I noticed one bud. First ever on a Wonderful. I'm thinking they are happy to be out of the containers they were in at our last home in the low desert, and now in-ground on a nice slope in the foothills of Idyllwild in a sunny but cooler climate. Thanks so much for all the suggestions. For sure that stupid mistake of buying a dwarf from Gurneys will be gone into the compost pile. Newbies, which I was, don't have a clue which pom is best. I now know, but am not excited about jerking one of my healthy Wonderful variety for a replacement. The dwarf might just get replaced by a Pineapple guava. Thanks to you all! If my Wonderful don't produce, I will replace them both with your suggestions. Suzi

Hi, We have several Poms in our backyard - When we moved here over 3-4 years ago they were already as tall as the power lines - so, I'm guessing they are quite old. I'd trimmed a bit off of them during the fall because they were too close to the power lines. A year later we had an arborist over to look at our Aspen and Pine trees to see some bore beetle damage, I had him look at the Poms as well. He told me I'd done it just right - It is best to prune them in the fall. The next fall I decided to try and make one more into a tree shape (these are very bushy) and it's worked out beautifully! We have a crazy amount of growth at the top, lots of blooms and fruit. All of the others that I trimmed in the fall are doing well too. However, the one I trimmed just a couple of months ago because it was sprawling into the area where I wanted to extend out brickwork isn't doing so hot. It has hardly and leaves and no blooms. I think by next year it will have recovered, but right there's no shade or fruit :/ If you are just going to trim back a *little* growth, especially new growth that has come since the rains, I think you'll be fine. But if you decide to do any real work on it, I think you might have problems... Especially with June right around the corner. From what our arborist said, when you trim branches the plants want to put all their energy into replacing them or at least healing that spot - and with the severe heat coming that might not be such a good idea. *All* that said, I've given serious trims to our citrus trees in the middle of the summer (before meeting the arborist!) and they didn't have any problems. The one in partial shade grew like mad. The one in the full sun didn't grow, but it didn't seem harmed. I hope my blathering on about this helped! :)

I haven't got a clue. For an answer your best bet would be in the Harvest Forum. Here is a link that might be useful: Harvest Forum

From Floridata.com: "Harvest pomegranate fruits before they are fully mature (before they split) and store in a refrigerator to ripen. The fruit continues to ripen in cold storage, and the flavor only improves. They can be kept this way for six months." From CRFG.org: "The fruits are ripe when they have developed a distinctive color and make a metallic sound when tapped. The fruits must be picked before over maturity when they tend to crack open, particularly when rained on. The pomegranate is equal to the apple in having a long storage life. It is best maintained at a temperature of 32F to 41F. and can be kept for a period of 7 months within this temperature range and at 80 to 85% relative humidity without shrinking or spoiling. The fruits improve in storage, becoming juicier and more flavorful." HTH