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That Turkmenistan station was located in a subtropical climate, my guess is zone 9a or so. They were able to grow lemons there too. If you are looking for cold hardy pomegranates, check for the ones originating in Uzbekistan. Dr. Levin sometimes specifies the origin in his books.Uzbekistan is zone 6-7 in many places. Uzbek farmers also covered their pomegranates with mud by laying them onto the ground for winter. The hard seeds also may correlate with the cold hardness of pomegranates, but thatâs my speculation only. I wouldnât expect Myatadzhy to be cold hardy.
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My Salavatski and Fav are just starting to leaf out, but scratch green all over. You mentioned getting Suhr Anor. Thatâs my oldest pom and so far itâs been pretty bullet proof.
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Thank you so much for the information! I will keep it in a container so it can be winter protected.
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Tally from the bad frost last night:
in ground salavatski, Azadi and Favorite all look great. The Azadi is against the foundation.
All pomegranates in containers left in my backyard fried except (bizarrely) one small 3g. They were fleishmans and grocery store grown pomegranates in 5-15gs. I managed to move all the rooting cuttings and 1 of each large Fleishman, seedling and Azadi into my garage to protect. Now, will wait and see if Iâm 6 pomegranates lighter, or if they regrow from the roots. Iâll mostly just be annoyed about the loss of investment of time from up potting them a few weeks ago, but then might be relieved theyâre gone since I usually try to offload them to anyone I meet!
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Does anyone know if the pomegranate variety Malas Yazdi is anywhere in the US? It looks like a extremely desirable one to use in breeding for cold hardy pomegranates on account of its high chill hour requirements and high heat units for bud break.
Here is one of the charts on some varieties requirements.
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The entire USDA has no record of it, and google only finds results for the studies that have been done on it. They only way that it has any chance of being in the USA is at someoneâs house that has Iranian family/Iranian ancestors. Maybe at some Iranian/American community. That would be very hard to find unless you know someone.
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Pity, wish varieties like that would be brought to the US.
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The variety that I like in my collection is the Garnet Sash. Flower looks pretty. Better than the âwonderfulâ with its flower more on the pink side. Garnet is the only fig tree that hang onto some fruits. I do not expect any fruits this year due to our spring frost and the extreme heat now. But it is a good variety.
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Here also for pomegranate suggestions for zone 7b.
Looking for a soft seeded variety. Ideally it has a nice complex flavor. I would like to use it for both eating fresh and juice.
Anyone have suggestions of which soft seeded are the most cold hardy and the earliest?
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This is a massive amount of information on mostly what doesnât work and a little of what works in here
From all Iâve read, soft seeded varieties are not cold hardy and wonât make it outdoors where you are. Even most of the cold hardy ones are reported to grow back from the roots every few years in 7b and thatâs a tad less cold than you. Look into Salavatski, Afghanski, Favorite, Kaj acik anor and maybe Surh anor and Kazake. If you plan on growing in a container, thatâs a different story.
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I think i am in zone 7b technically but i will check it out ! if my only choice is container i will but if notâŚ. thatd be nice.
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Agat is Russian bred to withstand snow, soft seeded and supposed to be pretty good.
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