When Do Pomegranate Flowers Bloom? Key Management Techniques After Flowering
When do pomegranate flowers bloom? How should they be managed after flowering? I hope fellow gardeners can help explain. Pomegranate flowers begin to bloom at the end of April and finish in mid-June. They are generally divided into three periods: the first is dominated by flowers on leafy cluster branches (late April to early May); the second is dominated by flowers on short and medium branches, and the lateral flowers on leafy cluster branches and short branches also open during this period...
When do pomegranate flowers bloom? How should they be managed after flowering? I hope fellow gardeners can help explainPomegranate flowers begin to bloom at the end of April and finish in mid-June.
They are generally divided into three periods: the first is dominated by flowers on leafy cluster branches (late April to early May); the second is dominated by flowers on short and medium branches, and the lateral flowers on leafy cluster branches and short branches also open during this period (mid-May to early June); the third is dominated by flowers on long branches (early June to mid-June), with a small number of flowers that has little effect on the overall flowering process.
Management methods during the pomegranate flowering period:
1. Strengthen the nutrient supply of the pomegranate tree:
Fertilize according to the tree's vigor, mainly with nitrogen fertilizer, combined with irrigation, applying 1 kg of urea + 1 kg of compound fertilizer per tree.
2. Flower thinning and fruit retention for the pomegranate tree:
Thin out degenerated flowers and normal flowers in unfavorable positions. Specifically, from the upper part of the canopy to the lower part, and from inside the canopy to outside, remove all degenerated flowers; keep more central flowers and fewer axillary flowers; keep more first and second flush flowers, and keep few or no third flush flowers.
3. Pruning the pomegranate tree:
(1) Branch bending; (2) Remove root suckers, wipe out buds, and thin out useless water sprouts, upright branches, and vigorous branches; ease overall growth and increase photosynthetic accumulation.
4. Pest control for the pomegranate tree:
From late April, turn on black light lamps, hang sex pheromone lures or sweet-and-sour liquid traps to monitor or trap and kill peach fruit borer adults. Spray leaves with 0.5% urea + 0.3% boron fertilizer; during the peak emergence of the overwintering generation of peach fruit borer adults, remove infested fruits and bury them deep. Around May 15, spray Yun 4.5% Daanzhi at 1000 times (Zhenglong insecticide at 1500 times) + 10% Qianhong insecticide at 4000 times + 5% Beibo at 1000 times + amino acids at 600 times.
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