Hey all, I am trying out some Salevatski and Parfianka in Zone 6b, Philadelphia. It had a few inches of winter-kill i pruned off a month ago (prob took it out...
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Gregory Carrier
gpcarrier
May 3, 2011 12:59 pm
Green wood is good. It seems to just need more patience. Cheers, Greg Houston, TX - zone 9...
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Kathy
sunbriarpa
May 3, 2011 1:08 pm
I planted a small pom last year on the east side of a brick home in 6b west virginia. I was in florida when the first big freeze hit and I hadnt covered...
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Arian H
arianhojat2000
May 3, 2011 1:45 pm
Cool idea, maybe cutting the top off the garbage can, and stuffing with something 'warm' like hay or fall leaves, then closing the new 'lid', might be a good...
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arianhojat2000
May 3, 2011 1:49 pm
Cool thanks Greg, I shall wait her out ;). -Arian...
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ariel023@...
ariel0232003
May 3, 2011 2:05 pm
Apply 1 % of foliar spray 20:20:20 And take the plants out only in late April and protect in a better way through winter Ariel Arian H...
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Harvey Correia
harveycorreia
May 3, 2011 3:59 pm
As a hobby, I grow bananas here near my farm house in hardiness zone 9b. I'm far from a tropical climate but find it much easier than some of the other hobby...
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Arian H
arianhojat2000
May 3, 2011 5:05 pm
wow, late April !? I took mine out too early. Still have green wood, so I will take better measures next winter. Btw by your foliar spray tip ... Did you mean...
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Arian H
arianhojat2000
May 3, 2011 6:17 pm
Hey Harvey, I will prob try to get a few more hardy/semi-hardy plants this year. Just need some Kazake's, hopefully Bass has some for sale later this year. So...
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Ed
characato1091
May 8, 2011 6:31 pm
Now, that the weather is nice the pomegranate trees are flowering. I want to report that in my area-Simi Valley, CA, I have an abundance of flowers on my...
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Ed
characato1091
May 8, 2011 6:41 pm
Hi Everyone, I can across this very interesting video on You Tube about the production of 48 varieites of pomegranates. Hope you enjoy it. Here is the link:...
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Lee Sharp
leesharp39
May 8, 2011 7:39 pm
In the youtube video it states 48 varieties grown including a seedless type. Any idea the name oif the seedless variety? Lee ________________________________ ...
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ariel023@...
ariel0232003
May 8, 2011 7:42 pm
seedless usually means soft seeded var ... מאת: Lee Sharp <leesharp39@...> תאריך: Sunday, May 8, 2011 22:39 נושא: Re: [PomWorldwide]...
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Harvey Correia
harveycorreia
May 8, 2011 8:03 pm
I suspect that is the case. PARS Produce in NorCal added a "new variety" to their catalog last year which they said is seedless. They don't show it at...
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Harvey Correia
harveycorreia
May 8, 2011 8:07 pm
I've been somewhat envious of folks in areas with early flowers but don't feel like I'm missing much since fruit set seems non-existent. I'm getting a lot...
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ariel023@...
ariel0232003
May 8, 2011 8:32 pm
Dear harvey I warned about pollen availability *development) in the anthers I see at the moment lots of flowers but hardly no fruit set This means that there...
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ariel023@...
ariel0232003
May 8, 2011 8:37 pm
Dear Harvey There are many PG vars of Saveh I feel that quite a few vars are identical but having different names It is nice that we try seedlings It will be...
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Lee Sharp
leesharp39
May 8, 2011 9:27 pm
I have an Elf/Garnet Sash pomegranate plant in the orchard and this is the third growing season there but it was in a pot probably two years when I got it. It ...
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Harvey Correia
harveycorreia
May 8, 2011 10:21 pm
I don't seem to every have any problem with fruit set, but it is later than now. Ed has seen pollen and has hand-pollinated, but flowers still abort. I...
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Lee Sharp
leesharp39
May 9, 2011 1:29 am
On two of the pomegranate varieties I have, Fleshman and Elf/Garnet Sash, they have produced close to an equal number of male and female/fruiting blooms with ...
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lester davis
lesterdavis74
May 9, 2011 3:53 am
Most of the blooms on some varieties that I have are aborting but they are male blooms. I do my pollination with index finger. For the first 3 or 4 days the...
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Ling
lingcen
May 9, 2011 4:02 pm
All of my PG's that are heavily watered are blooming and setting fruits like crazy. In my earlier report, most trees had set 4 or 5 fruits. Now it is easily 4...
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Gregory Carrier
gpcarrier
May 9, 2011 4:15 pm
I really like this theory that better living conditions (non-drought in this case) produces more female flowers or balance of female to male. I would think...
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Harvey Correia
harveycorreia
May 10, 2011 1:38 am
I just heard from one of our PomWorldwide group members about communications he had with Dr. Bill Castle. I heard that there is a field day being held...
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ariel023@...
ariel0232003
May 12, 2011 4:41 am
Dear Harvey Thanks for the idea I think that dormancy breal sprays should be tried also In addition the boron sprays are interesting The Ca sprays in israel do...
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Arian H
arianhojat2000
May 12, 2011 4:50 am
Hey guys, just wanted to say I see my Salavatski is finally starting to push some leaves out. Nice to know its not a goner :). Parfianka will prob start soon...
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Arian H
arianhojat2000
May 12, 2011 4:58 am
Hey all, So I just wanted to add for the original poster the sources of hardy pomegranates which can survive zone 6b that i know of which are: Edible...
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Arian H
arianhojat2000
May 12, 2011 5:05 am
whoops let me revise my question... so i found out Lubimi = Favorite. so i guess my question is, Is Edidle Landscaping's Russian = Lubimi or Salevatski? and if...
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Michael Nave
jmichaelnave
May 12, 2011 5:14 am
Favorite is not Salavatski. I don't remember the real name but Harvey probably knows it. I think the Edible Landscaping variety is one of the Georgia varieties...
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Harvey Correia
harveycorreia
May 12, 2011 5:46 am
If I know what Favorite is, I don't can't retrieve that information from the recesses of my brain right now. I don't remember to which degree I've confirmed it...
