pomegranate tree - do you have a tree, plant, have planted one?
By b0naf1de
@b0naf1de (111)
United States
June 2, 2009 1:15am CST
I am looking for pictures of pomegranate trees emerging, small ones, such as few weeks to months old and various stages of their growing phase. Not for pictures from google please. I am primarily looking to see your personal trees/plants if and only if you or someone you know has one.
I planted some seeds from a wonderful pomegranate and they sprung up about a month after, and now they are maybe 4 months old. This species is called Wonderful if you didn't realise from the previous sentence.
I am looking to see Angel Red plants and what do they look like. I hope you know the species you have but it's not necessary. Just post the pictures of your pomegranate tree or plant.
They taste very good and are tart, juicy and full of anti oxidants!! As a matter a fact they are even better than green tea.
Thanks.
3 responses
@saw2207 (1359)
• United States
4 Jun 09
Pomegranates are also a symbol for righteousness and fruitfulness.
The Greek myth of Persephone, the goddess of the underworld also prominently features the pomegranate. Persephone was kidnapped by Hades and taken off to live in the underworld as his wife. Her mother Demeter (Goddess of the Harvest,Mother Nature) went into the mountains to mourn her lost daughter and thus all green things ceased to grow. Zeus then had to take action to get his daughter returned to Earth so he sent Hermes down to Hades to make him release her. Hades grudgingly agreed but before she left he had her eat a pomegranate (or as some sources say the seeds of the pomegranate). It was the rule of the Fates that anyone who consumed any food or drink in the Underworld was doomed to spend eternity there. So as legend goes once Persephone ate 4 seeds from the Pomegranate and because of this she was condemned to spend 4 months in the Underworld every year. During these 4 months when Persephone is sitting on the throne of the Underworld next to her husband Hades, her mother Demeter mourns and no longer gives fertility to the earth. This became the Ancient Greeks explanation for the seasons.