The latest cypress seed price and planting method

Cypress is an excellent garden greening tree species, for cypress evergreen trees collectively, including Platycladus orientalis, Sabina chinensis, Chamaidaceae and other genera, has been widely cultivated as ornamental tree species, widely distributed in China, north from Inner Mongolia, Jilin, south to Guangdong and northern Guangxi, several times throughout the country, below we will take a look at cypress seed prices and planting methods!

How much are cypress seeds?

The price of cypress seeds is about 50~70 yuan a catty, but the price varies greatly due to the quality, variety, origin and market of seeds. Cypress seed ovate, tip slightly pointed, base round, grayish brown to purple brown, slightly 3 shuttle, wingless or very narrow wing, usually about 10~11 months mature, dry storage, strictly prevent moisture, can be preserved for about 2 years, spring with 50~55℃ warm water soaking for about 1 hour after sowing, about 2 weeks after germination.

How to collect cypress seeds?

1. Seed collection time: cypress trees should be selected from 20 to 50 years old as mother trees, and the seed maturity period is about 10 to 11 months. When the fruit scale changes from green to yellow-green and the fruit scale is slightly cracked, seeds should be collected immediately.

2. Seed collection method: After cypress fruit matures, remove miscellaneous shrubs and stones under the crown in time. Usually, shoot down method is adopted for seed collection. When the cones are shot down, collect them with broom.

3. Seed cleaning: cypress fruit shall be exposed to the sun for 3~5 days after being transported back. When the fruit scale is cracked, the seed can be dropped by tapping the fruit scale, then the fruit scale, impurities and grains shall be removed, and stored after drying in the shade.

How to plant cypress seeds?

1. Soil preparation and fertilization: cypress seedling land should choose flat, well-drained, fertile sandy loam or light loam, and at the same time combine deep ploughing in autumn, apply manure 2500~5000 kg per mu, turn manure into soil, and then rake and level.

2, seed disinfection: cypress seed empty particles more, first after water selection will float on the empty particles out, and then with 0.3~0.5% copper sulfate solution soaking 1~2 hours or 0.5% potassium permanganate solution soaking 2 hours for seed disinfection, and then seed germination.

3. Germination treatment: cypress seeds are soaked in warm water at 45℃ for 24 hours after disinfection, and then taken out and spread on the mat in the leeward sun, often overturned and dried, washed with warm water 1~2 times a day, and sown after 5~6 days when 1/3 of the seeds are cracked.

4, sowing time: cypress seeds due to local climate differences in their sowing time is not the same, but should be based on local weather conditions suitable for early sowing, such as North China in mid-late March, northwest China in late March to early April, and northeast China is in April, late for good.

5. Seed sowing: cypress seeds should be irrigated with bottom water before sowing, and then hand-pushed sowing rollers or manual trenching and drilling should be carried out. The trenching depth should be consistent during planting, and the seeds should be evenly planted. After sowing, soil should be covered in time. In dry and sandy areas, soil can be covered after grass is covered.

6, seedling management: cypress seeds generally began to germinate about 10 days after sowing, about 20 days for the peak period of emergence, the germination rate of the field nursery can reach 70~80%, in order to facilitate seed germination, often maintain the seed layer soil moist.

7, seedling transplantation: cypress seedlings more than two years out of the nursery, the next spring transplant, sometimes in order to cultivate green seedlings still need to go through 2 to 3 transplants, in order to cultivate into a developed root system, bearing and reflecting, crown shape elegant seedlings after planting.