Zanthoxylum bungeanum can also be planted at home and plant a prickly ash tree at home. You don't have to buy pepper anymore.

Zanthoxylum bungeanum has always been one of the necessary condiments for families, but there are not many family plants, most of which form large-scale cultivation. In fact, Chinese prickly ash is relatively easy to grow. I have planted prickly ash tree. Here I would like to share with you how to grow pepper at home.

1. The habit of Chinese prickly ash.

Zanthoxylum bungeanum is planted in most parts of our country, and its adaptability is relatively strong. Zanthoxylum bungeanum likes loose and fertile soil, drought resistance and sunshine. Do not like stagnant soil, stagnant water can easily lead to root rot and plant death.

2. Planting of Zanthoxylum bungeanum

There are many methods of sowing and planting Zanthoxylum bungeanum, such as sowing, cutting and ramet. I use the method of sowing when I plant. Because prickly ash seeds are easier to find than prickly ash trees, they are planted by sowing at will. Because prickly ash seeds are oily, they are not easy to sprout.

Soak in 1% lye for about two days before sowing, and then scrub the surface grease off. Of course, if you think this step is troublesome, you can sow seeds directly and sow more seeds, because the budding rate is not high. In about three weeks, you will see pepper seedlings growing out.

Usually after a month or so, you can transplant. You can find a slightly larger flowerpot, put in 4 parts of garden soil, 3 parts of humus soil, 3 parts of river sand, move pepper seedlings into the pot, and plant one or two trees in each pot. Then pour water thoroughly and move to a cool place to slow down the seedlings.

Cutting another way to mention cutting, you can find a three-year-old prickly ash tree, choose a new one-year-old branch, cut off about 15 centimeters as cuttings. After cutting off, soak in the rooting solution diluted water for about two hours. Cut the leaves off the cuttings and keep two or four leaves. Insert into the flowerpot and cover with plastic film. It usually takes root in about two weeks.

3. Daily management of Chinese prickly ash

Watering pepper is more drought-resistant, do not water too much, generally basin soil whitening in the watering, one-time watering thoroughly. Usually grow in a place where there is plenty of sunshine.

Generally speaking, it takes two years for prickly ash trees to produce pepper. Usually according to the growth of pepper for reasonable fertilization, every other month or so can give pepper some diluted cake fertilizer.

Pruning pruning Zanthoxylum bungeanum trees is more resistant to pruning, generally retaining about 5 main branches, the range of the main branches is best staggered, which is conducive to each branch to receive the sun, each main branch to retain three or four side branches.