Israel pomegranate culavation:
"The main disorder which causes a severe economic impact is splitting of ripe fruit. The damage can be even to half of the yield.
Regular irrigation can decrease the damage. However regular irrigation as is done in the commercial orchards in Israel does not prevent it completely.

Purdue University:
For good fruit production, pomegranates must be irrigated. The fruit must be picked before over maturity when it tends to crack open if rained upon or under certain conditions of atmospheric humidity, dehydration by winds, or INSUFFICENT IRRIGATION.
Millet (457-)

Millet,

yep, that definitely settles it. "Pomegranates that like drought" must be a myth!

Thank you for the information!

When (and how) do you decide that your poms are ready? We just wait until they fell of the tree.

I have already picked all the fruit off of my pomegranate tree, and processed them by freezing a lot of them, and keeping some for fresh eating.. I pick the fruit when the rind has developed a good red color. When you think that it is approaching time to harvest, you can sample a fruit from time to time to determine their maturity. - Millet (456-)

Millet,

thank you very much! We were "sampling" the fruits blown by the wind for last month or so and noticed that the more we wait, the sweeter they get. Regarding the color, ours (supposingly Wonderful) were bright red from the day one - after the petals dropped. Perhaps, it is time to harvest whatever are left although they are very ornamental and make a nice display on our front yard.

Thanks again!

I think we are starting a new growing season as it seems Spring is here. My Red Angels are all leafing out but not my Wonderful. The RA will be getting regular watering this year and should do good. I am hopeful that I will get fruit this year. The Wonderful will get more water since it currently lives with the Blueberries. We'll see who does best.

I just planted my Angel Red last November. No leaving yet. Any tips are appreciated.

My RA survived the feeze we had last week quite well with only a little new growth that was burnt. Our winter was quite warm and that is why we have leaves this early. On the other hand the RA must flush earlier than Wonderful which has just the tinest little buds barely visible now.

I left my Angel Red pomegranate behind when I moved here last November.
Something that will be missed but have moved on to other plants.

My Wonderful did eventually leaf out and had a fruit which mysteriously dissapeared recently. I now have a second fruit that is growing higher up on the plant. Maybe it will hang on. The plant itself has had many blooms just little fruit set even though as often as I can I have tried to pollinate with my finger as Millet described.

My Red Angels have grown nicely and all are over six feet tall and very thick. They have not bloomed well this year. Maybe next year with second year wood.

I have not counted the number of fruit on my Wonderful pomegranate, but it must have between 50 -100 fruit hanging on the tree. I have kept the soil moist by watering the tree once every 2 weeks following the Israeli's production method. Seems to work well. - Millet

Darkman,

our pom was blooming insanely but only 3-5 fruits are set. The same story with the neighbor's pom. I am wondering whether it was the winter that we did not have to blame?

Good luck with keeping the fruit!

Dauben, only from what I read on the Internet. Some people on this forum think pomegranates should be grown dry. I have always grown mine moist., The tree has set a large fruit crop every year, without a miss. BTW, have you found steady work yet? Mary Lou and I have added you to our morning prayers ever since you lost your job. Should we keep it up, or are you employed?. - Millet

Israel pomegranate culavation:
"The main disorder which causes a severe economic impact is splitting of ripe fruit. The damage can be even to half of the yield.
Regular irrigation can decrease the damage. However regular irrigation as is done in the commercial orchards in Israel does not prevent it completely.

Purdue University:
For good fruit production, pomegranates must be irrigated. The fruit must be picked before over maturity when it tends to crack open if rained upon or under certain conditions of atmospheric humidity, dehydration by winds, or INSUFFICENT IRRIGATION.
Millet (