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Pruning and flowering
Posted: Thu Oct 17, 2019 2:40 am
by Hillbillyhort
From what I see and understand, poms flower and fruit on new growth ( current seasons growth )
So it seems like a good dormant heading back should bring on more growth and blooms / fruit.
Yet I find little good info on line about pruning poms.
Do you thin branches to get more growth on the remaining ones ?
Do you head back .
What type of pruning results in more fruit?
So.. What do you think.?
How Do YOU prune yours.?
Re: Pruning and flowering
Posted: Wed Oct 23, 2019 1:51 am
by Hillbillyhort
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Any ideas here ?
Re: Pruning and flowering
Posted: Wed Oct 23, 2019 4:39 am
by greenfig
I prune mine mostly to correct the shape since I train them as trees with single trunk. I prune them when the trees are dormant. I make the branches shorter and remove the thin ones since they cannot hold the fruit.
I have never had issues with production, on the opposite, they produce too many and I need to thin the fruit.
If you grow them as a bush, thinning is probably a good thing to do to get more air in the center.
One thing to worth mentioning is that the pomegranate tree has an interesting habit growing. First, it grows upright, then those branches fall down ( bent in half or so) and during the next season this branch is used as a support for the new growth that mostly is starting from the middle, higher up. This may dictate how to prune a pomegranate tree. It doesn’t grow like a fig for sure.
Re: Pruning and flowering
Posted: Wed Oct 23, 2019 8:05 pm
by bopcrane
Still figuring it out for my situation, so many pros and cons to each approach it seems!
I've been watching this series of videos this person has on Youtube showing their high density pom espalier and getting a few ideas from it for my greenhouse (very limited in space in my GH)
High Density Pom espalier
Re: Pruning and flowering
Posted: Wed Oct 23, 2019 10:37 pm
by greenfig
bopcrane wrote: Wed Oct 23, 2019 8:05 pm
Still figuring it out for my situation, so many pros and cons to each approach it seems!
I've been watching this series of videos this person has on Youtube showing their high density pom espalier and getting a few ideas from it for my greenhouse (very limited in space in my GH)
High Density Pom espalier
Thanks for the link , very interesting!
I would plant them a little more apart because in a few years there will be no room (unless he prunes them very hard) and the branches need air. Pomegranates become real trees within 10 years, with trunks 4-6 inches thick .
Re: Pruning and flowering
Posted: Sat Oct 26, 2019 11:51 pm
by efletche
Liked the video. My 'Wonderful' is 5 years old now and a bush. It's 5 feet tall and never pruned. It has NEVER flowered or produced fruit. Any ideas what I can do to correct this?
Re: Pruning and flowering
Posted: Mon Oct 28, 2019 12:34 am
by greenfig