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by alanmercieca
Sun May 12, 2024 6:06 am
Forum: Fruits / Nuts / Plants / Roots / Flowers / Herbs
Topic: Gondhoraj lemon
Replies: 3
Views: 283

Re: Gondhoraj lemon

Interesting, and somehow I missed this post, I have the real genuine of the following variety, it's lemons can be eaten whole, although not everyone would like to I'd imagine, still makes you pucker a bit, and grown out of the area it grows best, it's most likely not a sweet. Sadly the tree is too s...
by alanmercieca
Mon Apr 15, 2024 4:44 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Testing Belbek in Ground Zone 6A
Replies: 19
Views: 545

Re: Testing Belbek in Ground Zone 6A

The cold hardiness is most likely for a European winter, which the cold stays for way less time than where you live, also I think that the wind chill where you live is also much worst. Pomegranates take at least 3 or 4 years in ground to gain their full hardiness as well. Also in Europe a lot of peo...
by alanmercieca
Sun Apr 07, 2024 5:07 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Testing Belbek in Ground Zone 6A
Replies: 19
Views: 545

Re: Testing Belbek in Ground Zone 6A

One thing that I have learned about pomegranate bushes planted in the ground, if the roots are developed enough, even if the bush perishes the variety could come back literately from the roots themselves. That happened to one of my pomegranate bushes, several other pomegranate bushes are propagating...
by alanmercieca
Sun Apr 07, 2024 2:27 am
Forum: General
Topic: Testing Belbek in Ground Zone 6A
Replies: 19
Views: 545

Re: Testing Belbek in Ground Zone 6A

Update 4/6/2024: Other trees and plants are starting to break bud all around the house. So far nothing on this Belbek though. I inspected it today and can't tell how far down the loss goes. Hoping for the best but preparing for major loss. Well if everything else had winter protection, then there s...
by alanmercieca
Sat Mar 09, 2024 2:49 am
Forum: General
Topic: Testing Belbek in Ground Zone 6A
Replies: 19
Views: 545

Re: Testing Belbek in Ground Zone 6A

Has any other severe cold weather hit this bush this winter?
by alanmercieca
Sun Feb 04, 2024 2:20 am
Forum: General
Topic: Adding two new early poms - any advice?
Replies: 7
Views: 131

Re: Adding two new early poms - any advice?

I got those in 2023, for a project taking place in NYC, I don't have them myself here. And the plants are very young still, too young to tell anything yet.
by alanmercieca
Sat Feb 03, 2024 11:38 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Sumbar pom in Seattle - first year fruiting
Replies: 1
Views: 54

Re: Sumbar pom in Seattle - first year fruiting

I find that pomegranate cuttings are usually easy to root. If you have at least 3 cuttings, then worst case scenario would be that 1 would root successfully out of 3.
by alanmercieca
Sat Jan 20, 2024 9:08 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Testing Belbek in Ground Zone 6A
Replies: 19
Views: 545

Re: Testing Belbek in Ground Zone 6A

3F actual temperature was the coldest I have actually seen here, and twice, I doubt that the wind chill was as high as it got for you, and only one pomegranate was in the ground then a 'Salavatski', I don't recall it getting any winter damage either of those years, I don't think that I protected it ...
by alanmercieca
Fri Jan 19, 2024 11:32 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Testing Belbek in Ground Zone 6A
Replies: 19
Views: 545

Re: Testing Belbek in Ground Zone 6A

This will be a great test to see how well this variety deals with a strong wind chill, because Belbek has remained undamaged at '-4 degrees Fahrenheit' before, yet as you know wind chill in it's self can cause damage to plants in general. How come you are so unsure of the temperature with wind chill...
by alanmercieca
Sat Nov 25, 2023 9:46 pm
Forum: General
Topic: A Disappointing Season
Replies: 4
Views: 175

Re: A Disappointing Season

Well this year is going down in the books as the most disappointing season for me. Not a single tree produced fruit. I was expecting to see a decent sized harvest from Belbek, Kazake, and Parfianka but nothing. I think this failure may have been due to only partial sun exposure. In years past full ...