After the pomegranate is peeled, the fruit inside looks like agate. It is very beautiful and has a sweet and sour taste. It is popular among people. So how to prune domestic pomegranate trees? It can be pruned all year round. In the spring, the main work is to thin the buds and flowers. In the summer, the fruits can be thinned in time. In the autumn, the long branches and other branches must be cut off to ensure nutrients. In the winter, the main work is to thin the branches and cut off the growing branches. dead branches and random branches. 1. Spring pruning
Pomegranate trees can be pruned all year round. We need to do different pruning work according to different seasons to make the plant grow more vigorously. Spring pruning is mainly done in mid-April. We need to cut off some small branches to reduce nutrient consumption, and then thin the buds and flowers. Pinch off the bell-shaped flower buds by hand, leaving the tube-shaped flowers and gourd-shaped flowers. Generally, flower picking work is carried out three times every spring, and at the same time, attention should be paid to pruning diseased and insect-infested branches. 2. Summer pruning
Summer pruning is generally carried out from June to July every year. At this time, timely fruit thinning work must be carried out to ensure the quality and yield of the fruit. For some branches with multiple fruits, small fruits, weak fruits, and frozen fruits should be pinched off, leaving the vigorously growing large fruits. Generally, the results will be divided into three crops. More fruits should be left on the first crop, and the rest can be removed entirely. For leggy branches, All branches and fruitless branches can be cut off to ensure ventilation and light transmission. 3. Autumn pruning
Autumn is the season when fruits mature. At this time, the consumption of nutrients is relatively large. It is necessary to promptly cut off some sprouting new branches, leggy branches, diseased branches, etc., and at the same time increase ventilation and light transmission to promote The results are larger, which is beneficial to the fruit taste. Generally, some small buds will grow from the roots of fruit-picking plants, and we must prune them off in time to ensure the amount of fruit next year. 4. Winter pruning
The growth of the pomegranate tree will slow down in winter. At this time, it can be pruned before it begins to lose its leaves and yet has not sprouted. Cut off some dead branches and random branches during the growth process to ensure the distance between the main branches and side branches, then retain the strong growing branches and prune off the small and weak branches.