How to plant honeysuckle
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Honeysuckle has been praised since ancient times as a good medicine for clearing heat and detoxifying. It has a sweet and cold nature with a fragrant aroma, which can clear heat without harming the stomach, and its aromatic penetration can also dispel evil. Below is an introduction to honeysuckle planting techniques.
Honeysuckle is a semi-evergreen twining shrub that flowers from May to July and fruits from August to October. The seeds start to bloom in the second year after sowing, and the blooming period lasts for more than 20 years. It is strong and robust, enjoys sunlight but also tolerates shade, drought, waterlogging, and cold. It can grow in acidic or alkaline soils and grows better in moist, fertile, and deep sandy loam soil with developed roots and high yield.
It can be planted on sunny wasteland slopes, edges of terraced fields, and beside rivers and streams. Apply 2-3 kilograms of organic fertilizer per mu and then plow and prepare the land. Make holes at a spacing of 0.75 meters by 0.75 meters, and apply some decomposed organic fertilizer in each hole before sowing. There are two methods:
1. Honeysuckle seed planting. Harvest the seeds when they are mature in autumn, remove the skin, and dry them in the shade. Store them. In the following spring, soak the seeds in warm water at 35°C-40°C for 24 hours, then make furrows 25 centimeters apart in the prepared seedbed, cover with 1 centimeter of soil, and then cover the bed surface with a thin layer of straw and water it. Seedlings will emerge in half a month, and they should be transplanted on a cloudy day in the spring. Seedlings need to be transplanted to ensure survival, with 2 plants per hole.
2. Honeysuckle cutting planting. The cutting period is divided into spring and autumn, with the spring being before the new buds have sprouted and the autumn from the end of August to mid-October. Generally, 1-2-year-old healthy branches are selected as cuttings, which are 25-30 centimeters long. There are two types: cutting seedlings and direct planting. If using cutting seedlings, the seedbed should be raised, with a width of 1-1.5 meters, furrows 20 centimeters apart, and cuttings斜插ed at a spacing of 5 centimeters in the沟. After covering with soil and tamping, 2/5 of the cutting should be left above the ground, and water should be timely applied during severe drought. Roots will start to grow in half a month, and the seedlings can be transplanted in the spring or autumn of the following year. If direct planting is used, 5-6 cuttings are scattered in each hole to ensure full seedlings.
3. Honeysuckle root division planting. Dig up the mother plant and then separate it for planting. This method affects the flowering in the following year, is short of seed sources, and is suitable for ornamental purposes.
By the fifth year, the plants will have grown strong. One plant can be removed every other row and planted elsewhere, which can maintain rapid and high yield while quickly doubling the harvesting area.
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