Pomegranate tree potted culture method:

1, choose the pot, according to the size of the pomegranate seedlings to choose, potted pomegranate seedlings are generally dwarfed, so generally will not grow too large, if simply only consider the pot of drainage and air permeability, you can choose the clay tile pots, if you ask for the pot of beautiful, according to their own needs to choose, as long as there is a drainage hole can be.

2, after the preparatory work is done, it is necessary to plant the seedlings into the pot, first choose a broken tile or broken bricks on the drainage holes of the pot, and then fill the pot with a shovel to fill the pot with soil, about one-half of the pot, put the seedlings into the pot, pay attention to the choice of the roots of the seedlings is wrapped in soil, continue to fill the soil with a shovel, until just cover the seedlings, use a shovel to put the soil against the flat.

3, sunshine should be sufficient Pomegranate is a masculine plant, like sunshine, afraid of shade and humidity, potted pomegranate should be placed in pots in a sunny place, to require sufficient light throughout the growing season. As long as there is no lack of moisture, pomegranate is not afraid of strong light. Insufficient light is bound to affect the growth of the plant, which in turn affects the pregnancy of flowers and buds, flowering and fruiting.

4, flower control contributes to growth Sometimes cuttings of new seedlings, the year will be able to blossom and fruit, the first thing is to promote the growth of seedlings, the formation of solid tree body, in order to withstand the burden of hanging fruit in the future. Early flowering and fruiting is not conducive to the growth of the tree, so the first few years should be erased flower buds, to promote strong trees. To grow to a strong tree shape and then appropriate less flowers, fruit. Afterwards, the fruit should not be too much, too much, nutrient dispersion is not easy to grow, seriously affect the growth of the next year.

5, pruning should not be early in the first few years only to take into account the shape of the tree for roughly pruning. 3 years to 4 years after the late fall dormant before making a roughly pruning, the next spring before the sprouting of stereotypes pruning. The fruiting mother branch that affects the shape of the tree can also be pruned off. After flowering and fruiting, some newborn weak branches, inward branches should also be timely pruned off.

6, fertilization should be reasonable Although the pomegranate is tolerant of barrenness, but like fertilizer, it should be planted with loose, airy and fertile sandy loam. During the growth period, apply thin fertilizer diligently, mainly phosphorus, potassium, nitrogen fertilizer should not be applied more, to avoid branch and leaf prolongation to affect the flowering and fruiting. In addition, in the late autumn before the leaves fall, a full of strong fertilizer, can promote the next year, sprouting twigs, rapid and strong.

7, fruit should control water pomegranate water requirements are not very strict, can withstand a short period of drought, as long as the potting soil seepage is good, the impact of water is not big. Only water is easy to make the branches and leaves grow, the first fruit is easy to fall, fruit ripening after the skin is easy to crack, affecting the ornamental value. Therefore, the fruiting plants should be appropriate water control.

Expanded Information:

Pomegranate (Latin name: Punica granatum L.) deciduous trees or shrubs; simple leaves, usually opposite or clustered, without stipules. Flowers terminal or subterminal, solitary or several clustered or forming cymes, subcampanulate, lobes 5-9, petals 5-9, much wrinkled, imbricate arrangement; ovules numerous.

Berry globose, apically with persistent calyx lobes, pericarp thick; seeds numerous, berry subglobose, fruit ripening September-October. Outer seed coat fleshy translucent, juicy; inner seed coat leathery.

The taste is sweet, sour and astringent, warm, with insecticide, astringent, astringent, dysentery and other effects. Pomegranate fruit is rich in nutrients, vitamin C content is one or two times higher than apples and pears.

China's north and south have cultivation, to Anhui, Jiangsu, Henan and other places of planting area is larger, and cultivated some of the higher quality varieties. Anhui Huaiyuan County is the hometown of pomegranate in China, "Huaiyuan pomegranate" for the national protection of geographical indications products.

Red varieties with beautiful fruit shapes, such as Taishan Red Pomegranate, are also available according to personal preference or need.

Pot selection to clay pots for good, because of its drainage and air permeability, favorable pomegranate growth, the disadvantage is not very beautiful, easy to break, and plastic pots, porcelain enamel pots, etc., beautiful appearance, a variety of patterns, but less permeability and drainage, depending on the circumstances of the choice. The size of the pot should be determined according to the size of the seedlings.

Bonsai production technology:

Culture soil preparation

Potted pomegranate soil, requires loose aeration, fertilizer storage, nutrient-rich. Can be mixed according to the garden topsoil 3 parts, 3 parts of leaf-rotted soil, 2 parts of stable fertilizer, 2 parts of fine sand can be, or according to the proportion of horse manure, garden soil, fine sand 1/3 each mixed into a culture of soil, piled into a heap with a plastic film cover tightly, high-temperature sterilization for 15-20 days, sieve after potting.

Potting and planting

In the spring before sprouting, use the tile to cover the bottom of the pot leakage, and then loaded with soil, about 2/3 of the pot, the soil will be piled into a mound. Choose seedlings with complete root system, many fibrous roots and good tree shape, put the root system stretching into the pot, and continue to fill the soil, gently lifting the seedling upward while filling the soil, so as to make the root system in close contact with the soil.

The potting soil should not be too full, the rootstock and the soil surface level, the soil compaction, watering, to be the water seeped down, cover the surface with dry soil to retain moisture, placed in a semi-shady place with the general germination do not water in order to facilitate the warming of the roots.

Production technology

Bonsai according to its selection of materials and processing methods are different, mainly divided into two categories of stump bonsai and landscape bonsai. Such as Zaozhuang hills pomegranate bonsai is mainly stump bonsai, it is the pomegranate tree as the main body, and sometimes also with rocks and other lining made into elegant and peculiar pomegranate bonsai, the main ornamental pomegranate tree in a variety of modelling posture, and the stem, flowers, fruits, branches and leaves and other characteristics.

Through carving, tying and pulling, twisting, pruning, centering, wiping buds, peeling, dissecting, bending and other artistic processing and careful cultivation, long-term control of growth and development, resulting in a stone's throw away from the situation of the mountains and forests, old and simple pomegranate bonsai.

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