The experiment was conducted on one year old pomegranate plants which consisted of eight treatment combinations comprising four fertigation levels, i.e., 75%, 100%, 125% and 150% recommended dose of fertilizers (RDF) and two irrigation methods, drip (DI) and hand watering (HW). The results revealed that with fertigation level 100 % RDF (F1) showed maximum vegetative growth characters namely relative growth rate (RGR) of shoots on 120th day (9.7%), plant spread N-S (1.5m) and Leaf area (55.44 cm2). Meanwhile, however, maximum value of RGR of shoots at 90th day and plant spread E-W was found in F3 (150% RDF) and maximum value of plant height, LAI and minimum light interception below canopy was found in F2 (125% RDF) level of fertigation. F3 and F2 were found to be statistically at par with F1. Similarly, drip irrigation at alternate day significantly increased vegetative growth characteristics against hand watering. Among all the treatment combinations maximum plant spread N-S, leaf area, LAI and minimum light interception below canopy were found in I1F3 (DI + 150% RDF) whereas, maximum RGR of shoots at 90th and 120th day were found in I1F2 (DI + 125% RDF). I1F3 and I1F2 were found statistically to be at par with I1F1 treatment combination. The designed low cost drip irrigation system was operated excellently as the value of field emission uniformity and absolute emission uniformity were higher than the designed criteria of 90 per cent.