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There’s A Surprise Inside Every Package
Posted Apr 18, 2009 by Loren Omoto
Updated Apr 19, 2009 at 11:24 AM
Remember the baby pomegranate on the plant I grew from a supermarket pom?
Donna from Suburban Sanctum noted how unusual it was that a pomegranate should grow straight up in the air like that. What would happen when (if) it got to be a Big Boy pom?
Good question Donna.
The answer is, that won’t happen. At least not anytime soon. Because my litttle pom is really
a flower!
That was Saturday. It has opened up a bit more. Here’s the view today.
Now the big question is: Does a flower become a pomegranate?
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Reader Comments
Posted by (Susan) on April 19, 2009
So now that makes you a pre-pom mom. It’s a cute little flower, isn’t it? Does it smell good too like orange blossoms?
Posted by (Penny Carnathan) on April 19, 2009
I had to go out and sniff: No fragrance, but the color glows like neon.
Posted by (Janna Begole) on April 20, 2009
I know nothing about pomegranates, but that is certainly a bright and pretty flower!
Posted by (Donna at Suburban Sanctum) on April 20, 2009
Ha! Well, that explains that. How interesting that the flower bud looked so much like the fruit to come! And how nice that you get such a lovely bonus in the meantime. I guess it makes sense that the flower would come first.
Posted by (Penny Carnathan) on April 20, 2009
I’m betting it won’t turn to fruit—I read that you have to have at least two plants for pollination. But I’ll take the flower. I gave Mr. Plant a tasty Miracle-Gro cocktail this weekend to help put him in the mood and give me a few more flowers.