Causes and solutions of pomegranate fruit cracking

Pomegranate is easy to crack in the process of planting, the cracked pomegranate is easy to rot after the rainy season, and it is not good to sell because of its appearance, which brings trouble to many growers. So what about the cracked pomegranate? What should we do about it? The following pro-agricultural network brings you the causes and solutions of pomegranate cracked fruit, let's take a look.

1. Variety

There are many varieties of pomegranate, but not every variety is perfect, many varieties are cultivated by local growers through years of experience, these varieties can perfectly adapt to the local environment, but to another unsuitable environment, there will be fruit cracking phenomenon, and some varieties of fruit shape, thin and smooth, it is easy to lead to fruit cracking.

Control methods: the suitable varieties should be selected according to the local environment, and the varieties with medium fruit type, thick pericarp and rough pericarp can also be selected.

2. Soil fertilizer

When pomegranate is planted in the soil with heavy stickiness, more water retention and poor permeability, the fruit quality is not only poor, but also easy to crack. Improper fertilization will also cause fruit cracking, especially many people in order to save costs, apply more chemical fertilizer, organic fertilizer is basically not applied, so it leads to the lack of many trace elements in soil, serious soil erosion and soil consolidation, so it is easy to cause fruit cracking.

Control methods: choose high-lying, sunny, deep, loose and fertile yellow loam, fertilize mainly with organic fertilizer or farm manure, try not to apply chemical fertilizer.

3. Temperature and light

There is also a certain relationship between pomegranate and temperature and light. The fruit will expand rapidly in the high temperature environment, and it will lead to fruit cracking if the soil temperature drops. In addition, the fruit is also easy to crack in areas with large temperature difference between day and night, especially after daytime exposure and cooling at night. The crack is often in the sunny part.

Prevention and control method: cover the ground with film or straw, which can prevent drought and heat preservation, prevent the sudden change of temperature and reduce the temperature difference, while the fruit can be bagged to prevent the change of sun and rain and sudden cold and heat of the fruit. it has a certain cushioning effect on temperature and light.

4. Moisture

The grain moisture content of pomegranate is very high, so we should pay attention to soil moisture and air humidity during fruit ripening. If the fruit absorbs too much water, it will break the pericarp and cause fruit cracking. In addition, the same is true of high air humidity.

Control methods: pomegranate mature period should be a small amount of watering or stop watering, in the rainy season to timely drainage, to prevent soil water or moisture is too high, humidity can be solved by bagging method.

The above are the causes and solutions of pomegranate cracking brought by pro-agricultural network, there are many reasons for pomegranate cracking, usually pay attention to protective measures before planting, more agricultural knowledge, please pay attention to pro-agricultural network.