When do pomegranates in Shandong generally ripen?

Pomegranates in Shandong generally ripen around September to November. Among Shandong pomegranates, Zaozhuang pomegranates are relatively famous; there grow 5.3 million pomegranate trees of 46 varieties, and there is the renowned 10,000-mu “Guan Shi Liu Yuan” (World-Famous Pomegranate Garden).

Introduction to Zaozhuang pomegranates

Zaozhuang is a major pomegranate-producing area in our country. The 10,000-mu pomegranate garden that holds the highest Guinness record is located in Zaozhuang, making Zaozhuang pomegranates even more renowned.

A single pomegranate fruit weighs an average of 400—600 grams, and the largest can reach more than 1,500 grams. It is rich in protein, fat, multiple vitamins, and nutrients such as calcium, phosphorus, and iron. Every part of the pomegranate is valuable: the pomegranate peel contains tannic acid and trace alkaloids, and has the functions of astringing the intestines and stopping bleeding and expelling parasites, and has an inhibitory effect on dysentery bacilli, typhoid bacilli, and various skin fungi; pomegranate seeds can treat indigestion, poor appetite, and abdominal distension due to stomach cold; pomegranate flowers, dried in the shade and ground into powder and taken together with ferric oxide, can turn white hair black; pomegranate leaves made into tea can clear the heart, remove heat, and improve eyesight, etc.