Ok, so Bangkok just confirmed that Thai juice poms are imported. So sad. Perhaps the Indian or Taiwan varieties will pull through and give us tropical fruit growers some hope.
If there's a will, there's a way I always say.
Don't think the large white pomegranates (have slight pink blush) i had in Thailand were imported, and they were pretty good, and very large sized. I distributed seeds to a few folks in Florida, so guess we'll find out in a while if they are suitable there?
I think there is room for hope in Florida. Here in very rainy area it's pretty much useless. They flower but pollen does not set in rainy weather. In dry (Kona) side there are good pomegranates at lower elevations.
That explains a lot, Oscar. I had pom juice in several places around Bangkok and the poms being juiced were very large and whitish on the outside. I saw no indication that they were imported (foam mesh cups, produce sticker, outrageous price, tissue wrapper) but thought I could be wrong about where they came from.
I planted seeds of this variety as well but they have not flowered yet.
I ran into the really dark pom in Chatuchak and they were considerably smaller, dark, glossy red outside, and blood red inside.
Almost anything is possible in Thailand... Heck, I even visited a Thai vineyard in the mountains of Hua Hin. All the vines were heavily laden with wine grapes and showed no indication that the climate was too hot.