Introduction to the planting and management methods of pomegranate trees! How to prune?

According to historical records, the pomegranate tree was introduced by Zhang Qian from the Western regions and can be planted in both the south and the north of China. It blossoms like fire and bears bright fruit. It can enjoy flowers and eat fruit, so it is very popular. So, how to plant pomegranate trees? The following is to introduce the planting and management methods of pomegranate trees.

First, pomegranate tree introduction!

1. When will pomegranate trees blossom and bear fruit?

If it is a seedling sown and propagated with pomegranate seeds, it will take more than 10 years to blossom and bear fruit; if it is a seedling propagated by cutting, it will take 3-4 years to blossom and bear fruit; if it is a variety dominated by viewing flowers, it can blossom in the same year.

2. How many times a year do pomegranate trees bear fruit?

The pomegranate tree blossoms three times a year, so it bears fruit three times a year, and the development of the head fruit is the best. when harvesting to see whether it is mature or not, it is often judged by the color of the pericarp. Generally speaking, when the color of the pericarp changes from green to yellow, it means that it is ripe, and the harvest time should be better before it rains.

3. What is the flower language of pomegranate flowers?

The flower language of pomegranate flowers: mature beauty.

II. Planting and management of pomegranate trees

1. Planting methods of pomegranate trees

(1) Propagation: it is better to choose cuttage.

Pomegranate trees can be propagated by sowing and cutting, but it takes many years for sowing and propagation to blossom and bear fruit, so it is better to choose cutting, as long as the temperature is right, it can be cut all the year round. Cutting is cutting healthy branches from pomegranate trees, then planting them in the soil, watering them immediately after planting, and then waiting for them to take root and sprout.

(2) soil: loose and fertile soil.

If you are growing in the ground, you should have soil that is loose, fertile and well drained; if you are potted, you can choose a mixture of rotten leaf soil and river sand, and add appropriate amount of mature organic fertilizer, or you can mix garden soil, rotten leaf soil, organic fertilizer and fine sand in the ratio of 3 to 3, or to horse dung, garden soil and fine sand at the ratio of 1:1:1. Take a lump of soil when planting, water it thoroughly after planting, then keep it in the shade, and move it to a ventilated and sunny place after germination.

2. Management methods of pomegranate trees.

(1) Illumination: all-day sunshine is required.

Pomegranate trees like the sunny environment, do not like the shady environment, the growing season requires full sunshine, and the more sufficient light, the better, even the hot summer sun will not cause sunburn; if the light is not enough, it will only grow leaves and not blossom.

(2) temperature: 15-20 ℃.

Pomegranate trees like warm environment, but they are also hardy. The suitable temperature for growth is between 15-20 ℃, and the winter temperature should not be lower than-18 ℃, otherwise they will suffer frost damage.

(3) watering: keep dry and wet.

Pomegranate trees are resistant to drought and waterlogging. When watering, pomegranate trees should be dry and wet. When watering, they should be watered thoroughly, but there should be no stagnant water. If they are watered too much, they may lose their leaves or stop growing. We should also pay attention to controlling the amount of water before flowering and when fruiting, so as to avoid falling buds and fruits.

(4) fertilization: fertilizer should be adequate.

Pomegranate trees are resistant to barren, but if there is enough fertilizer, the pomegranate fruit will be big and full. if it is planted on the ground, it must be re-applied with organic fertilizer every year. If it is a potted plant, it needs to be fertilized in a pot for 1 to 2 years, and it should be fertilized 3 to 5 times in the growing season.

(5) Diseases and insect pests: spray control.

The diseases of pomegranate trees are mainly white rot, black pox and anthrax, and the pests are mainly diamondback moth, aphids, bugs, shell insects, Spodoptera litura and so on. Diseases generally occur after fruit setting, and pests generally occur before fruit setting. Therefore, the pomegranate tree can be sprayed to prevent pests in the early stage and disease in the later stage.

Third, how to prune pomegranate trees?

Pomegranate trees have to be pruned every year, so that they can have more branches, blossom and bear more fruit, which directly determines the yield, so how to prune them?

1. Pruning method

(1) Young tree stage: in the first year, it is allowed to grow; in the second year, it should be pruned properly, leaving only 1 to 3 strong branches for each seedling as the trunk, and all the others can be cut off; in the third year, the plant can be stereotyped, cutting off all the branchlets less than 1 meter from the trunk and leaving 4 or 6 strong branches on the trunk.

(2) after shaping: regular pruning of overgrown branches, overdense branches, twigs, random branches, disease and insect branches, fruitless branches, withered branches, etc., overgrown branches will affect the growth of the main branch, too dense branches and twigs will affect the light transmittance and ventilation of the crown, disorderly branches will disturb the tree shape, withered branches, disease and insect branches, fruitless branches will affect the growth and fruit of the tree.

2. Pruning in four Seasons

(1) Spring: generally speaking, when the bud is just formed in mid-April, the twigs, disease and insect branches are first cut off, then the buds are thinned and the bell-shaped buds are removed, leaving tube-shaped flowers and gourd-shaped flowers. Because the flowers grow fast, it is impossible to pick them at one time. You need to pick flowers two or three times.

(2) Summer: it is usually carried out from June to July, first of all, cutting off the overgrown branches and no fruit branches to ensure air permeability and light transmittance; then thinning the fruit, picking off the small fruit, weak fruit and diseased fruit, leaving the big fruit, leaving more first stubble fruit, and all the rest can be picked.

(3) Autumn: generally, when the fruit is ripe, first of all, cut off the germinating new branches, growing branches, and diseased branches, so as to reduce the consumption of nutrients, increase ventilation and light transmission, and promote the enlargement of the fruit; then, cut off the buds from the roots to promote flower bud differentiation.

(4) Winter: it is generally carried out before sprouting after falling leaves, mainly to cut off dead branches and disorderly branches, to retain mother branches with strong growth, many flower buds and full mother branches, and to cut off small, weak twigs.

The above is the introduction of pomegranate tree planting and management methods, in the planting and management of pomegranate tree, timely pruning, only in this way, there will be more fruit.