Keys to preventing cracking of pomegranate fruit in order to achieve optimum crop value
| mayo 9, 2019Cracking of pomegranate fruits is one of the most damaging physiological phenomena that happens to the crop during fruit development and this phenomenon affects the quality of the crop and decreases Market value of crops.
Farmer’s losses due to cracking may reach to 50% of the crop productivity, and that is a very significant value. Economically, preventing cracking of pomegranates is more profitably than treating already affected plants.
However, in order to effectively address this challenge, it is first of all important to identify some of the possible causes of fruit cracking in pomegranate.
Main factors that increase the chances of cracking of pomegranate fruits:
Water imbalance in fruits:
Maintaining the water balance in fruit is extremely important to achieving quality fruits without cracks in pomegranate.
Water imbalance could result from irregular irrigation programs, prolonged period of dryness followed by rain fall, and increase in the environmental temperature that leads to increases the temperature of fruit skin.
To help prevent the negative effect of water imbalance, we recommend you maintain proper irrigation programs at regular intervals according to the environmental temperature in your region.
We also advise you apply quality osmoregulation fertilizers such as Maximos Green during the vegetative development, pre-flowering and fruit set to help control transpiration and improve the internal water balance in the plant and within the fruit.
Foliar application of Humic acid fertilizers could also reduce cracking in pomegranate fruit thanks to its role in regulating water use efficiency of the plant.
Calcium and Boron Deficiency:
A balanced nutrition of calcium and boron is very important for the strength, integrity, and flexibility of the cell walls and membranes pomegranate fruits. Deficiency of any these nutrients increase the risk of cracking in pomegranate fruits.
To help prevent the effective of deficiency, we advise you start applying fertilizers that are rich in active and quickly available calcium and boron such as Caborio or Caborio Powder at the end of flowering, and then during fruit set and fruit development to ensure quality fruit harvest.
Excessive use of hormones:
Hormones help different plants to grow and increase their size, but the excessive and wrong use of them could cause cracking problems in pomegranate.
This cracking of fruits is due to the abnormal increase in the size of the fruit, resulting in cracking of the outer wall of the fruit and its corruption.
So we recommend using hormones moderately and the use of appropriate amounts of Gibberellic Acid could significantly reduce the occurrence of this phenomenon, because it adjusts the water balance of the plant and gives durability and elasticity to the outer shell of the fruit.
Cultivation of species with the thin crust:
Some grower use pomegranate varieties with a thin crust which make them susceptible to cracking due to their inability to withstand the extreme environmental and biological conditions surrounding the plant. Therefore, while make your cultivation decision, we highly recommend choosing varieties with thick crust that would be able to withstand the stress
As advised earlier, it is more economically efficient to take appropriate measures in advance to prevent cracking of pomegranate fruits in order to achieve maximum return on investment by producing high quality and marketable fruit.
We trust some of the brief insights and recommendations we have shared above would go a long way to help you get the best out of your investments. And always remember that Cropper Agra wants to grow together with you.
Keys to preventing cracking of pomegranate fruit in order to achieve optimum crop value
| mayo 9, 2019Cracking of pomegranate fruits is one of the most damaging physiological phenomena that happens to the crop during fruit development and this phenomenon affects the quality of the crop and decreases Market value of crops.
Farmer’s losses due to cracking may reach to 50% of the crop productivity, and that is a very significant value. Economically, preventing cracking of pomegranates is more profitably than treating already affected plants.
However, in order to effectively address this challenge, it is first of all important to identify some of the possible causes of fruit cracking in pomegranate.
Main factors that increase the chances of cracking of pomegranate fruits:
Water imbalance in fruits:
Maintaining the water balance in fruit is extremely important to achieving quality fruits without cracks in pomegranate.
Water imbalance could result from irregular irrigation programs, prolonged period of dryness followed by rain fall, and increase in the environmental temperature that leads to increases the temperature of fruit skin.
To help prevent the negative effect of water imbalance, we recommend you maintain proper irrigation programs at regular intervals according to the environmental temperature in your region.
We also advise you apply quality osmoregulation fertilizers such as Maximos Green during the vegetative development, pre-flowering and fruit set to help control transpiration and improve the internal water balance in the plant and within the fruit.
Foliar application of Humic acid fertilizers could also reduce cracking in pomegranate fruit thanks to its role in regulating water use efficiency of the plant.
Calcium and Boron Deficiency:
A balanced nutrition of calcium and boron is very important for the strength, integrity, and flexibility of the cell walls and membranes pomegranate fruits. Deficiency of any these nutrients increase the risk of cracking in pomegranate fruits.
To help prevent the effective of deficiency, we advise you start applying fertilizers that are rich in active and quickly available calcium and boron such as Caborio or Caborio Powder at the end of flowering, and then during fruit set and fruit development to ensure quality fruit harvest.
Excessive use of hormones:
Hormones help different plants to grow and increase their size, but the excessive and wrong use of them could cause cracking problems in pomegranate.
This cracking of fruits is due to the abnormal increase in the size of the fruit, resulting in cracking of the outer wall of the fruit and its corruption.
So we recommend using hormones moderately and the use of appropriate amounts of Gibberellic Acid could significantly reduce the occurrence of this phenomenon, because it adjusts the water balance of the plant and gives durability and elasticity to the outer shell of the fruit.
Cultivation of species with the thin crust:
Some grower use pomegranate varieties with a thin crust which make them susceptible to cracking due to their inability to withstand the extreme environmental and biological conditions surrounding the plant. Therefore, while make your cultivation decision, we highly recommend choosing varieties with thick crust that would be able to withstand the stress
As advised earlier, it is more economically efficient to take appropriate measures in advance to prevent cracking of pomegranate fruits in order to achieve maximum return on investment by producing high quality and marketable fruit.
We trust some of the brief insights and recommendations we have shared above would go a long way to help you get the best out of your investments. And always remember that Cropper Agra wants to grow together with you.