Mature trees could be trimmed at the early stage. On average, your pomegranate tree should get an estimated 50 to 60 inches (1.27 to 1.52 meters) of water yearly. At planting time, select a strong, single stem or five to six stems, depending on your preference for a pomegranate's form. References. If you want to train your Pomegranate into a single- or multi-stem tree wait until the plants are 2 to 3 years old and at least 3 to 4 feet in height. Since these are brittle and may crack under its own weight it is better to wire these twigs. A new shoot is pinched from the start of summer; ensure to keep 2 and 5 leaves on every shoot. Please help us continue to provide you with our trusted how-to guides and videos for free by whitelisting wikiHow on your ad blocker. Find out your tree's variety and research it online. How do you plant pomegranates? Aim for a pH between 5.5 and 7.2. You can prune to a single trunk if you start early. A frost-free cold frame with temperatures between 2 and 8° C (35 – 46°F) is an ideal place in winter. Last Updated: April 30, 2020 Pomegranates are beautiful plants with an arching, vase-like form; narrow, bright green leaves; orange-red springtime flowers, and large red-husked fruits that bear hundreds of fleshy, sweet-tart, edible seeds. Watering: Water the dwarf pomegranate tree when the soil gets dry. unlocking this staff-researched answer. Shorten the exterior branches and allow the even smaller side shoots to form in the spring. Gloves are a good idea as the branches have spiny tips. Steve Masley has been designing and maintaining organic vegetable gardens in the San Francisco Bay Area for over 30 years. Please consider making a contribution to wikiHow today. A dwarf pomegranate tree is the right size for growing indoors as it only reaches about three feet whereas a regular pomegranate tree can grow up to 30 feet tall if it’s being grown in the right climate zone. Use the same method as you did before to remove the suckers and water sprouts. Pomegranate trees are usually drought-tolerant plants, but if you wish to harvest large healthy fruits, watering your plant regularly can help greatly with fruit production. http://extension.uga.edu/publications/detail.html?number=C997&title=Pomegranate%20Production#title8, http://www.texasgardener.com/pastissues/janfeb11/Pruning.html, https://www.crfg.org/pubs/ff/pomegranate.html, http://ucce.ucdavis.edu/files/datastore/391-575.pdf, https://extension.umd.edu/hgic/water-sprouts-due-branch-removal-trees-and-shrubs, https://extension.tennessee.edu/publications/Documents/SP683.pdf, consider supporting our work with a contribution to wikiHow. Did you know you can read answers researched by wikiHow Staff? You will need to do this every summer afterwards. Remove all suckers as they rise from th… This method creates short, stubby branches that are not natural to the arching form of pomegranate trees. Not sure of the difference between a single-trunk and multi-trunk system? Leave the outward-growing branches and prune off the inward-growing ones. Unfortunately, these two goals are in conflict. By signing up you are agreeing to receive emails according to our privacy policy. Commercial growers typically shorten branches to induce new fruit producing shoots and fruiting spurs. Do this on an annual basis. You only need to do this once; don't do it during the following years. It's native to ancient Persia, and many references to the Pomegranate can be found in ancient mythology and history, notably the Homeric Hymns and the Book of Exodus. If a tree is mature but produces little fruit, you can prune it more assertively. This will give you bigger, tastier pomegranates! Pomegranate trees are actually multi-trunk shrubs that are often cultivated as small, single-trunk trees. 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