Growing Pomegranates in the Arizona Desert-Wonderful Pomegranate
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- Опубліковано 22 гру 2017
- Today we're sharing one of 4 varieties of pomegranates we're growing here on the farm. This is our most mature of the 4 trees and is the most popular variety out there - the Wonderful pomegranate. This is the fruit you'll typically see for sale in the supermarket and also what most pomegranate juice is made from. It's easy to grow here in the Arizona desert climate.
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I was in Afghanistan in 2012 and the size of the poms from Kandahar were HUGE and sooo sweet. We've just moved to New Mexico (Albuquerque area) and have 1/2acre that I'm going to plant poms and figs...maybe some other fruits, who knows! Just picked up poms and figs today and watched your pruning video. Very helpful! Now I need to plan out what to do with the rest of my property (praise God no HOA). I've been dying for poms since Afghanistan though and I'm excited! Zone 7B so as long as I mulch them well, they should do great. Thanks for the great videos!
Ah yes, the Middle East is home to the Pomegranate, so it's not surprising to hear they have amazing results with this fruit! It sounds like you have a solid plan in 7b. Assuming they grow as aggressively as we have seen them grow here, you can prune them pretty heavy and to whatever shape you want. The fruit is fantastic when you pull them right off the tree!
So good to see you respond to questions!
It's one of our favorite things to do! We've learned a lot from our viewers, so it helps us too.
Another great video Duane. We planted fruit trees this year & they made it through the 1st AZ summer. Your videos are a big help. Thank you
Hey T Ago, glad to hear there are more of us out there taking advantage of our ability to grow food out here in the desert. Getting through that first summer is a big accomplishment and glad you're finding the content helpful.
Great video ...love the bloopers .
Thanks, glad you found us!
Thank you for the Christmas ornaments thought. Two crops is also nice to know
That second crop really is pretty cool for us here. The best part of that second crop is the fruit tends to be MUCH darker red.
Thank you, nice video...and Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas!
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My grandma who lived in Los Algodones B.C. MX had a few large pomegranate trees which gave many large sweet pomegranates. She also had fig tree, Membrillo (Quince) tree, lime, lemon, a large tree that gave berries, large rose garden, bugambilias, so many potted plants. She loved plants. Don’t remember her ever using fertilizers.
Sounds like quite the garden that your grandma had Isabel. If you have enough worms in the soil and give them a comfy place to call home you may not need much in the way of fertilizer!
Great video! 👌
Glad you liked it and thanks for the encouragement!
Great Video !!
Thanks Jill! Where are you homesteading?
SE Arizona Way South of the border@@EdgeofNowhereFarm
Awesome juicer! I have a native pomegranate tree that I planted a few years ago. I know now that I didn't prepare the soil around it well enough so I will probably replant in the future. It's staying small. Probably cuz roots arent spreading. Anyway, I'm not supposed to eat pomegranates cuz of the seeds but I will get your juicer and juice my fruit 😊
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The juice is amazing, even when the seeds are not dark red. Merry Christmas!!
Curve-billed Thrashers are non-migratory. If you have them, you have them all year. Their dietary needs differ throughout the year, changing when they are nesting, feeding young, etc. So which items they target in your garden and orchards changes a little throughout the year. That may be why you are noticing them leaving some fruits alone and targeting others that ripen at different times of year. We are growing in central AZ, and they do some damage to some of our fruit and veggie crops as well, including ripping up or eating our freshly germinated seedlings (especially beans), poking holes into fruits, and just disturbing the soil and smaller plants as they flip it up looking for things to eat. Mostly we find them working the edges of our garden beds where they dig out the entire perimeter along the edges of the bed flipping the soil and mulch all over the place as they eat pillbugs, earwigs, worms, beetles and beetle grubs, etc, that they find in the soil. They eat several species of plant pests in the garden such as grasshoppers too. So even though they do some damage, we get around the most annoying of it by using row covers over our small seedlings and bagging fruits on the trees as you show here. They eat our cactus and saguaro fruits, they love hackberries and pyracantha berries, basically any berries they can find, and they even poke holes in our lemons. But since they also eat so many garden pests we have a love hate relationship with them. Good luck. They are tenacious.
