# Pomegranate diseases anyone?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pomegranate-diseases-anyone/974988
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [November 15, 2022, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pomegranate-diseases-anyone/974988 "2022-11-15T23:00:23Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@nofloyd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nofloyd)
#### Post date: [November 15, 2022, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pomegranate-diseases-anyone/974988/1 "2022-11-15T23:00:23Z")
I bought what looked like a perfect pomegranate, but found many black spikey … things … inside. Is this what early black rot looks like?
Are the good looking arils safe?
I ended up tossing them. What looked like good ones were just a bit … odd … in the strainer. Never seen this in poms before, but I buy only a couple a year.
> **[IMG\_1777.HEIC](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1sYNkCXGMzEbG-OOGIBYY_YAnK219nqkt/view?usp=drivesdk)**
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> Google Drive file.
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### Author:  [@scudsucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scudsucker)
#### Post date: [November 16, 2022, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pomegranate-diseases-anyone/974988/2 "2022-11-16T05:49:29Z")
The picture is not too clear - my guess would be sprouts, the seeds are ready to grow into little pomegranate trees.
But I am not a botanist.
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### Author:  [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)
#### Post date: [November 16, 2022, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pomegranate-diseases-anyone/974988/3 "2022-11-16T05:56:42Z")
I agree; they were probably beginning to sprout.
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### Author:  [@nofloyd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nofloyd)
#### Post date: [November 16, 2022, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pomegranate-diseases-anyone/974988/4 "2022-11-16T08:10:04Z")
Huh, so despite its size, this could have been one still developing. Interesting.
Could be, they were hard like seeds. Couldn’t find a pic online to confirm.
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### Author:  [@nofloyd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nofloyd)
#### Post date: [November 16, 2022, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pomegranate-diseases-anyone/974988/5 "2022-11-16T08:12:16Z")
Oh you mean the reverse, new seeds that could be planted. Damn, I should have saved some for experiments.
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### Author:  [@nofloyd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nofloyd)
#### Post date: [November 16, 2022, 8:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pomegranate-diseases-anyone/974988/6 "2022-11-16T08:32:33Z")
(Rooting through garbage at 3:30 am)
The one that looks like a sunflower seed is black on the reverse.
> **[IMG\_1778.HEIC](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TthEsOeTuPAF5QYFlcNiCv2mNxB4KX7e/view?usp=drivesdk)**
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> Google Drive file.