Treatment of wounds during the growth of cherry blossoms

There are many varieties of cherry blossoms, with more than 300 species. There are about 150 species of wild cherry blossoms in the world and more than 50 species in China. Among the ancestors of about 40 wild species of cherry blossoms in the world, 33 are native to China. Others are derived from the horticultural miscellaneous exchange.

Flowers 3 to 5 per branch, into an umbel, petal apex engraved, mostly white, pink. The flowers often bloom with the leaves in March or blossom after the leaves. With the change of seasons, the cherry blossoms are fragrant and colorful, and are often used as ornamental gardens. Cherry blossoms can be divided into two types: single and double. Single-petal can blossom and bear fruit, while double-petal can not bear fruit.

Cherry blossoms in the growth process, after long-term exposure to the sun, the skin is easy to aging, damage, resulting in decay, the formation of voids, affecting the growth and life of cherry blossoms.

Therefore, once it is found that the cherry blossom has a wound, treatment measures must be taken immediately. Generally, the wound must be flattened and scraped with a sharp knife, then disinfected with disinfectants such as stone-sulfur mixture 5 degrees liquid or ink, and finally smeared with protective agents such as tung oil to prevent the wound from rotting and promote its healing. If the cherry blossom wound has become hollow, it should be repaired.

The method is as follows: first create the rotten wood in the hole, then scrape off the dead tissue at the edge of the hole, then disinfect it with medicament, bandage the rotten part with rotten leaf soil and charcoal powder to promote its normal physiological function, observe carefully, keep the wrapped rotten leaf soil and charcoal powder moist, if dry, need irrigation to maintain a certain humidity, after this treatment, the cavity of cherry blossoms will slowly grow adventitious roots, combined with annual soil improvement. Adventitious roots continue to grow and eventually reach into the soil and grow thicker and thicker. Adventitious roots change into tree trunks, becoming healthier trunks and sprouting flowers.