The latest course of cultivation techniques of white sandalwood

White sandalwood tree also known as ash wood, broken seed tree, Wu Yu, Zi Mu, gate firewood, etc., is a deciduous shrub or small tree belonging to the family Alumen, widely distributed in northeast China and south of the Yellow River, especially in the provinces south of the Yangtze River Basin. It has the advantages of dry early barren, developed roots, strong germination and easy reproduction. Let's take a look at the cultivation techniques of white sandalwood together!

The growth habits of white sandalwood

White sandalwood is born on slopes, roadsides, sparse forests or dense forests at an altitude of 760~2500 meters. Like warm and humid climate and deep fertile sandy loam, like light also slightly resistant shade. Deep-rooted tree species, strong adaptability, cold resistance, drought resistance and barren, to the river banks, the village edge of the most good growth. More in the south, this species is suitable for both north and south, white flowers and blue fruits are used as hedges or forest margins, roadside are good.

Seed collection of white sandalwood

Select mature white sandalwood tree as seed collection mother tree, seed collection time from late September to early October sentence, avoid plucking green early. After harvest, the fruit needs to be retting for 3~5 days. After the peel is soft and ripe, it is put into a cloth bag and washed repeatedly to remove the peel and impurities to obtain seeds. Seed thousand grain weight 140 grams or so, moisture content should be maintained at about 30%, avoid water loss, not sun or dry storage.

Seed treatment of white sandalwood

White sandalwood seeds should absorb enough water before sowing or treatment. The water permeability of seeds is good. After soaking for 24 hours, the water absorption of seeds can reach 30~40%. The forced dormancy can be treated by acid etching with concentrated sulfuric acid of specific gravity 1,84 for 5,5 hours and then washed in running water for 18 hours to reduce the restriction of seed shell on embryo and increase the permeability of seed coat. The physiological dormancy of seeds can be released by gibberellin treatment.