Joined: 24 May 2006 Posts: 340 Location: Southern Ontario, Zone 6a
Posted: Thu 05 Oct, 2006 7:57 pm
I planted seeds from pomagrantes that I ordered online a few weeks ago and was wondering is fall a good time to start them, i thought they would have sprouted by now but no they haven't. I keep them moist and on a heating pad what i am doing wrong or should i just be patient?
poms are not the best to start from seed. everything I've read on here and on other forums the fruit will be poor quality best to try a cutting or whatnot. I can get you a cutting from mine, if you'd like
Joined: 13 Nov 2005 Posts: 6657 Location: Colorado
Posted: Fri 06 Oct, 2006 12:21 am
Citrus Canuck is correct. Pomegranates can be raised from seed, but may not come true. Usually pomegranate trees propagated from seeds produce fruit of poor quality. Cuttings root easily and plants from them bear fruit after about 3 years. Twelve to 20 inches long cuttings should be taken in winter from mature, one-year old wood. The leaves should be removed and the cuttings treated with rooting hormone and inserted about two-thirds their length into the soil or into some other warm rooting medium. Plants can also be air-layered but grafting is seldom successful. It is not worth your time or effort to grow a pomegranate from seed, as you would probably be disappointed with the results. - Millet
I tried to start them from seed last yr with the kids all mine Died and so did theres . they grow so slow and to get the trunk to harden off took up to 3 months then the plant died. so ? Good luck im buying a 2 yr old tree soon Tammy
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Joined: 24 May 2006 Posts: 340 Location: Southern Ontario, Zone 6a
Posted: Mon 30 Oct, 2006 12:26 am
Mine just sprouted so we will see how it goes, it is in a mini greenhouse and mostly everything in there does well (knock on wood) my navel orange is ptting on its second flush since its last one in mid sept. and I just repoted it. Its wierd to me because from what I read on the forum it is unusal.