How and when to plant yew

Taxus is a common tree in our country, set ornamental and greening as a whole, very popular with flower friends love, some also specially raise a pot at home, and want to plant a good taxus, you must master the planting method and time, that taxus planting method and time is what?

1. What is the planting method and time of yew?

Taxus can be planted by seed sowing and seedling transplanting. Seed sowing is to select some healthy and plump mature seeds, put them into potassium permanganate for disinfection and washing and drying, and then sow them into the soil. If seedlings are transplanted, you can buy some excellent and healthy seedlings, plant them in the soil according to a certain distance, and finally do a good job of water and fertilizer, soil cultivation and other work. When planting, it is generally best to plant in early winter and early spring.

1. Seed planting method:

1) Seed preparation

Harvesting is carried out after the seeds mature in November of each year. After the fleshy seed coat is cleaned, it is dried and buried in a leeward dry place with a wet sand layer. Covered with plastic sheeting. The seeds are turned twice a month in summer and autumn. In March of the following year, seedlings can be sown.

(2) Preparation of soil for sowing

Sowing should choose leeward and good drainage of slightly acidic sandy soil, slope requirements gentle, deep upper layer. In August and September, weeds are removed, arranged into horizontal terraces, deeply dug 20-30 cm, and shallowly raked in November. When tidying up the pot soil, apply some decomposed base fertilizer.

(3) Specific methods of sowing

In early spring, the seeds stored for one year are taken out, the seeds with cracks and white spots are screened out, disinfected in potassium permanganate solution for 10 minutes, washed with clean water, dried and evenly sown in pot soil. It can be spread directly. After sowing, cover with soil so that seeds cannot be seen. Shade the seedlings with something, then plant moss to protect the seedlings from the sun and the wind. Always keep the soil loose and moist.

2. Seedling planting method:

(1) Soil preparation: soil should be prepared before planting, flowerpots should have air holes, and the soil should also be soft. The more permeable pot soil is more conducive to the growth of seedlings.

(2) Seedling selection: you can buy seedlings in the local market, try to choose strong, disease-free seedlings, if the growth of seedlings is too weak, the recovery will be slower.

(3) Planting: The planting method is also very simple. First dig a planting pit in the pot soil, then put the seedlings in, and then bury its roots with soil.

II. What are the precautions for yew planting?

1. It is advisable to cultivate Taxus chinensis before germination in late winter and early spring, and large seedlings need to bring soil balls. Daily maintenance management should often loosen weeding, fertilization, irrigation, and litter spread around the roots to help maintain the acidity of the soil.

2, to potted yew watering, must pay attention to water quality. Flower pot water, natural rainwater as the first, followed by clean flowing river water and lake water. If you must use well water, you must pay attention to the water quality, especially in the north of the well water, often too heavy alkali, not conducive to the growth of yew. The second is the water temperature. The water temperature for watering potted flowers should be basically close to the temperature.

3, yew must pay attention to pruning when breeding, so that the yew will look good.

In short, when planting Taxus chinensis, you can choose the appropriate method according to the actual situation, generally available seed or seedling two methods of planting, preferably in early winter and early spring.