At the end of April the pomegranate trees are in full bloom,
This winter we have had has been very good for the fruit, especially the pomegranate tree which needs several days above 0° at night,
so that when spring arrives it sprouts with more strength and more blossom,
As it is cold in winter, the tree goes to sleep as is its normal vegetative cycle, the buds that are going to sprout in spring are regulated and sprout some to flower and others to leaf,
OUR FIELD OF ORGANIC POMEGRANATE TREES
If it is not cold enough, it does not flower sufficiently in spring.
That is why the pomegranate tree in our area of Valencia is ideal, because we have the perfect climate, because if it is -0 gr in spring, when the plant has sprouted, it will flower in the spring.
when the plant has already sprouted, the buds freeze and therefore it does not flower and there is no harvest.
When the fruits are set, we have to thin them out, so that the remaining fruits become fatter, and are marketable for sale.
It is a pity, because the market generally demands fat pomegranate fruits, and for this we have to thin them a lot.
In conventional cultivation, a lot of nitrogen fertilisers are used for fattening. As we already know, this is harmful in many ways,
For the soil, nitrogen leaches into the groundwater, then the water we consume contains a high concentration of nitrates as it is extracted from the groundwater.
There are the Navelina orange trees
already with the first fruits to be harvested in October, they look very good with a good production,
These trees are three years old since we grafted them, and this is the first one that will have a good harvest,
until they are five or six years old they do not reach full production.