Paphos Life

What are you supposed to do with them?

I see them in supermarkets, but when I take unripe ones off our tree and cut them up, they are clearly not ready. Do you buy them and stick them in a cupboard or something?

I ask because when I leave them on the tree to ripen they invariably explode before they have reached the rosy hue you associate with pomegranates.

Any tips on pomegranates would be welcome.

Dominic wrote: ↑Mon Oct 30, 2017 7:37 am What are you supposed to do with them?

I see them in supermarkets, but when I take unripe ones off our tree and cut them up, they are clearly not ready. Do you buy them and stick them in a cupboard or something?

I ask because when I leave them on the tree to ripen they invariably explode before they have reached the rosy hue you associate with pomegranates.

Any tips on pomegranates would be welcome.

Actually they should be ready to harvest also in your area Dominic. You can leave them a bit longer on the tree, but from rain they will split, but also they split if you water the tree's leaves with a hose.

Like all unripe fruits you can ripen them in a nylon bag together with an apple for about 1 week now as it is not so hot anymore, otherwise it takes only a couple of days until they are ready to use.

Max

I eat them from the time the seeds are almost clear to just going pink. Never wait till they are ruby red - doesn't seem to change the flavour.

Thanks to both of you. Time to get picking then, before they all split. Max we disconnected our irrigation system last winter.

I put Pomegranate seeds in my gin and tonic

Happy in Cyprus wrote: ↑Mon Oct 30, 2017 6:42 pm
I find unripe pomegranites, like unripe passion fruit, never go anywhere.

What do you mean?

Ah got you. I was referring to the yellowy ones. What puzzles me is when they explode before going fully red.

Dominic, I would think that the "explosion" of the pomegranate is nature's way of dispersing the seeds. Just my assumption!

Dominic, we have plenty of ripe ones and are very close to you so had pretty much there same weather. Mrs W loves them on her breakfast cereal at this time of year an we also sprinkle them, in a daring and attractive manner,on salads. On my to do list this week is to to make a load of oats bars but use pomegranates in stead of dried cranberries.

Ian

RattyPatty wrote: ↑Tue Oct 31, 2017 7:38 am Dominic, I would think that the "explosion" of the pomegranate is nature's way of dispersing the seeds. Just my assumption!

 
Yes, I had also come to that conclusion.

 

That looks like something out of Alien.