What is the price of five-pointed maple (beautiful maple) seedlings? How do you plant it?

Acer truncatum is a tall deciduous tree, also known as Acer truncatum, etc., is a very popular horticultural ornamental tree species, mainly distributed in North and Northeast China. So, what is the price of Acer truncatum seedlings? How to grow five-pointed maple? Let's learn more about it.

First, how much is the price of five-pointed maple seedlings?

The price of Acer truncatum seedlings is low in maple trees, which is cheaper than other kinds of maple trees. Generally, the price of one-year-old maple seedlings with a height of about 1 meter and a crown width of about 0.8 meters is about 1.5 yuan per tree. The prices of other kinds of maple seedlings, such as Japanese red maple and American red maple, are slightly higher. The price of Japanese red maple is about 8 yuan, and that of American red maple is about 3 yuan.

Second, how to grow five-pointed maple?

1. Methods of reproduction

① cuttage: the cuttings of Acer truncatum seedlings are generally carried out in June and July. Strong branches of the same year are selected as cuttings, dipped in 1000ppm naphthalene acetic acid powder and inserted into the matrix of vermiculite or perlite and pond mud. Pay attention to shading, spray and moisturize, which can take root in about 1 month.

② sowing: the best time for maple sowing is March or April. When sowing, you need to fill the border with enough bottom water, wait for the water to seep into the soil, and then sow. After sowing, cover with 0.5cm fine soil. Generally, seedlings can emerge in about half a month.

③ grafting: 3-year-old Acer mongolica seedlings are used as rootstocks for grafting of five-pointed maple. Cutting should be carried out in spring, and grafting should be carried out in Meiyu season. Budding should be carried out from late May to late June and from late August to late September every year.

2. Land selection and preparation

Maple trees had better choose sloping land with deep soil layer, fertile soil and good drainage for planting. Different soil preparation methods are adopted according to different landforms, banded soil preparation is adopted for gentle slope land, and burrow soil preparation is used for woodland with thinner soil layer and steeper slope. Soil preparation can be done 1-2 months before afforestation.

3. planting at the right time

Maple trees can be planted in early spring or late autumn and early winter, and spring is the best. Before planting, cut off roots, hurt roots and excessively long roots, and plant according to the method of "three burial, two steps and one lifting seedling". After planting, the root water can be irrigated where there are conditions.

4. Loosen the soil and weed

Maple trees loosen soil and weed about twice a year, the first time in late April and the second in early August, loosening the soil and expanding the tree hole from the planting hole to promote root growth and increase the survival rate of seedlings.

5. Fertilization management

The fertilization of Acer truncatum is relatively simple. From early May to early August, maple trees are topdressing available nitrogen fertilizer 3 times, supplemented with phosphorus and potassium fertilizer, winter fertilizer mainly organic fertilizer is applied in late September, adult trees are applied base fertilizer in dormant period, soil topdressing is carried out in growing period to promote growth.

6. Shaping and pruning

The winter shearing of maple is carried out from the defoliation at the end of autumn to the germination of the following spring, which is suitable in early spring, with the methods of short cutting, branch thinning, retraction, flat stubble, etc., and the summer shearing is carried out after germination to before defoliation in autumn, including sprouting and de-sprouting, coring, taking branches and pulling branches, etc.

7. Disease and pest control

The common diseases of five-pointed maple are brown spot and powdery mildew. When the disease occurs, it is sprayed with 1000 times of carbendazim wettable powder, and the pests are mainly yellow thorn, bare-shouldered longicorn beetles, etc., which can be controlled by spraying drugs, putting poison bait and so on.

The above is the planting method of the five-pointed maple arranged by Tuliu.com for you.