Pomegranate is native to Iran, Afghanistan and other countries. Today, there are still large tracts of wild pomegranate forests on mountains with an altitude of 300-1,000 meters above sea level in Iran, Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, and the Republic of Georgia.

It is cultivated and distributed in all parts of north and south China, except in extremely cold areas. The main breeding and cultivation areas are Jiangsu, Zhejiang and other places.

Pomegranate is one of the earliest fruit trees and flowers introduced and cultivated by humans. They are cultivated as fruit trees in China, India, Asia, Africa, and Europe along the Mediterranean, especially in Africa. The United States is mainly located in California.

Pomegranates are distributed in some parts of the country. Famous edible products include Shaanxi Lintong pomegranate, which has white-skinned sweet pomegranates with grains like snow and jade, pulpy and extremely sweet; and red sour pomegranates with water-red grains. Crystal clear and sour; there are also green shell pomegranates from Yunnan Mengzi County, Sichuan green skin pomegranates, Shandong Zaozhuang soft seed pomegranates, Anhui Huaibei Baizi sugar pomegranates, Guangxi carmine pomegranates, etc.

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Growing habits of pomegranate:

1. Pomegranate likes a warm, humid, sunny and well-ventilated environment, and is resistant to drought, cold and fertilizer. , Avoid water damage. It likes to grow in slightly sticky, calcareous soil, preferably sandy loam.

2. The roots of the pomegranate tree grow strong and sprout tillers easily appear in the rhizosphere. If the tillers are cut off and left to grow as single trunks, the tree can grow to a height of 4 to 6 meters and become a small tree. There are knob-like protrusions on the trunk.

There are many branches in the crown, and the young branches have edges and are square or hexagonal. After the young branches grow, the branches become rounded. Small branches have a large load-bearing capacity and are not easy to break; new shoots are often staggered and opposite to old branches, with small thorns. There are more thorns on mature trees and fewer thorns on old trees.

3. The pomegranate tree produces fruit on the mother branch. As a result, the mother branches are mostly primary branches growing in spring or secondary branches growing in early summer. Such branches stop growing early and are fully developed.

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