Ripening of pomegranate

[Venkata Lakshmi]

How can we that a pomegranate has ripened, and when to pluck it?

 

[Chuck]

How can we that a pomegranate has ripened, and when to pluck it?

When it no longer has any greenish color, but mainly when the fruit changes its shape. Sometimes it will become lumpy looking. What happens is that the seed sacks inside the fruit become filled with liquid and they expand into a different shape.