What are the latest methods to promote pomegranate flowering?
Pomegranate is a very popular fruit. Pomegranates have a very high sugar content, enjoy considerable market demand, and are also very rich in nutrients. At present, the pomegranate planting area in our country is also relatively large. When growing pomegranates, you sometimes find that the flowering rate of pomegranates is very low. So how should we manage them to promote more pomegranate flowers? Below, the editor will give you a brief introduction. Let's take a look together!
1. Light
Pomegranate is a tropical fruit that likes to grow in places with plenty of sunlight and has a strong tolerance for high temperatures. Therefore, when growing pomegranates, shading is generally not needed. During the growing period, it is also necessary to ensure sufficient light. In summer, it can also be placed in the sun to sunbathe, and in this way the flowering rate and flower quality will both improve a great deal. Many people often shade pomegranate trees when growing pomegranates, but in fact this is instead very unfavorable to the growth of pomegranates. If there is insufficient light during the pomegranate growing period, then it is very easy to cause excessive vegetative growth of branches and leaves, and the flowering rate will naturally decline as a result.
2. Water
Pomegranate likes to grow in moist soil, but its tolerance for waterlogging is very poor. Therefore, when growing pomegranates, we must not only keep the soil moisture sufficient, but also avoid water accumulation in the soil. In summer, it generally needs to be watered once a day. In autumn, when the temperature is lower, it can be watered once every two days. However, after entering the flowering and fruiting stage, the amount of watering should be controlled, and watering should be carried out only when the branches and leaves are slightly wilted. If the soil is too dry, then flower bud drop and dried fruit are likely to occur, which is also a main reason affecting flowering.
3. Fertilizer
The growth of pomegranates has a very large demand for fertilizer, and sufficient base fertilizer must be applied to pomegranates every year. The base fertilizer is mainly fully decomposed farmyard manure, and during the pomegranate's growing period that year, a thin liquid fertilizer is applied once a month. Then in the next year's growing season, it is applied about once every half a month. Before the pomegranate buds, sufficient phosphate fertilizer should be applied to increase the flowering rate. After entering the flowering stage, the amount of topdressing should be reduced. After flowering, some phosphorus and potassium fertilizer can be applied. This promotes fruit development, but be sure to control the amount and frequency of fertilization well. Especially in the case of nitrogen fertilizer, it must not be applied excessively, otherwise it is easy to cause excessive vegetative growth and reduce the flowering rate.
4. Pruning
When growing pomegranates, be careful to prune away some dense branches and old, weak branches, so that nutrients are concentrated in robust branches. This promotes flowering on the branches and improves the vividness of the flowers, and the yield and quality of the fruit will also improve as a result. If pomegranates show a phenomenon of not flowering, then we need to force flower bud development. Begin the necessary pruning work and remove the terminal buds at the tips of the branches. This can not only avoid excessive vegetative growth of the plant, but also promote the growth of new side branches, and the flowering rate will also increase as a result.
The above is a brief introduction to how to promote pomegranate flowering. That is all for today's introduction. This article is for reference only, and we hope it can be helpful to everyone.