, that's so cool! So many people are made to believe seedlings are no good. I'm glad to see other people growing some by seed. A friend of mine, who is from the country of Jordan said they would plant pomegranate seeds, grow the tree, and go to 5-6 neighbors homes and graft other varieties onto it. When mine grow more, I'll be glad to send you cuttings as well. Also, I have 5 rootings I just rooted from a man in California. It's a black pomegranate with white arils originally from Pakistan. The Jordanian man also said he has seen them dark on the inside. Have you ever seen an black or purple pomegranate that is dark on the inside too? Thank you very much for your kindness! I would honored to get some cuttings later.

Shane

Much people in Germany have in the last years beginning makes winterhard Seedlings from Pommegrate.

This is my trial year for planting out my Pom's I planted out about 30 cultivars after sizing up a couple years in pots. I had lost all but a couple  of about 6 types in ground the last 2 winters. I don't know how many I will have come spring, but If I continue these  mild 70 degree days with no real winter more than I figured I would

Alan,

Here's some photos of the black pomegranate with white arils.

The 5 I have rooted are cuttings from a 13 year old tree in California. I started a forum on Permies called "Growing Black Pomegranate Fruit ". I got a response & cuttings sent to me. The fruit is sweet. If yours seeds grow successful, I would like to have one your dark fruited pomegranates. I have a Palestinian man keeps asking me for black pomegranate. He said his home town calls them dark purple. I hope yours germinate.