Pomegranate tree pruning can be divided into spring pruning, summer pruning, autumn pruning and winter pruning.

1. Spring pruning

The spring pruning time for pomegranate trees is mid-April. Prune off some overgrown, overly thin, dead branches, etc., and disinfect some wounds. Then thin the buds and flowers, pinch off the flower buds, and leave the tube-shaped flowers and gourd-shaped flowers. This not only avoids excessive consumption of nutrients but also promotes the growth of branches and leaves.

2. Summer pruning

Summer pruning can be carried out from June to July. At this time, fruits and vegetables are mainly pruned. When it is found that there are multiple fruits on the branches, remove some small fruits, weak fruits, diseased fruits, and finally leave the large fruits. After pinching off the fruits, if you find some overly dense, leggy, fruitless branches, you can prune them off one by one.

3. Autumn pruning

As autumn enters, it happens to be the ripening season of pomegranate trees. At this time, the main branches should be pruned. Prune off branches, diseased branches and dead branches to ensure the normal supply of nutrients, facilitate the light transmission and ventilation of the branches and leaves, and promote the growth of large fruits.

4. Winter pruning

Pruning in winter can be done after the pomegranate tree falls and before it sprouts. At this time, the growth is relatively slow. You can prune dead branches, random branches, and diseased branches. Ensure the permeability of main branches and side branches. When pruning, some branches with strong growth and full flower buds can be retained, and branches with weak growth can be cut off.

Precautions for pruning pomegranate trees

1. Pomegranate trees need to be pruned every year. They can be pruned into a single-stem round head shape or into a multi-stem cluster shape according to the situation. In addition, during the fruiting period, the long branches need to be topping in summer and pruned after autumn. At the same time, the sprouting tillers that occur in the rhizosphere must be cut off in time.

2. Pomegranate branches have loose tissue and poor cold resistance. In order to reduce freezing damage, winter pruning is best extended to late February. Winter pruning often causes the tree to become too vigorous. Therefore, during the growth period, measures such as bud wiping, branch twisting, heart beating, and spacing must be used to adjust the tree vigor.

3. Pomegranate is sensitive to pruning and has poor resistance to pruning. A large amount of pruning in winter will cause a strong spring and increase the number of vegetative branches, which affects the fruit setting rate. A large amount of pruning in summer will weaken the tree. Therefore, the amount of winter pruning should be appropriately increased for weak trees, and the amount of summer pruning should be appropriately increased for vigorous trees.

4. Pomegranate pruning is mainly based on thinning and slow release. Thinning out old and dead branches, overly dense and thin branches, upright and leggy branches, slow down flat and inclined branches and diseased and insect-infested branches, and only removes a few extensions. Branches short. Too many short cuts can easily cause the tree to become too vigorous, which is not conducive to flowering and affects the yield of a single tree.

5. Timely thin out budding branches (twigs produced by sprouting tillers), drooping branches, horizontal twigs, branches damaged by diseases and insect pests, and dead branches to make the branches sparsely distributed and evenly distributed, and the crown of the tree has good ventilation and light transmission. When the pomegranate tree fades its flowers, prune some thin branches appropriately to reduce nutrient consumption.