Hmm, that's interesting. I suppose it makes sense that their diet just changes, so we don't see them during the Winter. They sure do tear up the woodchips when they're here looking for goodies!
What zone are you in? I'm trying to select a few pomegranate varieties for my farm in the high desert of California. Zone 8B technically but lows will occasionally hit 0F and I've heard Wonderful will get frost damage at those temps. Any insight?
Hey Evan. We're in 9b and the coldest we have seen is 20 degrees, but they are deciduous. Given they're pulling the sap into the trunk/roots in the winter I think you may still be ok. They're officially rated down to zone 7 from what I can see.
Hi Duane!! Where can I get those protection bags for the pomegranites and figs. I live in the East Valley of Phoenix. Love your channel!!!!
Hey Kelvin! You can find those on Amazon. They're called organza bags and they come in all different sizes. They're pretty inexpensive too. Glad you like the channel!
Great video, very rare to find a youtuber saying lets go to commercials
Hey Khae, glad you enjoyed the video!
How far apart should I plant these trees? We have 4 to get in the ground. Lots of wind here no protection.
Great question guys. They can be grown just about any way you want including a full blown hedge. We had 4 in about a 20x20 area and it was pretty dense in there. Assuming you see the same growth I would say you'll want them at least 8' apart, but you could get away with less if you need to.
I know i am playing catch up here but i am curious to know what juicer you got . I need a new one is why i ask?
Our regular juicer is the Breville Juice Fountain Elite. The juice press is a CO-Z commercial grade citrus juicer. The Breville is awesome unless you're juicing greens. So we put greens in smoothies instead.
I'm just down the road from you on Grand which is awesome, unfortunately I have my tree in a drip system that includes several other plants on my property and it's getting water everyday now for an hour, is there a better way to water it? It's about 7ft and has 2 pomegranate, one split
Hey neighbor! That's a pretty big challenge and the best thing would be to run a separate line for your trees. The splitting you're seeing is probably too much water on the tree. Pomegranates are desert adapted fruit trees, so they need consistent moisture, but not too much. Do the other plants need water every day?
Your son is so lucky to have a thoughtful father like you! New subbie!
Hey Joann! He's quite the young man that we're proud to call our son. Thanks for the comment and glad you found us!
The organza bags are genius. Thanks for the tip. I got smaller ones for my figs and larger ones for my pomegranates even though they seem small and may fit in the smaller bags if I try. Dwayne do you fertilize the pomegranate trees like your other fruit trees in February May and September?
Hey Rana. Those organza bags are really the way to go with figs and pomegranates. Both trees grow rapidly as they're setting fruit, so netting the tree is really difficult to do. We fertilize all of our fruiting trees, shrubs and vines on the same schedule which follows our growing season. For us that is Feb, May and September.
Thanks again for all your help!
I've come back to this video multiple times to see how you get the second crop. I have my tree in Florida. It is on it's third year and had the first two spring pomegranates ripen in Sept as it bloomed again. I had the heads up from your video that they would ripen a lot quicker and they are! Very small (it is a smaller variety called Arakta to begin with) but I cut a damaged one the other day and couldn't believe how dark red it is inside! I just can't figure out if they will all be ripe just about now? When does your second crop ripen? How long after the first or at the same time? This second crop is amazing because pomegranates grow well but really struggle to produce in our extreme humidy. They generally get severe fungal issues. But having the second crop ripen after the rainy season has ended makes it much easier to get clean fruit (although I still have been spraying with copper).
Glad you're having success with these in FL! I really can't take any credit for getting the trees to produce that second crop. I can only assume we, much like you guys there, are warm enough in the Fall to get that second flower/fruit set. For us it's a windfall as well, as most of our main crop is eaten/destroyed by birds over the long summer months. Many times the Fall crop is the only thing we are able to harvest as well! As for timing, they both fully ripen about the same time, in December.
