When is the best time to plant pomegranate trees?

Pomegranate trees are most suitable for planting in autumn or early spring.

Pomegranate can be planted all year round, but autumn or early spring is the most suitable for planting. For example, the survival rate of autumn planting is the highest in the southern region where it is not cold, rainy and snowy in winter, while pomegranate is planted in autumn and winter because the aboveground part of the seedling is close to stopping growing, and the nutrients in the seedling are accumulating, but the roots have not stopped growing. At this time, the slow planting period is short, and it can germinate quickly after spring. However, in the cold, rainy and snowy northern region in winter, the survival rate of planting in early spring is the highest.

Planting in autumn can be done before defoliation in September ~ 10, and planting in spring should be done as early as possible before germination. If planting is too late, or because the ground temperature drops (planting in autumn), it is not conducive to the healing of pomegranate seedlings, or because the temperature rises and the evaporation is large, it is not conducive to survival. In the growing season, if we adopt soil rope transplanting, shading after planting, spraying water in the morning and evening, we can also survive. However, this method is time-consuming and cannot be widely used.

growing environment

Pomegranate has developed root system, strong regeneration ability, not strict requirements for soil and wide application range. It is drought-resistant, fertilizer-resistant, barren and saline-alkali-resistant, with a pH value of 4.5~8.2, and can be planted in mountainous areas, plains, hills and beaches with annual accumulated temperature ≥ 10℃ and above 3000℃.

Pomegranate trees have been in a semi-cultivated and semi-wild state for a long time, and the growth of pomegranate has strong adaptability to the natural environment. Pomegranate trees can grow healthily in many soils, such as brown soil, yellow soil, ashed red soil, cinnamon soil, fluvo-aquic soil, sandy loam and so on, but they prefer to grow in slightly sticky and calcareous soil, with sandy loam being the best.