Intro - from Seattle!

[tarnado]

Hello all you all from the beautiful and serene city of Seattle!

I was recruited from a forum for fig fanatics because I posted about my other freakish fancy for fruit envelope-pushing, which is

CODENAME: PROJECT POMEGRANATE

so this seems like the right place! I have the good fortune to live in a warm micro-climate in our very tepid climate, and I happen to have a wonderful heat trap out front of the house, where southern exposure meets a big concrete slab and a few other factors to really gather some warmth.

I was able to do some very basic research and sourced a tree of the 'Sumbar' variety from Planting Justice, a non-profit nursery in Oakland (https://plantingjustice.org/). The tree arrived in a freak snowstorm and cold snap, and apparently did not survive transshipment over the Siskiyous. Fortunately, the nursery replaced the tree and we are all good to go!



By the way, we just had a couple of days with highs of 55 degrees F this week, and, unusually, torrential downpours. Here in our neck of the woods, we call this month 'Junuary' as the jet stream flips around and pushes in a loop north over the Canadian shield. The jet stream picks up speed over the Pacific Northwest, sucking in cool (COLD) ocean air. It's strong this year, what with wrapping the rest of the country so far this month in a 'heat dome.'

I would love to hear from anyone, especially folks in the Pacific Northwest, about any successes (heck or failures) with pomegranates!

[greenfig]

Congrats!! Good to see a fresh pomegranate
I am way south from you , near LA. It’s a fig paradise for sure as many say , and I would like to add that it’s a pom paradise too! Dry and hot, that’s what they like.
I have many soft seeded varieties and if you see something I write about and would like to try, please let me know. Poms are very easy to root but it takes about 3 years before they fruit so keep this in mind. It’s often better to spend some $50 or so and buy a 3 year old tree, at least that’s what I suggest to beginners. The good thing about having a mature tree is you can easily graft it and have 2-3 cultivars in the same location.

[tarnado]

Oh ho! I hadn't thought of grafting a few varieties together. I'll give that a try when my little tree gets older; it really has the best and warmest spot and we'll see what happens. I would love to have a plethora of poms to taste, though (eventually). Thanks for your generosity and kindness.