Grafting Pomegranates is Very Easy.

This is my first take on grafting pomegranates. It really took a while before there are signs of success. More than a month before they sprouted, longer than grafted persimmons to sprout. Typically, persimmons take the longest time in my yard to sprout from new grafts.

When I grafted pomegranates, it worried me because there are many fibers from the bark that get in the way inside the cut surfaces. It looked dirty, with all of those fine hair-like bark fibers. But nonetheless, they remained green and at last they sprouted.

Here's a closeup of the whip and tongue graft, sprouting at last.

By joereal at 2008-05-10

And here are the others. To the right is a bark graft. This is the beginning of my multi-grafted pomegranate tree. It is currently a 4-n-1 pomegranate tree. I plan to graft all the cultivars that I rated as good to excellent for wine making unto this tree. I might assemble another one that is rated for best tasting, and with tiny or soft seeds. Indeed pomegranate has high success rate when it comes to grafting.


By joereal at 2008-05-10

Hi Joe,

Do you have an update on these grafts?

Are the plants growing well? Have you tried grafting regular pomegranates to dwarf pomegranate stock?

Regards,

Yadda

Will have to do another set of grafts soon! Should become 12-n-1 pomegranate this season.

They're growing nice. I still contemplating grafting unto my ultradwarf pomegranate. These plants are so nice as hedges, so beautiful and they have flowers almost year round, so am having second thoughts grafting unto these beautiful plants. But will let you know if I decide to graft over them, just for curiosity's sake.

What varieties are these joe?

I know that my climate is not the same than in California but when do you graft your pomegranates ? In march ?
I'd like to try it next year.

When I get time, I'd like to start my pomegranate collection and would like to start propogating them. What type makes a good rootstock or do most do fine on their own roots? Can you take cuttings and start rooting them?

Phillip

I have a large Wonderful pomegranate (11-ft. all and 11 ft. wide). It is on it own root, and produces a LOT of fruit. Pomegranates do well on their own roots. Pomegranate can be propagated easily by either hardwood or softwood cuttings. The use of a rooting compound helps greatly, and the softwood cuttings must be misted or kept in a high humidity. Root suckers can be dug from the base of the tree and transplanted, and it is also possible to increase them by layering, budding, or graftings. They also grow easily from seed, but the resulting tree is ALWAYS ALWAYS of inferior quality. I purchased it some years ago from a nursery in Florida. - Millet (715-)

I have air-layered my Wonderful Pomegranate. I took a 5 gallon pot and sat next to my tree, and stuck one of the long whip like branches in and out of the pot, kept watering it for several months. Later I cut it off the tree and most leaves of the layered piece withered, then it came back. I gave away the little tree to my friend last fall, and it is still growing well this spring.

With that successfully done, I have put more pots next to my pom. tree and, I am trying to get more of this tree separated.

The other thing to note is that pomegranates can be grown as a bush form by keeping of its suckers, about 6 then pull out other excess suckers. When grown in bush form, you'll have more fruit. You could trim and grow it as a tree form too, but I would think this would result in less many fruit.