What type of soil is best for planting honeysuckle?
Main content introduction: The best soil for planting honeysuckle and some small experiences in correct maintenance of honeysuckle green plants. Let's take a look together!
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. Sweet and cold can clear heat without hurting the stomach, and fragrant aroma can also dispel evil. Next, I will introduce the planting technology of honeysuckle.
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 continue to bloom for over 20 years. It is strong, prefers sunlight but also tolerates shade, drought, waterlogging, and cold. It can grow in acidic and 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 terraces, and beside rivers and streams. Apply 2-3 kilograms of organic fertilizer per mu before plowing and preparing 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. Planting honeysuckle seeds. The seeds are collected when ripe in autumn, peeled, dried in the shade, and stored. In the following spring, soak the seeds in warm water at 35-40℃ for 24 hours, then drill rows 25 cm apart on the prepared seedbed, cover with 1 cm of soil, and then mulch with a thin layer of straw and water. Seedlings will emerge in half a month, and transplants should be done on cloudy days in the same spring. Seedlings need to be transplanted to ensure survival rate, with 2 plants per hole.
2. Honeysuckle cutting propagation. The cutting period is divided into spring and autumn, with spring being before the new buds have germinated and autumn from late August to mid-October. Generally, 1-2-year-old healthy branches are selected as cuttings, 25-30 cm long, divided into cutting seedling raising and direct sticking. If using cutting seedling raising, the seedbed should be raised into a high ridge, 1-1.5 meters wide, with rows spaced 20 cm apart. Insert the cuttings obliquely into the沟 at a spacing of 5 cm, cover with soil, press firmly, leaving 2/5 of the cutting above the ground. Water promptly in case of severe drought. Roots will start to grow in half a month, and transplantation is done in the following spring or autumn, the same as above. If using direct sticking, insert 5-6 cuttings per hole to ensure a full crop.
3. Honeysuckle root division planting. Dig up the mother plant and then separate for planting. This method affects the blooming of the following year, the seed source is also scarce, and it is suitable for ornamental purposes.
By the fifth year, the above-mentioned plants will have grown strong. You can dig up one plant every other row and every other plant and plant it elsewhere. This can maintain rapid and high yield while quickly doubling the harvest area.
The above sharing on the best soil for planting honeysuckle and teaching you how to properly care for honeysuckle is for your comprehensive understanding and reference!