POMEGRANATE - Punica Granatum

Species: Pomegranate
Latin name: Punica Granatum L.
Other usual name: -
Variety: Pomegranate
Family: Punicacées
Origin: North of India

The Pomegranate: Very vigorous, decorative shrub and does not ask for much care, ruffled petals with red orange flowers during summer, followed by edible fruits of orange yellow color. The fruit is rounded and contains seeds and sweetened pulp, it is used for syrup of grenadine, you find usualy pomegranate in isolated garden and open fields.

Seed sowing: July to August
Flowering of Pomegranate: May to August
Height: The Pomegranate reaches on average 3 to 4 m
Exposure: Sunny

Sowing instructions: Seed sowing from July to August in pot and recover soil slightly, transplant the plantlets directly in place the following year on a well drained ground, protect from the cold winds in the beginning. For a better germination put the seeds in the fridge at 2-4 °C for 1 week. The Pomegranate likes a site in full sun or semi shade. To cut and sprinkle regularly. But as always it is better to sow outdoor in a protected place and let mother nature do the job.

Sowing distance: Transplant every 4 m
Minimum seed sowing temperature: 20 to 22 °C

Net weight of seeds: 1.5 gr. = + 70 seeds

All our seeds are sold with their sowing instructions.