Pomegranate 'Mollar de Elche' Punica granatum
- Description
- Spanish variety, from the town of Elche, in Valencia, Spain. Skin is Pinky-light red blush with leathery appearance. Flesh-A red jelly-like coating covers the soft seeds. Flavour- Sweet, rich flavour with some bitterness. Height 4mts. Width 3mts. Deciduous, self pollinating. Drought and frost hardy.
- Notes
- Pomegranates do not ripen after being picked. Flowers in November.
- Uses
- Eat fresh, juice
- Purchased From
- Churches Nursery, Bathurst, bare root
- Date Planted
- 2020
- Harvest
- Autumn In November 2022 there were 2 flowers, which fell off. November 2023 there are 25 small fruits.
- First Harvest date
- Time to fruit is 3 years
- Pruning
- Prune when planting and then in the second year to encourage branching. Third year onwards only prune to keep a nice shape.
- Fertilise
- Feed in spring in the second year, mulch well
