What trees can pomegranate trees be grafted onto? Introduction to common grafting varieties

Pomegranate trees can only be grafted onto trees of the pomegranate family. This is because the affinity within the same species and genus is strong, giving a high survival rate. However, to achieve a high survival rate, attention must also be paid to the grafting method and later management. After grafting, there should be plenty of ventilation, and the wound must not get wet. Newly sprouted shoots are relatively weak, so support should be set up to prevent them from being broken by the wind.

How to manage pomegranate trees after grafting

1. Remove rootstock sprouts.

2. Check survival and regraft. Check survival 15 days after grafting. If all the scions on the graft union are wrinkled, blackened and shrunken, it means the scions have died and need to be regrafted.

3. Set up supports. The new shoots that grow after survival are not yet firmly healed and are easily broken by the wind. Therefore, when the new shoots are 15-20 cm long, tie some wooden sticks to the tree as supports (commonly known as tying a back support).

4. Summer pruning. When the new shoots are 0-60 cm long, for the new shoots being cultivated as scaffold branches (main and secondary branches), gently bend them according to the shaping requirements, tie and guide them to the support sticks, and adjust them to the proper angle. For other branches, use methods such as bending, flattening, stroking and pressing into mixed clusters to change the branches from upright growth to an oblique, horizontal or drooping state, so as to achieve both not affecting the growth of the scaffold branches and forming more mixed buds to bloom and bear fruit.