Ok, way off topic but I know several of you grow pomegranites.  I have two small plants I just planted this year but need a pome fruit fix really bad.
Can't find any locally in grocery stores.  Does anyone have any (really good ones) that are ripe they would sell and ship to me??
please pm or email
Greg

No, but it looks like a bumper crop out here this year. Guy across the street has already juiced his. He gave me some... and it's really good this year. Another friend said she had juiced a large wheelbarrow full.

Last year I rooted about 10 cuttings and was just thinking this morning where I should plant them. I want poms too. :)

Greg: Good luck, thanks for sharing.

Best,
Tam

The Harris Teeter here in SC has some really nice ones. They are owned by Kroger, also the BJ Wholesale foods has cases of 6 that looked great. I love them, can peal and seed it wicked fast...

You may want to PM HarveyC.  I believe he grows several different types of Pom's.  I have Wonderful & Parfianka, but neither has fruited yet.

To get more attention, you might also want to change the title of the thread to something like 'Want Pomegranate fruit'. Sometimes if people don't have much time, they only open threads that catch their eye.

I grow 26 varieties but no fruit to ship, sorry.  

good suggestion Gina, thanks 
I am really craving them but it is all but impossible to find good produce in the area unless it is locally produced in farmers markets

We have a pom. tree growing in our garden in Greece, and the fruit it produces is outrageously delicious. I don't know the variety, but will take pics next time we're over there. Doubt it will grow back here in the uk, but it's very tempting indeed to take some cuttings and give it a go. Didn't realize it could be propagated this way. Could be a viable candidate for a heated greenhouse perhaps?

I have sold and shipped poms.  I have maybe 20 varieties with fruit right now and most (but not all) are ripe.  I've typically sold variety packs.  I've got my plate pretty full right now and am hoping to have a handle on things in maybe a week.  Mondays extremely busy for chestnut shipping (152 packages yesterday) and Tuesday is a little busy.  Though I would typically have time to deal with the poms, I am now starting an expansion to my pole barn to accommodate 50 solar panels to be installed before year-end and the trenching I'm doing myself also (or else I know the contractor would damage at least one water line and maybe a gas line and certainly wiring for a sprinkler timer).  And my one farm worker is having some problems with his right arm.

Send me an email next Wednesday if you think you may be interested and I can give a status update.

I do love pomegranate fruit too; even though they are a real pain to peel and get the good stuff out.
(Also be careful about any easy seed squirting that may ruin/stain one's good clothing.) 
Each year, I make sure to buy a few fruits for old times sake...
Currently they are in season, and I see them everywhere (e.g., supermarkets) @ ~$2 each.

I have a young Salavatski specimen and I hope to start harvesting my own pomes soon?

@ Gina - Thanks for the advice, but dormancy is the problem for us. We tend to visit late Aug - mid Sept, when the bush is still very much actively growing. So the ?'n is whether cuttings taken around this time will be viable. Guess it might still be worth a try just to find out, and the potential reward giving us all the incentive we need.

@ greg - looks like you've got an offer from Harvey you can't afford to refuse. Job done.

@ gorgi - whilst cursing the wretched peel, just think of all those powerful antioxidants coursing through your cardio-vascular system.

 Sorry, this wont help with a quick fix but if you want to grow your own check out the UCD website, they offer cuttings of many varieties , free for cost of shipping.  In So Cal they grew like weeds from bird droppings but here in GA I've seen them selling for $4.00 per fruit.   Unreal

Thanks all for the responses

Thanks Harvey,
I will check in with you next week and see what your status is. 
Looks like your plate is full.

I do the same thing Harvey.  I enjoying doing it.  Of course I have not done a wheelbarrow load for juicing either,,,   ;o)

Yes that is how I peel pomes too;
Cut the top and bottom, and slice (hopefully) along the segment edges (not easy).

I never knew that one can slice the fruit midway (between top and bottom) and beat the heck them seeds out?
Here is a utube in action of the ART gadget Harvey mentioned.
Amazing how none of that very bitter yellow stuff falls in
(or does it?).

I do it the old fashioned way too. But I've seen a video of someone cutting them in half, holding half in their hand over a bowl with the cut side down, and hitting the back with a larger wooden spoon. And the seeds falling out. I've never tried it.

Edit... here is the video:

Harvey,

Have you found some varieties to be better than other? We have a Wonderful and make jelly. Unfortuately, I can't find decent bread to eat it on anymore.

gary

I use the slice and beat the stuffing out of it method. It works well, but is a bit messy. Though, the kids love it.

Harvey, those poms sound fantastic. Would you be willing to ship to another customer too?

Gorgi, the pit comes out with the ART gadget also but you can float it out by dumping the arils into water and then straining.

There are a lot of good pom varieties.

Uncertainty about my being able to ship poms has increased.  My farmhand showed up for work today to help with various chores but said his arm was in just too much pain to continue working.  So I spent a few hours working on an injury report, etc. and now get to do everything myself.  Again, I'll know more next week but chestnuts take top priority and then my construction project.  I canceled participation in a Scouting even this weekend for my son and myself so he could help with with construction work.  Oh well....

Fear not, Harvey. Debbie and I have cleared our schedules and are headed your way in the batmobile. 

Donna, if you think Debbie may be interested in marketing/shipping my poms for me this year, get in touch.  Does she dig trenches also???