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Dear gardeners, I acquired some fruit trees to be planted in a kiyari (at my moms place). The trees are as follows, a desi lemon plant, a banana plant. A pomegranate shrub and papaya plants (both male and female). The lemon and the banana plant are still very small. Around two feet in height, the pomegranate shrub is five feet tall and the papaya plants are four feet in height. I will post the pictures where and how they are planted. I don't want them to grow very tall and have very thick trunks. My preference are small bushy types with abundant fruits. The spot where they are planted receives four to five hours of sunlight in summers.Tthe area remains shaded in the winters. Please give me suggestions on how to care for them through pruning, fertilizing and disease and pest control (organically).
Waiting anxiously for your reply.
JAZAKALLAH

dear gardeners, here are the pics of the plants that i have mentioned above. please advice me about the plants requirements accordingly. also, i have heard that the pomegranate does not bloom and fruit in karachi, is it true????

THE PLANTING SITE



THE BANANA PLANT



THE CURRY PATTA



THE LEMON PLANT



THE POMEGRANETE PLANT



THE PAPAYA PLANT

Generally, Pomegranate plant does not fruit in Karachi but can fruit in Karachi as I have seen huge pomegranate plant producing fruits near my house.

Thank you Mustansir sahab. the site where ihave planted recieves four hours of sunlight in the summers. and none in the winters. the trees or shrubs that are more than five feet tall get a good direct sun of eight hours, except at the spot where the banana is planted. it gets an unobstructed sun of six hours in the summers. is that enough for the plants???? i hope it is not too hot for the pomegranete tree, and it gets i good cool spot in the winters.

the trees are too close to each other and also the bed is very narrow... they will grow but for good fruiting this close planting is not recommended..

6 hours of sun is good enough but closely planted fruit trees won't give enough fruiting. I have planted mostly 18 feet apart and few 15 feet. In case interdistance is less (e.g. East West direction ) then let go the branches on other side (North South) to compensate for less fruiting.

Thanks for the advice

i think you have not choosen the right place for planting banana it requires place to expand and that curry patta is gonna create a lot of mess so you better get rid of second one,papaya's can't be retained as far as size is concerned and lemons can be trained as bushy just don't prune them i pruned mine and it's a in a bad shape (more then 10 year old) although it produces loads of quality lemons every year

If only the space matched your enthusiasm, alas they will look nice for a short while and then with the passionate way you will care for them out grow the kiari.

If your determined to keep them all then enjoy them while you can but be prepared to transplant in order to do the plants justice. The lemon will be fine as they can cope with having their roots restricted like fig trees.

Does the soil go through to natural ground or a concrete sub base?

thankyou Newton for understanding the passion. and yes the kiyari opens up into natural ground from below, so hopefully the roots will seep into the grounds as they grow.