I am thinking of making a hedge from pomegranate trees, seen a picture of one in LA
Hey Kevin. Pomegranates would make a good hedge. They do have a tendency to create a lot of fruit "Litter" from the birds attacking the fruit. However, they're pretty thick and they do produce fruit, so it's a good choice for a windbreak.
I can’t seem to find a good video on pruning mature pomegranates. Any ideas? Thank you
We haven't done one either and it's primarily because there isn't a specific technique for pruning them. You can pretty much do whatever you'd like with them as they grow vigorously whether your prune or not. We prefer to keep them as a bush and simply prune them back to keep branches from reaching the ground during fruit ripening.
My pomegranate starts splitting mid winter when it's not ripe at all. What could be causing that? Is it just too hot?
Great question and usually that's an issue with the irrigation. Either too much or too little can cause this. Also, a drastic change in moisture (up or down) can cause this as well. We see that happening sometimes also, but we keep them very consistent on water as best we can.
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Glad you enjoyed this one Irina!
Which fertilizer would you recommend?
Hey No U. So if you aren't able to raise chickens and make compost which is what we do here, a great option is BioFlora Crumbles. I think Greg Peterson sells them at his pop up nursery and I've seen smaller bags at Summer Winds nursery. It's essentially composted chicken manure, but is what we used before we started generating our own manure/compost. You'll want to start fertilizing with that next month if you're here in AZ. Hope this helps!
Nice video, I didn't know birds like the fruit on these plants?? I just planted my 1st Wonderful Pomegranate 🌳 Yesterday, trying to learn as much as possible with this species. I love this fruit, and I don't intend on sharing it with the birds.😡
With a little protection you should have a "wonderful" harvest in no time!
How do you prep soil to plant pomegranate?
Hey there Deb! We actually don't amend our soils at all when we plant most of our trees. Pomegranates in particular grow very well here without any. That being said, it wouldn't hurt to lay some woodchips down for the summer. Keep them moist and allow them to break down a bit and you will have wonderful soil to plant into when we hit the next planting season in the Fall. I'm assuming you're here in AZ?
We move into a new home that has a pomegranate tree. How do I know how old it is and what kind it is? Also it’s starting to have a ton of deep red flowers. What do I suggest I do next?
Hello Candy! Congratulations on your new home, that's always exciting when you get to settle in and there are already fruit trees growing for you! It will be very difficult to tell what kind of pomegranate it is until you can see the fruit when it's ripe. The majority of the trees planted are usually this variety, the Wonderful Pomegranate. The fruit is very large and the seeds are usually light red when it's fully ripe in the fall. Either way, you'll soon be eating some delicious fruit once we get into the fall season!
Edge of Nowhere Farm Thank you! We live in Hereford, AZ...hummingbird capital and our yard is a haven for birds. Probably because the house came with so many bird feeders. How soon do I need to protect the blooms. Loving your videos! So great to have a good reference for all the gardening we want to do.
@@candycordero7323 I had to look up Hereford, AZ and wow does that look like beautiful country! I'm glad you're enjoying the content and just let us know if you have any other questions. We'll do our best to answer them if we can!
Hi. I'm in Phoenix and I have an early wonderful tree I got about a week ago from Home Depot. I paid $15 because it was half off. It was already not looking too good but since I got it home the leaves that seemed to have SOME life in then have now gotten to wear I can crumple them. Is there any help for it? It's about 3 feet tall from the base.
Great question and this is a tough one. We don't know how this little guy was treated at HD, but pomegranates can be pretty resilient as long as there's still some life in those roots. Check the branches towards to soil level by scraping it a bit with your fingernail. If you see green that's a good sign! For now I would make sure it's in the shade until we cool off a bit more. Once we get into October I would plant this tree to see if it's going to bounce back . Include some light fertilizer (fish emulsion if you have it) and also some Vitamin B1 (again, only if you have it as it's not a necessity). Keep it watered well for the next month or two and then it will go dormant. Once spring rolls around you should see it leaf out. If not, then it had too much stress before you brought it home. The good thing here is you purchased it from HD, so they will take it back if it doesn't make it through. Keeping my fingers crossed for you!
@@EdgeofNowhereFarm wow! I sooooo appreciate your feedback. Thank you!
