How to Prune Pomegranate Trees in Winter? A Detailed Guide to the Method

We all love pomegranates, and more and more farmers are growing them. Today, the editor wants to introduce the winter pruning methods for pomegranate trees. Let's take a look together!

1. Winter pruning methods for pomegranate trees

Pruning pomegranates in winter is mainly about dealing with large branches. When pruning, follow the principle of “three dense, three sparse”: large branches, upper branches and outer branches are thinned, while small branches, lower branches and inner branches are kept dense.

2. Pruning of aging pomegranate trees

(1) Cut back aging main and secondary branches

For main and secondary branches that droop and weaken at the front, cut them back to an upward-growing branch to restore their growth vigor; for main and secondary branches that are bare at the rear, cut them back to a branching point at the rear, or use vigorous shoots or water sprouts that emerge from the rear the following year, combined with bending branches during the growing season, to gradually develop new main and secondary branches.

(2) One-time renewal and renovation

In winter, saw off the aging plant at ground level. During winter pruning the following year, select and keep 1 to 3 shoots from the new sprouts as new main trunks, and then cultivate them anew.

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