Introduction of excellent varieties of Honeysuckle

At present, there are 21 varieties of honeysuckle in Pingyi County, which are planted in the whole county. Due to the long and long history of cultivation of branches and buds and sexual reproduction, many varieties or strains have been naturally formed, which are mixed and difficult to distinguish between the good and the bad. Now the universal varieties are Maohua series: big hairy flower, small hairy flower; chicken claw series: big chicken claw flower, small chicken claw flower, honeysuckle, line flower son, Eupatorium adenophorum, hemp leaf, small hemp leaf, goose feather tube, safflower son, Ye Li Zang, Ye Li Qi and so on. In recent years, after many times of purification, rejuvenation and testing of Maohua series and chicken claw series, the center selected excellent varieties and named them "Menghua No.1 and No.2". Its main advantages are as follows: 1. There are more branches in seedlings, flowers 3 when there are branches, less seedlings for planting, rapid development of branches and leaves, large buds, high yield 6, and entering the high yield period 1 and 2 years earlier. Good species are mainly developed by economic forest, while hybrid species are mainly developed by ecological forest.

Properties:

When the temperature below 3 ℃, the activity of honeysuckle is very weak, and the growth is very slow; the new shoots begin to sprout and sprout above 5 ℃; the new shoots grow rapidly above 16 ℃, and begin to breed buds, and the buds grow well at about 20 ℃.

It grows fiercely and has a wide range of adaptability. No matter mountain area, plain, clay soil, sandy soil, slight acid, partial alkali can grow. Its producing conditions in Pingyi: most of them are gravelly soil, the PH value is 5.8, the content of organic matter is 0.5, 0.6%, and the hydrolyzed nitrogen 30~40ppm can also grow luxuriantly.

Exuberant growth, strong stress resistance, honeysuckle branches and leaves are very luxuriant as long as they do not suffer from insect pests. Of course, this has something to do with fertilizer and water management, but the most important thing is that it has extraordinary resistance. It is resistant to drought and waterlogging, cold and barren. Some are born on the top of the mountain, some grow on the edge of the ditch, as long as the wind is facing the sun, the branches and leaves do not wither in the depths of winter. The buds that germinate in late autumn can survive the winter and continue to grow in the coming year. Bud can still appear in the soil with organic matter content below 0.4. There is a local agricultural saying: "waterlogged crops, dry grass, frozen pomegranates, sunburned melons, will not affect honeysuckle." This vividly illustrates the tenacious vitality of honeysuckle.

In addition, it also has strong disease resistance. according to our investigation, so far, except for honeysuckle brown spot, white silk disease and powdery mildew, honeysuckle has not been found to be seriously harmful. It is precisely because of these biochemical characteristics that it shows its unique vitality and is widely distributed in all parts of the motherland. In recent years, Yunnan, Guangxi, Jiangxi, Shanxi, Hubei, Hunan, Inner Mongolia, Hebei, Henan, Shaanxi, Jilin, Shenyang and other provinces have proved that it is growing well.