How to grow and manage honeysuckle
As an economic crop with both medicine and food, honeysuckle planting management directly affects its yield and quality. Scientific mastery of cultivation techniques can not only increase flowering, but also prolong the life cycle of plants. This paper will analyze the standardized planting process of honeysuckle systematically from seedling treatment to field management. Technical points for honeysuckle planting: Seed treatment and accelerated germination and high-quality provenance are the basis for success. Select plump and disease-free seeds, soak them in warm water at 40℃ for 24 hours, and mix them with moist river sand in a ratio of 1:3 to accelerate germination. Keep the temperature of the sand bed at 25-28℃, spray water every 2 days to moisturize, and transplant the radicle through the seed coat in about 10 days. At this stage, special attention should be paid to temperature and humidity control. Excessive humidity may easily lead to mildew. Reasonable close planting plan is the best when the spring ground temperature is stable above 10℃. Use north-south trenching, maintaining a plant spacing of 1-1.2 meters and a row spacing of 1.5-1.8 meters. This density not only ensures light permeability, but also facilitates field operations. Planting 440 plants per mu, watering them with root-fixing water immediately after planting, and covering the soil with a height to expose the junction of roots and roots. The field management of honeysuckle regulates water and fertilizer accurately regulates the seedling stage and implements the principle of "eating less and eating more", and irrigates every 10 days to dilute human and animal manure and urine. Add phosphorus and potassium fertilizers during the bud stage. The recommended formula is 10kg of urea +15kg of potassium sulfate/mu. In the rainy season, drainage ditches need to be excavated to keep the soil moisture content at 60-70%. Pay special attention to controlling water during flowering periods. Excessive irrigation may lead to falling flowers. Plant pruning and shaping are systematically pruned every year from falling leaves to before germination. Keep 4-5 strong bud points on the main branch, and cut off cross branches, pest branches and thin branches. For three-year-old plants, the "three-trunk" shaping method was used, the height of the trunk was controlled to 40cm, and three main branches were cultivated to form an umbrella-shaped structure. Pick the heart in time in summer to promote lateral branch differentiation. Comprehensive plant protection measures Yellow sticky insect boards are hung during the high incidence of aphids, and one board is set up every 5 meters. To prevent powdery mildew, 0.3°Bé stone sulfur mixture can be sprayed, and 25% triadimefon 1500 times solution can be used to prevent and control powdery mildew. Combined with intertillage and weeding, deeply loosen the soil at least three times a year to maintain the permeability of the rhizosphere soil.
Through standardized planting management, honeysuckle can yield 300-400 kilograms of flowers per mu. The key is to grasp the three cores of reasonable close planting, scientific fertilization, and precise pruning, and coordinate with green prevention and control of pests and diseases to achieve sustained high yields. It is recommended that growers establish a production log and completely record management data for each growth period to provide a basis for optimizing cultivation plans.