Planting and Management of Flos Lonicerae

The best soil for planting honeysuckle is sandy loam with thicker soil layer. it is better to soak the seeds and sow them. After sowing, cover the soil with 1 cm, spray water once every 2 days, and seedlings can emerge in more than 10 days. It is necessary to apply fertilizer reasonably to ensure adequate nutrients and timely drainage in the rainy season to prevent rotting roots. We should also do a good job in the management of weeding, shaping and pruning, disease and pest control, and so on.

I. planting of honeysuckle

1. Soil: honeysuckle has strong adaptability and is not strict in the selection of soil and climate. Sandy loam with thicker soil layer is the best, and hillsides, terraces, Weirs, dams and barren hills can be cultivated.

2. Sowing: soak the seeds in 35-40 ℃ warm water for 24 hours, take out, mix 2-3 times wet sand to promote germination, and sow seeds when the crack reaches about 30%. Sow seeds in trenches on the border according to the row spacing of 21cm. After sowing, cover 1 cm of soil, spray water once every 2 days, and seedlings can emerge in more than 10 days.

II. Management of Honeysuckle

1. Fertilization: in the first 1-2 years after planting, apply more fertilizers such as human and animal manure, plant ash, urea, potassium sulfate and so on. After planting for 2-3 years, more fertilizers were applied, such as livestock manure, barnyard manure, cake fertilizer, calcium superphosphate and so on. After the first crop of flowers is harvested, appropriate amount of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium compound fertilizer should be applied.

2. Watering: when Rain Water is too much in the rainy season, we should pay attention to timely drainage to prevent stagnant water from causing root moisture and rot, causing flowers and buds to fall, and so on.

3. Intertillage weeding: weeding should be carried out in time during the annual growing season to prevent weeds from competing with honeysuckle seedlings for nourishment. The soil should be loosened at the right time before the soil is frozen in winter to prevent the root system from freezing damage.

4. Shaping and pruning: after falling leaves in autumn to before sprouting in spring, the strong branches are cut lightly, the weak branches are cut strongly, all the branches are cut off, the thin and weak branches, withered old branches and basic branches are all cut off, the old branches are cut off with the aging of the plant, and the new branches are promoted.

5. pest control: give priority to prevention, use pesticides with high efficiency, low toxicity and low residues, and avoid using pesticides during flowering as far as possible. general insect pests are aphids and cotton bollworms, and diseases are generally powdery mildew and anthrax. Now pesticides should be applied according to the instructions on the pesticide label.