Cultivation and Management techniques of Flos Lonicerae

The main cultivated varieties of honeysuckle are "chicken claw flower" and "big hairy flower". "Chicken claw flower" has many branches, thick leaves, slightly smaller Corolla, more flowers, early florescence, long budding period, easy to pick by hand and high yield. The "big hairy flower" has large buds, more branches, easy to intertwine with each other, late flowering and high yield.

In the first and middle of April, fertile sandy loam was selected, 50 piculs of compost per mu, ploughing and leveling and sowing.

Cutting propagation can be divided into two methods of direct cutting. Seedling cuttings are easy to manage. This method is introduced here. In early August, on cloudy and rainy days, 1-2-year-old strong branches of fine varieties were cut into sections of 26 cm to 35 cm long, and the lower part was taken out as cuttings, and trenches were opened according to the row spacing of 21 cm to 24 cm, with a depth of 15 cm to 18 cm. The cuttings were obliquely inserted into the ditch, 9 cm long on the ground, solid filling, watering immediately, and a shed was set up on the border to shade the sun. Some drought and no rain should be watered and moisturized, and half a month can take root and survive. After the new roots grow, tear down the shade canopy.

It can be planted in both spring and autumn, and it can be planted in the first ten days of April in spring and in the first ten days of August in autumn.

Field management

Loosen the soil and weed so that there are no weeds around the flower stump. Loosen the soil and cultivate the soil every year after warming in spring (early and middle April) and before autumn freezing (October to November), so as to prevent the root system from exposing the ground and freezing.

Topdressing in early spring or early winter, a ring-shaped ditch was opened around the flower stump, and the mixed application of compost and chemical fertilizer was applied in the ditch, depending on the size of the flower. 5 kg of compost, 25 g of urea and 150 g to 200 g of superphosphate were applied.

Pruning the honeysuckle into a short shrub can make it blossom and yield more. The method is to cut off the upper branches before germination in spring, leaving only about 33 cm as the trunk. After several years of pruning, the trunk is strong and can stand upright into a pier to make the flower pier into an umbrella shape, which is convenient for ventilation and light transmission. When the flower stump is not sprouting in spring every year, the thick part of the stump that grew in the first year should be cut off properly to make it produce more new branches and blossom. In summer, the branches and buds sent out by the roots are cut, and the branchlets that are too dense at the top are also cut off to make the trunk grow exuberantly, ventilated and transparent.

After setting up a stand on one side of the plant, it is about 1.5 meters high and grows on the stem vine winding frame, which can promote more flowering and high yield.

Pest control

Aphids are sprayed with 1000 dimethoate emulsion or 70% aphid powder.

Coffee tiger longicorn beetle 50% phosphoramine EC 1500 times spray every 7 to 10 days, spray 2 to 3 times in a row.