What is the price of honeysuckle in December 2019? What are its planting techniques?

Honeysuckle, also known as honeysuckle, has been known as a good medicine for heat-clearing and detoxification since ancient times. drinking honeysuckle tea has a good fire-lowering effect when the weather is dry in autumn and winter. What about the price of honeysuckle in December 2019? What are its planting techniques?

I. the price market of honeysuckle in December 2019

Recently, the demand for honeysuckle in the market has decreased, the supply continues to slow, and the market has temporarily stabilized. At present, the price of Shandong special-grade goods is about 180 yuan, the price of first-class goods is 160-170 yuan, the price of second-class goods is about 150 yuan, and the price of third-grade goods is about 130 yuan. Hebei blue and white price is 170-180 yuan; Henan blue and white price is about 180 yuan.

II. Planting techniques of Flos Lonicerae

1. Sowing seeds

Sow the seeds in April, soak the seeds in 35-40 ℃ warm water for 24 hours, remove 2-3 times wet sand to promote germination, and sow seeds when the crack reaches about 30%. Sow seeds in trenches on the border according to row spacing 21~22cm, cover soil with 1cm, spray water once every 2 days, seedling can emerge in more than 10 days, transplant after autumn or spring of the second year, and seed 15kg is used every 1 hour.

2. Pruning

Pruning is carried out after falling leaves in autumn to before sprouting in spring, generally light pruning of strong branches, strong pruning of weak branches, and pruning of all branches. when pruning, attention should be paid to ventilation and light transmission after the new branches grow. The thin and weak branches, withered old branches and basal branches are all cut off, and the pruning of the plots with poor fertilizer and water conditions is heavier, and the old branches are cut off with the aging of the plant to promote the development of new branches. The young plants are mainly cultured plant type, which should be cut lightly. There are generally 4-5 trunk branches in mountain land and 1-2 trunk branches in plain land, and the trunk should be cut off slightly to make it thicker and upright.

The flowering time after pruning is relatively concentrated, which is convenient for harvest and processing. Generally, the branches can be upright after pruning, and the removal of thin and weak branches and basal branches is beneficial to the formation of new flowers. After picking flowers, cut them again, apply quick-acting nitrogen fertilizer once after cutting, and irrigate them once to promote the next crop flowers to bloom early. In this way, flowers can be harvested four times a year, with an average yield of dried flowers 150~200kg per 667m2.

3. Fertilization

During the first 1-2 years after planting honeysuckle, honeysuckle plants were developed and typed, with more fertilizers such as human and animal dung, plant ash, urea, potassium sulfate and so on. After planting for 2 to 3 years, more fertilizers such as livestock manure, barnyard manure, cake fertilizer and calcium superphosphate should be applied at the beginning of spring every year. Appropriate amount of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium compound fertilizer should be applied after the first crop flower harvest to provide sufficient nutrients for the next crop flower. After sprouting in early spring and when the first batch of flowers are harvested, open-loop ditches are poured with human dung, urine, chemical fertilizer and so on. When 250 g of each fertilizer was applied, the promoting effect of fertilization treatment on the vegetative growth of Flos Lonicerae was in the following order: urea + ammonium dihydrogen phosphate, potassium sulfate compound fertilizer, urea, ammonium bicarbonate. Among them, urea + ammonium dihydrogen phosphate, potassium sulfate compound fertilizer and urea can significantly increase the yield of honeysuckle, combined with vegetative growth, reproductive growth and fertilization cost. Topdressing urea + ammonium dihydrogen phosphate (150g+100g) or 250g potassium sulfate compound fertilizer is better.

4. Harvest

The best time to harvest honeysuckle is in the early morning and in the morning, when the flower buds are not easy to open, full of nutrients, strong smell and good color. The harvest in the afternoon should end before sunset, because the blooming of honeysuckle is restricted by light, and the mature buds will open when the sun lags behind, affecting the quality. Without young buds or leaves, put them in a basket woven with strips or bamboo after harvest. Do not pile them in large piles when concentrated. They should be laid out and placed for no more than 4 hours at most.

The best commodity of honeysuckle is flower bud, and the quality of those mixed with open flowers or stem leaves is inferior. It is better for the buds to be enlarged, bluish-white and clean. Harvest in May and June, pick the flower buds when the dew is dry on a sunny morning, and place them in the Reed mat, stone shed or on the field to dry or ventilate in the shade, and it is better to dry within 1-2 days. Do not turn when drying the flowers, otherwise the color of the flowers will turn black and the quality will be reduced to 90% of the dry, and the impurities in the branches and leaves can be removed. Avoid exposure in the hot sun. In cloudy days, it can be dried by light fire, but the color of the flower is darker, so it is better to dry in the sun or in the shade.

Honeysuckle has a wide range of medicinal value and health care uses, for growers is a business opportunity, as long as master its planting technology, it is not very difficult to rely on it to generate income.