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A new technique for stem pruning of Flos Lonicerae

Published: 2024-11-08 Author: mysheen
Last Updated: 2024/11/08, Pruning of Flos Lonicerae is an effective technical measure to regulate stem growth, promote flower bud differentiation, prolong plant life and stabilize high yield. After pruning, honeysuckle can generally increase production by 35-45%, and the highest is more than twice as high. After taking pruning measures, the flowering period of honeysuckle plants entering the aging period can be prolonged by 5-6 years. When honeysuckle enters the aging period, it is characterized by sparse leaves and light color, withered branches and weak flowers, and shrunken crown. In this period, heavy cutting was mainly used to renew and rejuvenate to prolong plant life and maintain stable yield. Pruning should be strict

Pruning of Flos Lonicerae is an effective technical measure to regulate stem growth, promote flower bud differentiation, prolong plant life and stabilize high yield. After pruning, honeysuckle can generally increase production by 35-45%, and the highest is more than twice as high. After taking pruning measures, the flowering period of honeysuckle plants entering the aging period can be prolonged by 5-6 years.

When honeysuckle enters the aging period, it is characterized by sparse leaves and light color, withered branches and weak flowers, and shrunken crown. In this period, heavy cutting was mainly used to renew and rejuvenate to prolong plant life and maintain stable yield. Pruning should strictly grasp the principle of "full pruning of dead branches, heavy pruning of diseased branches, light pruning of weak branches and no pruning of strong branches". The specific practices are as follows:

Completely cut off all the dead branches in the flower stump to reduce nutrient consumption and water evaporation; cut off all or most of the branches of diseases and insect pests, and the remaining part should be conducive to the formation of the regeneration backbone branches of the whole stump and coordinate with the crown. For the weak new buds and growing young branches sprouting on the main stem and backbone branches, except those that are too dense, the rest are left uncut, relying on these dynamic branches to form new effective branches; strong branches, whether normal or overgrown, should be left as the backbone branches for the renewal of the old pier, and should not be cut off.

Note: after the larger branches are sawed off, the closed fracture should be coated with wax melt to prevent the death of the plant caused by bacteria when the wound is not healed; when all the larger lateral branches are cut off, they should be sawed off about 30 cm away from the stem, so that the latent buds can sprout and form new branches; when cutting off the larger dead side branches, they should be sawed off about 2 cm away from the stem, and the saw should be diagonally angled and downward. The restoration and cutting of honeysuckle should be carried out in early autumn and winter.

 
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