Does the yew have seeds?

Taxus, also known as Yew, Selaginella officinalis, Platycladus orientalis, etc., is endemic to China. It is found in southern Gansu, southern Shaanxi, Sichuan, northeastern and southeastern Yunnan, western and southeastern Guizhou, western Hubei, northeastern Hunan, northern Guangxi and southern Anhui (Huangshan). It is cultivated in Lushan, Jiangxi Province. let's take a look at whether the yew has seeds.

Does the yew have any seeds?

The yew has seeds. Taxus seeds are born in a cup-shaped red fleshy aril, sometimes on a nearly membranous disk-shaped receptacle, often oval in shape, and can be harvested after the seeds are ripe in November, then wash and dry the fleshy seed coat, then bury it in a shady and dry place with wet sand, covered with plastic film and grass curtains. The seeds should be turned twice a month in summer and autumn, and the seeds can be sowed and raised at the beginning of March of the following year.

How to plant yew seeds?

Taxus seeds are generally sown in early spring. After one year of storage, 30% of the seeds are screened out in time when the seeds are white, sterilized in 0.2% potassium permanganate solution for 10 minutes, then rinsed with clean water, and sowed evenly in the ditch after drying. Strip sowing is the main method, and the grain spacing is 5-7 cm, or sowing can be used. After sowing, the yellow loam with mycorrhiza and sifted under the pine forest was dug to cover the seeds, and the thickness of the seeds was not seen. Pay attention to shading in the seedling stage, it is appropriate to cover the straw without seeing the soil when sowing, build a shade shed at the seedling stage, and the transmittance is 60%. Then plant moss to protect the seedlings, protect the seedbed from the sun and rain, and often keep the soil loose and moist, and the seed emergence rate is more than 70%.

Planting techniques of Taxus chinensis

1. Land selection and land preparation: Taxus chinensis planting chooses loose alpine platforms rich in neutral or slightly acidic humus, brown soil and dark brown soil on both sides of valleys and streams, deep leveling, opening holes according to row spacing of 0.4 × 1.0 meters or 0.4 × 0.4 meters, hole depth of 40 cm, ready for planting.

2. Seedling transplanting: Taxus chinensis seeds are raised for 1-2 years, and cuttings are propagated for about 1 year. When the seedling height reaches 30-50 cm, transplanting is carried out before sprouting in October-November or February-March. One seedling is planted in each hole and watered to cover the sprout properly.

3. Planting management: after planting, Taxus is ploughed and weeded twice a year, and after the woodland is closed, it is only farmed and weeded in winter and cultivated for 5 times. Combined with mid-tillage and weeding for topdressing, the main source of fertilizer is farm manure, and the sprouting should be cut off in the young tree stage to ensure that the trunk is straight and fast-growing.