When will honeysuckle be planted?

Honeysuckle is a common traditional Chinese medicine with a long history. Its creeping growth ability is stronger than climbing growth ability. It is suitable for cultivation under the forest, on the edge of the forest, and on the north side of the building. It can also be used as a green low wall. We can also use its winding ability to make flower corridors, flower racks, flower columns, styles and winding rockery rocks. Let's take a look at when honeysuckle will be planted.

Planting conditions of Flos Lonicerae

Honeysuckle is born in hillside thickets or sparse forests, rocky piles, hillside roadsides and village fences, up to 1500 meters above sea level. It has strong adaptability, like yang, tolerance to shade, strong tolerance to cold, drought and moisture tolerance, and lax requirements on soil, but it grows best on moist and fertile deep sandy soil, and shoots twice a year in spring and summer. The root system is dense and developed, the sprouting is strong, and the stem can take root as soon as it hits the ground. Like sunshine and mild, humid environment, strong vitality, wide adaptability, cold tolerance, drought tolerance, poor growth in shaded places.

When will honeysuckle be planted?

1. Seed propagation: honeysuckle seeds are usually sowed in April. Soak the seeds in 35-40 ℃ warm water for 24 hours, remove 2-3 times wet sand to promote germination, and sow seeds when the crack reaches about 30%. Sow seeds in trenches according to the row spacing of 21cm to 22cm, cover soil with 1cm, spray water every 2 days, seedling can emerge in more than 10 days, and transplant after autumn or in spring of the second year, with seeds of about 15kg per hectare.

2. Cutting propagation: the cutting propagation of honeysuckle is generally carried out in the rainy season. In the rainy weather of summer and autumn, the sturdy, disease-free, 2-year-old branches are cut into 30cm and 35cm, and the lower leaves are removed as cuttings. On the selected land, the hole is dug according to the row spacing of 1.6 meters and the plant spacing of 1.5 meters. The depth of the hole is 16-18 cm, and each hole has 5-6 cuttings, which is scattered and obliquely standing in the soil. About 7-10 cm is exposed on the ground and the fill is compacted.

Planting techniques of Flos Lonicerae

1. Timely pruning: pruning is carried out after falling leaves in autumn to before sprouting in spring, generally light pruning of strong branches, strong pruning of weak branches, and pruning of all branches. When pruning, attention should be paid to ventilation and light transmission after the new branches grow. The thin and weak branches, withered old branches and basal branches are all cut off, and the pruning of the plots with poor fertilizer and water conditions is heavier, and the old branches are cut off with the aging of the plant to promote the development of new branches. The young plants are mainly cultured plant type, which should be cut lightly. There are generally 4-5 trunk branches in mountain land and 1-2 trunk branches in plain land, and the trunk should be cut off slightly to make it thicker and upright.

2. Reasonable shaping: shaping is carried out in combination with pruning, which in principle is based on fertilizer and water management, promotes as a whole, makes full use of space, increases the amount of branches and leaves, makes the plant type more reasonable, and can obviously increase flower and high yield. The flowering time after pruning is relatively concentrated, which is convenient for harvest and processing. Generally, the branches can be upright after pruning, and the removal of thin and weak branches and basal branches is beneficial to the formation of new flowers. Cut the flowers after picking, apply quick-acting nitrogen fertilizer once after cutting, and water once to promote the next stubble flowers to grow early, so that flowers can be harvested four times a year, with an average dry flower yield of 150,200kg per mu.

3. Cultivating soil and weeding: honeysuckle is planted 3 times a year for soil cultivation and weeding, the first time for new leaves, the second time before the second flowering time, and the last time before frost in late autumn and early winter. The purpose of soil cultivation is to prevent the flower roots from exposing to the ground, and it is recommended to be carried out at the same time with fertilization. Weeding should start from the periphery of the flowers, far and then near, and be careful not to damage the root system.

4. Reasonable topdressing: within the first 1-2 years after planting, honeysuckle is the stage of plant development, with more fertilizers such as human and animal manure, plant ash, urea, potassium sulfate and so on. After 2-3 years of planting, more fertilizers such as livestock manure, barnyard manure, cake fertilizer and calcium superphosphate should be applied at the beginning of spring every year. Appropriate amount of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium compound fertilizer should be applied after the first crop flower harvest to provide sufficient nutrients for the next crop flower. Every year after sprouting in early spring and when the first batch of flowers are harvested, open ditches are poured with human feces and urine, chemical fertilizer and so on, with 250 grams of each kind of fertilizer.

5. Harvest and processing: the best time for honeysuckle harvest is early morning and morning, when the flower buds are not easy to open, with sufficient nutrients, strong smell and good color. The harvest in the afternoon should end before sunset, because the blooming of honeysuckle is restricted by light, and the mature buds will open when the sun lags behind, affecting the quality. Without young buds or leaves, put them in a basket woven with strips or bamboo after harvest. Do not pile them in large piles when concentrated. They should be laid out and placed for no more than 4 hours at most.