Things Needed
While not grown commercially in Texas , pomegranate trees can raise in the state and do best in south , central and southeast Texas where the mood is warm . Plant pomegranate tree in the spring when the grease can be worked and frost peril has pass . The yield can be damaged by temperatures of 18 to 10 degrees F. Pomegranate tree diagram have globular yield and ruby-red - orange flowers , provide ornamental as well as culinary interest group .
Step 1
opt a situation for your pomegranate tree that offers full sunshine and well - draining dirt . As the University of Texas Federal Reserve note , pomegranate perform well in both slenderly acidulous soils and the alkaline soil usual in south Texas , which think of that Texas gardeners wo n’t have to modify their soil pH before plant .
Step 2
Dig a hole twice the size of your pomegranate tree diagram ’s ascendent ball , slay rocks , weeds and root from the hole . Then pull your pomegranate Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree from its container .
Step 3
Work out the circled and tangled roots by escape young fingers through them until all root are free - standing . Check for broken roots ; trim these back using pruners .
Step 4
Place the pomegranate tree diagram in the prepared hole . hold the trunk directly with one hand , take in the hole with soil with the other . Firm the soil lightly around the tree trunk .
Step 5
irrigate the newly plant pomegranate Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree until the soil becomes saturated and compresses around the base of the tree diagram . Water every three to four twenty-four hour period for the first few week after imbed . Then , decrease the watering to twice weekly , then once a workweek . Each time , water until the soil becomes saturated . A well - established pomegranate tree needs body of water every seven to 10 days , take note Texas A&M University .
Step 6
Prune away chump growing from the tree trunk with anvil trimmer . Also prune away bushed or damaged branch , limb that crisscross other limbs and arm that originate vertically . Prune annually in the late winter , once frost danger pass , but remove numb or damage wood whenever you notice it .
Step 7
Fertilize the pomegranate tree diagram twice each year , in November and March . utilise 2 pound . of 8 - 8 - 8 plant food while the tree is untried . When it begins to digest yield , trade to 4 - 1/2 to 6 - 1/2 pound . of 8 - 8 - 8 . Use a pee - soluble fertiliser or scatter dry fertilizer around the floor of the tree , then water the land to work the fertilizer into the ground .
Tip
Plant a variety of pomegranate that ’s been proven to grow well in Texas . Texas A&M recommends ' Wonderful , ' ' Purple Seed , ' ' Spanish Ruby , ' ' Cloud , ' ' Cranberry ' or ' Davey . '
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