Propagation method of Chinese wolfberry

Chinese holly alias cat thorn, bird does not stay, holly can be holly tree as its dense branches and leaves, but also need to be strange, is an excellent leaf, fruit tree species, often used in the west for Christmas decoration. At the same time, it is also a nourishing and strong Chinese herbal medicine, so how should it reproduce? Let's take a look.

1. Sowing and breeding

Ilex can be propagated by traditional sowing. In order to create a good environment for seed germination and seedling growth, after selecting plots, intensive cultivation is required, and the soil pieces are finely divided. Sowing should also pay attention to density, especially large seeds should be properly sparsely planted, in production there are broadcast, drill and on-demand, but holly is a large seed, so often on-demand method. Dig trenches according to the size of seeds in nurseries, sow seeds in nurseries according to certain plant spacing, generally the row spacing shall not be less than 30 cm, and the plant spacing shall be controlled at about 10-15 cm. Sowing depth is generally 3-5 cm, drought can reach 8 cm, in the soil drought, loose soil, sowing after covering the soil to light pressure.

2. Cutting propagation

Select 6-8 years of strong growth, no diseases and insect pests excellent thorn varieties as mother plants, select strong spike, full bud eyes, no diseases and insect pests branches as cuttings. Generally carried out in the summer plum season, in the morning will cut cuttings, cut into 6-8 cm sections, each section to have 2-3 buds, but also a leaf, put them into clear water, so as not to lose water, cutting survival rate is not high. Before cutting, soak the lower end of the cuttings in the rooting powder solution for 2 hours, and then cut them. The depth of the soil is two thirds of the cuttings. Generally, the row spacing of the plants is 8×3 cm. After cutting, irrigate water, maintain appropriate temperature and humidity, and take root in January.

3. Grafting propagation

Grafting is a commonly used introduction in agricultural production, which refers to the transfer of vegetative organs of plants to other plants. Grafted branches are scions, buds are buds, and grafted plants are rootstocks. Ilex chinensis cultivated grafted seedlings, feel that it has fast growth, strong tree vigor, early fruit, but also can inherit the characteristics of rootstock drought resistance, cold tolerance, waterlogging tolerance, salt and alkali tolerance, so it is best to choose this variety for rootstock, and to choose the variety with early fruit and fruit quantity for bud grafting.

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