Culture methods of Osmanthus fragrans

Osmanthus fragrans is one of the ten traditional famous flowers in China, and it is an excellent garden tree species integrating ornamental and medicinal meals. As early as more than 2500 years ago, sweet-scented osmanthus trees were recorded in China. "the ostentatious mountain is full of cinnamon" is mentioned in the Nanshan Classic of Mountains and Seas. "Shan Hai Jing Xishan Jing" mentioned, "Gao Tu Shan many cinnamon trees." Qu Yuan's "Nine songs" also has "help Beidou Xi drink cinnamon pulp, Xinyi car Xi Jie Gui Flag". Here, I would like to introduce the culture method of Jin Gui, one of the varieties of sweet-scented osmanthus.

After long-term planting, natural hybridization and artificial breeding, sweet-scented osmanthus has produced many cultivated varieties. There are four main variety groups in China, namely, four Seasons Guipin population, Dangui Variety Group, Jin Guipin population and Yinguipin population. Among them, Jin Gui, which has the highest ornamental value among many sweet-scented osmanthus, is widely cultivated in ancient times. Nowadays, it is widely distributed in the south of our country.

Jingui is adaptable and shade-tolerant. The main culture methods are as follows:

1. Soil: acid sandy loam with sufficient light, deep soil layer, rich humus, strong permeability and convenient drainage and irrigation was selected as cultivation nursery.

two。 Transplanting: transplanting is best when the sap has not yet flowed or just flowed, usually from early February to early March. When taking seedlings, leave more roots and hurt less roots as much as possible.

3. Watering: if heavy rain causes stagnant water in the nursery, trenches should be dug to drain water. In case of drought, water should be watered to fight the drought.

4. Fertilization: when planting sweet-scented osmanthus, it is necessary to apply sufficient base fertilizer and reasonable topdressing. In addition to base fertilizer, topdressing 0.1-0.3 kg three times a year.

5. Pruning: properly remove the overdense peripheral branches and cut off the overgrown branches and disease and insect branches to improve the ventilation and light transmission conditions of the plant.

6. Disease control: sweet-scented osmanthus brown spot, sweet-scented osmanthus leaf spot and sweet-scented osmanthus anthracnose are common leaf diseases of sweet-scented osmanthus.

The above are the main points that need to be paid attention to in osmanthus culture. Cinnamon generally blossoms in autumn, lemon yellow to golden yellow, the smell is very rich, fragrant ten miles, friends who love sweet-scented osmanthus must be patient for planting sweet-scented osmanthus, wait until the blooming season, you can enjoy osmanthus under the moon, flower-scented crab fat.