@@adtsetful sure thing!
All 4 pomegranate fruit same color but different size. Are you harvest them from same tree or it's different type of varieties ?
Hey there Michael. These are all from the same tree, so you can see the size can vary widely from one fruit to the next.
Hey brother I am in the same area as you, do you recommend protecting this one from the rabbits?
Hey Cave Man. Yes, we are having to protect these from the rabbits. They went after these right along with most of the stone fruit. They would chew the smaller branches they could reach right off. Can't stand those little demons!
@@EdgeofNowhereFarm good to know, Thank you!
They don't need too much water they growth like crazy in Northern Mexico.
Hey Justo. We're finding the same thing here with the low water needs. Amazing trees really.
Great fruit tree keep it up.. updates this spring ??2018
Definitely. Just filmed a couple over the weekend and the trees are just starting to come back to life, so more to come!
great video!, i want to plant a wonderful today , any tips for the first year? fertilize first year,will it fruit this year? I live in Litchfield Park
Great questions and now is the perfect time to plant these trees! If you get it in the ground now you should see very good growth this year, but you don't want to let it fruit this year (it may try, but remove them as soon as you see any). The reason for this is you want to ensure the tree focuses on root development which is driven by more branching. Skip the typical spring fertilizing and wait until Fall (September). Fertilizing before this can actually burn the roots that are just out of the pot. Hope this helps and enjoy your pomegranates!
@@EdgeofNowhereFarm wow I would have never thought of that, so i sacrifice fruit this year for strong root development this year? hmm, so do I pinch of the flowers ? Does this also apply to a a Guava tree and a lime tree?
@@jesurunsounds Yes it's best to pinch the flowers, but definitely any fruit set needs to be removed. Most trees won't try to hold fruit that does set in the first year, but If enough fruit tries to set it could kill the tree. Same would go for any fruit tree, so that would include your guava and lime.
What are those bags again?
They are organza bags. I'll link to them on Amazon for you here;
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@@EdgeofNowhereFarm thank you. Hope t have need for them in a year or two. Planted a few fruit trees. Peach, apricot, plum, nectarine, cherry, 4 types of jujube and now brother wants a pomegranate like many in out neighborhood had as kids
@@gordybishop2375 that's a great assortment of trees!
I have been living in the states mostly in New Jersey but i am truck driver so there is no place i haven't been. I always know is illegal to have any tree that is giving fruit in your property.
While in Europe mostly of the house owners have many fruit trees here in the states out l it looks is illegal i never have seen a fruit trees in someone's property. I got amaze by finding out that someone has a figs trees and actually is not a commercial grower.
Hey Nikola. It is amazing what we're able to grow here in the states (even here in the desert). Where are you from originally?
@@EdgeofNowhereFarm I was born in Macedonia my farther offs Greek also. And there like i sad every house owner has at least 5 fruit trees depends how big property they have the most common are cheers,sour cherry, apples a lot of different plums,mulberry are growing almost everywhere,plums and peaches are growing i lot in Greece that has warmer summers. And they are sl mutch chippie there about 1 euro for 1kg(2lbs). I like your video you doing job grooving the plums. Yes we can grow so mutch here in the states pant some fruit trees around the house is a good filling when you pick something from a tree and eat it you know where is coming and you know it hasn't been sprayed with so many chemicals.
@@nikola23gr Wow, Greece. That is someplace I think I would like to visit. So much history there and yes it is a good feeling to pick fruit from your own tree and know it doesn't have any chemicals used on it.
Are you sure those are wonderful? Wonderful had red skin on the outside
Hey Chameleon. We're pretty sure these are the wonderful variety based on the size of the fruit, etc. But there's always a chance it was labeled incorrectly and we have a variety that's similar.
Cutting reqd, remove water shoots, spray anti mites
Hey Arid, thanks for the advice. What do you use for mites?
@@EdgeofNowhereFarm we in india have different chemicals, consult your area experts.thanks
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Oh boy, that is just cringeworthy. I let nerves get the best of me in these older videos and apparently lost my mind in the process!