Hi All, I have some poms that were producing heavily until they got beat up during a hurricane. Then several cold (for us) Winters. It’s been 5 or so years now. I cleaned them up after the storm and again after a 10° Winter event. They survived and have regrown, but no fruit. What should I do? Thanks!
Hi Pokeweed.
I have had a large ‘Wonderful’ die back to just about nothing one winter. It took a couple of years for it to come back - and although I didn’t mark it on a calendar - it seemed to fruit much faster the second time around. Maybe that is because its root system was not damaged - and there was so much more root to support the ‘grow back’. ?
Pomegranate varieties each seem to have their own particular ‘secrets’. Some fruit faster than others. Some . . . not at all ! Perhaps that is because of differences in soils or climate . . . or just their own varietal quirks. Who knows??? A few of mine consistently produce beautiful fruit - but it never matures without fungal damage.
More than anything else I have tried to grow . . . Pomegranates are the biggest ‘crapshoot’. If you like surprises . . . then try growing a pomegranate tree!
P.S. - 'just thought of something. Did you fertilize to try to give it a boost? Sometimes this has been helpful with my trees . . . and sometimes seemed to work against me. If you’ve been fertilizing, maybe you could try skipping it for the next couple of years and see if that helps.
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These made bunches of fruit for several years before the storm. I will fertilize them. Thanks!
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