See the Pomogranate Cultivation

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Flowchart for Pomegranate Cultivation
Selection of site
Soil and water testing
Preparation of land
Layout – Alignment, Digging of pits etc.
Selection of planting materials from the
nursery.
Planting in the main yield
Care after planting – watering, manuring
and plant protection
Training and pruning
Manuring
Irrigation
Inter cultivation/Inter Culture
Inter cropping
Cropping
Plant protection
Harvesting – Harvest indices, Harvesting
and care after harvesting
Sorting of Fruits, Transport to Pack
Houses/Markets.

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1. Selection of site
2. Soil and water testing
3. Preparation of land
4. Layout – Alignment, Digging of pits etc.
5. Selection of planting materials from the nursery.
6. Planting in the main yield
7. Care after planting – watering, manuring and plant protection
8. Training and pruning
9. Manuring
10. Irrigation
11. Inter cultivation/Inter Culture
12. Inter cropping
13. Cropping
14. Plant protection
15. Harvesting – Harvest indices, Harvesting and care after harvesting
16. Sorting of Fruits, Transport to Pack Houses/Markets.

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A Brief in Right into each of the above Operation
1. Selection of Site
• Select deep loamy/alluvial soil.
• Also select soil with medium fertility.
• Site should be not above 1800m above mean sea level.
• Requires hot and dry climate during the period of fruit development and ripening.
• The optimum temperature for fruit development is 18
• The Plant Bears well under irrigation so there should be adequate supply of irrigation water Good
quality.
2. Soil and water Testing
• To Know the suitability of soil , Its Fertility and PH Whether the soil and soil depth meet the hop
requirement
• Water testing is e to know quality of water of the crop or the amendment to suit pomegranate crop.
3. Preparation of Land
• 2-3 deep Plouighing to get fine Tilt
• Level the land.
• Mark the Planting position as per the recommended
4. Lay-out – Alignment, Digging of pits etc.
• Adopt a Spacing o 5x5m in Square System of Planting.
• Pintsize 60x60x60 cm
• Refill the pith with Top soil mixed with 20-25Kg F&M/Comport + 1Kg SSP on basal Laying of Dried
Leaves + Dried Gram.
• Slow the soil to settle and if any depression appeals Add Soil to Bring the soil to the surface level.

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5. Selection of manting material from the nursery
• Select well nested hand wood cuttings of one year
• Select healthy, robust Plath free from Pests and diseases Particulate Bacterial light
6. Manting in the mainfield
• Best time the planting in the are set of south west mansion (June-July) or February of irrigation futility
are available.
• Cut open the polybage without disturbing the root system in the ball of earth.
• Set the Plant in the hole scooped out in the Center of the Pit.
• Press the soil around the plant to remove air pockets in the soil.
• Irrigate/water immediately in a bring prepared around the plant.
• Stake the plant the support and to a gold tappling.
7. Care after planting-watering, manuring and plant protection
• Water /irrigate the newly set plants at uniform intervals for better establishment and survival
• Continue watering particularly during only periods
• Apply nitrogen in the form of urea at bi monthly intervals to push up growth, with recommended dose.
• Protect the plant from pests and diseases, particularly bacterial blight with suitable pesticides.
8. Training and pruning
• From second year onwards, established plants may be trained to multiple stem system of training.
• Regular pruning is necessary , remove water sources, weak crotches, dead and died, twigsa, criss-crossing
• Shoots and old spun ,after harvest of fruits every time
• Apply bordaux pest to the cut end
9. Manuring
• Follow the region wise recommended manorial schedule
• Apply manuar in the beginning of monsoon for decomposition and fertilizer at frequent intervals in split doses
• Apply the manure and fertilizer in a trench dug around the plant at a distance.
• Irrigate immediately after manuring.

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10. Irrigation
• Though drought resistant pomegranate has to be irrigated for commercial yields.
• Regular irrigation from flowering till harvesting is necessasary otherwise flowers drop and fruits show cracking.
• In winter the interval may be 8-10 days and in summer 4-6 days.
11. Inter cultivation/inter culture
• Shallow cultivation in the inter spaces to suppress the weeds, to improve cultivation, infilteration &conservation
of soil moisture
• Inter cultivation by ploughing may be done as per the bahar preferred
• Mulch the basin for conservation of moisture &suppress the weeds during the period
12. Inter cropping
• During the initial 3-4 years suitable inter crops like vegetables flower crops &legumes
13. Cropping-flowering
• Starts cropping in 3-4 year planting
• Produces 3 crops in a year under tropical conditions
• Choose one of them and adopt suitable cultural practices
14. Plant protection
• Important insect pests are pomegranate butterfly, bark eating catter pillar, sap sucking insects(apids, mely bugs,
thrips)
• Important diseases are bacterial leaf spot (bacterial blight)fruit rot and wilt
• Take suitable plant protection to avoid the above pest and diseases.

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15. Harvesting –harvesting indicis –care after harvesting
• Fruit becomes ready for harvesting in 5-7 months
• Harvest indices
o Color change of the skin from green to reddish yellow or yellow or brown
o Fruit become somewhat soft
o Ridges of the fruit become flat
o Ridges of the fruit disappear and become round
o When tapped produce metallic sound or cracking sound
o Based beak gets closed
• Harvest the fruit with secateurs/clippers
• Immediately after harvesting move the fruit to pack houses
16. Sorting of fruits , Transport to Pack Houses/Markets
• Sort out the fruit as per the size maturity blemishes
• Pack them in bamboo baskets wooden crates or card board boxes with a cushioning of paddy straw or dry grass
or paper cuttings
• Transport as quickly as to the markets