Peonies and Pomegranate Planting Methods
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1. Garden selection: Peonies and pomegranates are adaptable, resistant to poor soil, and can be planted in mountains, hills, and soils with pH between 4.5 and 8.2. However, it is better to have sandy loam soil rich in organic matter, thick soil layers, and good drainage. If the soil is poor, dig large holes 0.8 meters long, wide, and deep, and apply farm manure and phosphorus fertilizer inside the holes.
2. Planting time and density: In the south, planting usually takes place from December to March of the following year, while in the north, planting can occur from March to early April in the spring. Plant about 100 plants per 667 square meters, with a spacing of 2m x 3m.
3. Shaping: After the seedlings are planted and new shoots emerge, select three strong new shoots that grow in different directions and are spaced about 10cm apart to train into main branches. Remove all other buds. The secondary branches that sprout on the main branches may grow too vigorously due to differences in nutrition and growth position, which can affect the growth of the main column. These should be pinched 30cm to ensure the main branches grow in the required direction. This maintains the characteristics of the plant with sparse upper branches, dense lower branches, sparse outer branches, dense inner branches, and dense small branches, ensuring that the whole plant has light inside and outside.
4. Pruning: It is divided into summer pruning and winter pruning. Summer pruning: Peonies and pomegranates are sensitive to pruning. Pruning should focus on opening the canopy and thinning long branches, using less shortening and reduction, and taking summer pruning measures such as pinching, removing buds, and pulling branches to facilitate the formation of a large number of leafy short columns, which can form a large number of fruiting mother branches in the fall, ensuring more flowers and fruits the following year. Winter pruning: Mainly involves cutting off those vigorous branches, dense columns, and diseased and insect-infested branches, and updating drooping branches after fruiting, usually completed around mid-January.
5. Flower and fruit thinning: Flower thinning: In late May every year, when two types of flowers are distinguishable, manually remove the undeveloped bell-shaped flowers (trumpet-shaped flowers) and retain the fully developed tubular flowers (calabash-shaped flowers). Fruit thinning: Mainly remove small fruits, diseased and insect-infested fruits, and late fruits.
6. Fertilization and water management: Apply 2000-3000 kg of farm manure and 100 kg of calcium magnesium phosphorus fertilizer mixed as a base fertilizer per 667 square meters. Apply fast-acting nitrogen and phosphorus fertilizers before flowering, with 50 kg of urea per 667 square meters; during the full bloom period, spray 0.3% borax on the leaves to improve fruit setting rate; during the fruit expansion period and fruit coloring period, apply 50 kg of multi-element compound fertilizer per 667 square meters. Foliar application of 0.3% urea or 0.3% potassium dihydrogen phosphate can also be used; watering can be done before germination, after full bloom, and during fruit expansion, and can also be combined with fertilization.
7. Pest and disease control: Peonies and pomegranates have fewer pests and diseases. The main pest and disease control measures include: For dry rot disease, use 50% Thiram 500 times liquid; for early leaf drop disease, use 50% methyl thiophanate 800 times liquid; for peach borer, use 20% cypermethrin 2000 times liquid to spray on the leaves for control.
The above is a detailed explanation of the planting methods of peonies and pomegranates. I hope this article can bring you help in life!