Pruning of honeysuckle

The pruning of honeysuckle is the key to increasing production, which can increase the yield by more than 40%. The pruning time is mainly in winter, usually from the Beginning of Winter to the Beginning of Spring, that is, from mid-November to early February of the following year. Winter shearing can only be delayed, not in advance. Flower buds can be harvested 2 or 3 times a year by pruning in mountainous areas with poor site conditions. Pruning should grasp the principles of trunk shaping, strong branch light pruning, weak branch heavy pruning and old branch retraction.

1. Stereotyped pruning. That is, seedlings, mainly plastic surgery, combined with pruning, cultivate 1-year-old and 2-year-old seedlings into a sturdy and erect trunk, leave the trunk 30-40 cm high in winter, and the upper shoot is cut off to promote lateral buds to branch. In the summer of the following year, 4 strong lateral branches were selected as main branches with a length of 25 cm and 30 cm, and 2-3 grade lateral branches were kept in turn. After 2-3 years of pruning, the flower stump became an upright umbrella-shaped crown with obvious trunk, balanced branch distribution and large scattered area, so as to facilitate uniform light.

2. Pruning adult honeysuckle. Four years later, it entered the adult stage, that is, it began to enter the full flowering stage. Adult winter shears should master the essentials of getting rid of the weak, staying strong, bending and straightening. Cut off dead branches, capillaries and overdense branches. Concentrate nutrients for the growth of flower branches. Weak branches are thinly cut or re-cut, cut to the middle of 2-3-year-old branches, in order to promote the germination of new branches and rejuvenation. Cut the strong branches lightly and cut off the secondary shoots to promote the strong buds to sprout into branches. Six years later, it entered the middle age, mainly cutting the periphery, thinning and pruning weak branches. For adults who have not been trimmed for a long time

3. Pruning the aged honeysuckle. After 15 years, honeysuckle begins to age and needs to be rejuvenated and renewed. The main method is to retract and prune, pick the heart from the overgrown branches, cultivate the new trunk and make it prolific. In addition, after picking the first crop of flowers in the second year, the method is to keep 2-3 nodes of leaf branches, cut off the upper part, cut off the thin and weak branches without flower buds in the inner chamber, cut off the flat and drooping branches, and promote them to send out upward secondary branches. increase the yield of second stubble flowers.